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.
Girard-Perregaux – Welcome back, Laureato
For many, Girard-Perregaux's Laureato was but a distant memory. Until, that is, the limited edition released in 2016. As a natural follow-on, the brand is now proposing a complete Laureato range as part of its regular collection.
Extraordinary Van Cleef & Arpels
Van Cleef & Arpels brought wonder to the opening day of SIHH 2017 with its Automate Fée Ondine, impressive in both size and beauty.
Vacheron Constantin – Heavens above
Vacheron Constantin continues its journey through the highest echelons of mechanical complications with the Les Cabinotiers Celestia Astronomical Grand Complication 3600. Twenty-three timekeeping and astronomical functions make up this celestial composition in white gold.
A. Lange & Söhne has lost its mentor
In 2013, we gave him the Hommage à la Passion award in recognition of his dedication and determination. Walter Lange has passed away at the age of 92. He leaves a lifetime's work that business schools could well study as a textbook case in management. Without Walter Lange, A. Lange & Söhne would never have had the remarkable return to prominence it has enjoyed for the past twenty years.
