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.
Louis Vuitton – Shine on diamond Moon
The Tambour Moon Tourbillon Volant "Poinçon de Genève" Pavée is a genuine tour de force, this being the first time that a gem-set movement has been hallmarked with the Poinçon de Genève.
All good for Swiss watchmaking
The latest Deloitte study of the Swiss watch industry* highlights renewed optimism among executives, for whom the strongest growth prospects are still in Asia. For the vast majority, smartwatches are not perceived as a threat and digital is seen as an opportunity to develop sales.
Chanel – Enter your code
Mademoiselle Chanel created the 2.55 quilted bag in 1955. The it-bag that fashionistas instantly recognise has been reimagined as a jewel-like secret watch. Its name? What else but Code Coco.
Vacheron Constantin – Icon of the Twenties
Slim wrists can also enjoy the sophisticated lines of the Historiques American 1921, now proposed with a smaller 36.5 mm diameter. Like a true dandy, it is classically elegant with a twist.
Bulgari – Ancient secrets
Bulgari has put two thousand years of history as well as an ultra-contemporary mechanism inside two unique creations, each of which explores the Italian firm's favourite Monete theme. What, though, is their secret?
Hermès – A shower of stones
It's amazing what diamonds can do, including shaking up the lines of the coveted Nantucket Très Petit Modèle with a seemingly random sprinkling of stones across its steel case.
