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.
Cartier – The Tank, true to form
The Tank watch is celebrating its 100th year - a century of elegance for men and women with a style and a mind of their own. The legend continues with new iterations for 2017.
Smartwatches prepare to go it alone
It's the biggest buzz in smartwatches: the next-gen Apple Watch, planned for release this autumn, will no longer be tethered to a smartphone. Jean-Claude Biver is also a contender with the TAG Heuer Connected.
Hautlence – Living colour
Machined from HLLightColor, a new, body-tinted material that can take on any shade of any colour, the powerful Vortex Gamma draws inspiration from the Tron sci-fi film. Introducing a futuristic watch with a sharp design.
IWC – Fabulous at 50
The Aquatimer is 50, a milestone it's celebrating with an innovative material: as light and unbreakable as titanium, as hard and scratchproof as ceramic, Ceratanium makes its debut on the new Aquatimer Perpetual Calendar Digital Date-Month Edition "50 Years Aquatimer". Limited to just 50 pieces, of course.
Va' Pensiero: calm seas, cloudy skies
To have the wind in its sails, Fine Watchmaking must use the customer's (outwardly calm) compass. Understanding its position will prove essential in order to map the directions to be taken, when the economy is only beginning to show signs of improvement.
