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.
Andreas Strehler – The real age of the moon
The new Lune Exacte model shows the age of the moon with three-hour accuracy. A truly spectacular quest for precision !
Olympic Games in Rio: Eldorado or fiasco?
In the name of sport, the modern Olympic Games stigmatise excess, social divides and cheating. So how are watchmakers liable to fare within this context? They will definitely not succeed in salvaging their year in Rio.
Corum – Summer essentials
The Corum Bubble has it all: a hint of shimmering mother-of-pearl, a touch of SuperLuminova, and curvaceous forms that will take you through summer in style.
Survival of the fittest
"Survival means knowing how to adapt." Philippe Belais, CEO of Vaudaux 1908, Geneva's oldest luxury leather "gainerie", looks back at the company's golden years, its trials and tribulations, and how it is reconquering markets.
Parmigiani – Hidden riches
For Michel Parmigiani, "a gold movement inside a steel case is like a precious item jealously guarded in a safe." A well-kept treasure illustrated by the Kalpa Hebdomadaire Anniversaire.
