Sustainability: a drop in the ocean?
The One Ocean Summit in Brest aims to mobilise the international community to take tangible action to save the ocean. Yet another emergency for the stricken planet. Part one: taking stock.
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Luxury, biodiversity and the sixth mass extinction
At five points in the past 500 million years, life on Earth was almost completely wiped out. We are now on the brink of a sixth mass extinction, and we are the cause. Can humans right their wrongs? The luxury industry must lead by example.
A "floating" Legacy Machine at MB&F
For its latest Legacy Machine, MB&F plays around with how the classic escapement is built. The result is a balance that appears to float above the dial, seemingly disconnected from any source of power.
Fiftysix, the new modern-retro collection from Vacheron Constantin
Taking reference 6073 from 1956 as its cue, Vacheron Constantin has launched the Fiftysix collection with a first salvo of three watches. They include this day-date model with its appealing modern-retro style.
Piaget brings the beauty of stone to the Altiplano Tourbillon
Hard stones return to Piaget with this new edition of the Altiplano Tourbillon, its dial a skilful marquetry of malachite or lapis-lazuli.
HYT puts time under glass
The H²O continues to track time using fluid mechanics, under a sapphire crystal dome that is as pristine and perfectly transparent as a piece of lab equipment.
