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.
Roger Dubuis – Cobalt operations
With SIHH around the corner, Roger Dubuis shows what 2017 will be made of with the extravagance, high performance and technical savvy of the Excalibur Quatuor Cobalt MicroMelt.
Cartier – A passion for rubies
Hemmed with diamonds, exalted by 15 oval rubies of the most intense red, the Trait d’Eclat watch brings to light Cartier's jewellery expertise. This sensual composition returns to two of Cartier's favourite leitmotifs: rubies and ribbons.
IWC – Code of elegance
The new Da Vinci collection from IWC renews with the iconic design of the 1980s. The Da Vinci Automatic 36 and Da Vinci Automatic Moon Phase 36 mark this return to the round case. For ladies only!
Vacheron Constantin – City lights
Grand Feu enamel and particles of gold, pearl, platinum and diamond illuminate the dials of the first three watches in the Métiers d’Art Villes Lumières collection. Geneva, New York and Paris sparkle like jewels in the night.
Number seven
Carrying on a well-entrenched tradition that lends symbolic and evocative powers to the number seven, these seven key words bring best wishes for 2017.
Learning to listen
After eighteen months, the slump in watch sales is a bitter reality, reflected in flagging profits and redundancy plans. There is good news, however, as brands appear to have climbed down from their flying carpets and now have both feet firmly on the ground. A more stable terrain…
