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.
Richard Mille – In honour of Jean Todt
A fifty-year career in automobiles is cause for celebration, and Richard Mille is doing just that with the RM 11-03, RM 050 and RM 056 Jean Todt 50th Anniversary, named after his racing-driver friend and in his favourite colours.
Who owns Britain's Rolexes?
It's not every day that an insurance company paints the portrait of a typical Rolex owner. A British insurer has done just that, finding out who is behind the numerous policies on its books that include the brand with the coronet.
Breitling – Supersized for adventure
Ultra-light and ultra-robust, the Avenger Hurricane 12H is now equipped with an in-house calibre that displays the time over 12 rather than 24 hours. All within an impressive 50 mm case in Breitlight. For when you need to think big.
Swatch Group makes plans for connected watches
Swatch Group and the Swiss Centre for Electronics and Microtechnology, in Neuchâtel, have announced a partnership to develop a complete ecosystem for small connected devices, including watches. The first products should be ready for launch at end 2018.
Two hearts beat as one
Christiaan Huygens foresaw it. Antide Janvier and Abraham-Louis Breguet made it happen. Resonance is a well-known phenomenon of physics, but only a handful of modern watchmakers have succeeded in applying it to their movements.
