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.
Chanel – A new movement blossoms
Chanel's second in-house movement borrows one of the symbols of the brand. Beneath the camellia's delicate petals, Calibre 2 brings the Première Camellia Skeleton watch to life with lightness and grace.
Inspirations from Mother Nature
Man has always looked to nature as a source of inspiration – witness the cavemen’s paintings from 40,000 years ago! - and on a wider scope, to the planets, the stars, and the galaxies when contemplating the passing of time.
Big changes coming
Following the announcement of 4 November 2016, Richemont announces some senior management changes within the Group & its Maisons.
Blancpain – Shades of the ocean
Blue is the colour of the ocean and logically that of the Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe, which Blancpain now presents in a 38mm diameter.
F.P. Journe – The luxury of exclusivity
The Vagabondage trilogy reaches its conclusion with the Vagabondage III. The flat Tortue case returns, enclosing a world-first display of digital jumping hours and seconds; an exploit made real for the 137 pieces in this limited edition.
Exports on the mend
Watch exports showed further signs of recovery in December, although the latest figures from the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry leave no doubt: things are looking up, but the tendency is still negative.
