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.
Speake-Marin – London calling
Peter Speake-Marin goes back to his early years as a watchmaker in London with the London Chronograph, available only from Harrods, London.
Breitling – A carbon-fuelled chrono
If the sleek lines and powerful engines of Bentleys are for you, then the Bentley B06 Midnight Carbon is your watch. In black carbon with shimmering black mother-of-pearl, this 500-piece limited edition is high-gear style.
Kari Voutilainen, from Môtiers with love
All over the world, collectors go crazy for his classic watches, magnificently decorated with painstaking care. In the first of a series of portraits of artisan-watchmakers, we travel to the Swiss Jura to meet Kari Voutilainen and discover his story, his motivations and ideals, his workshop and, of course, his watches. Welcome home.
Dewitt – When exception becomes the rule
At the confluence of precision, robustness and the sparkle of diamonds, the Twenty-8-Eight Skeleton Tourbillon strikes a perfect balance, both aesthetic and mechanical.
Taking the mystery out of CAD
Swiss company AiM is behind Tell Watch, CAD software specifically for the watch industry, now with a 3D-reader extension for real-time animations. A solution that should find applications across the board. Confirmation at EPHJ*.
