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.
Marc Hayek: keep calm and carry on!
The Chief Executive of Breguet, Blancpain and Jaquet Droz believes Swiss watchmaking has been following a six-year cycle since the turn of the century. While figures may be pointing in the wrong direction, he prefers to take a positive view as markets still welcome innovative, finely crafted timepieces.
Bulgari – Paradise begins here
The Italian firm brings a wealth of expertise to the Lucea Giardino Paradiso, for a taste of paradise…
MCT – Welcome to future time
Manufacture Contemporaine du Temps has looked to South American cities for inspiration. Avant-garde, monumental, ultra-contemporary… Sequential Two S210 is a towering example of horological technique.
Exports sound the alarm
In March, Swiss watch exports fell by 16% compared with the same month last year. The decline is even more pronounced in Hong Kong, giving Swiss watchmakers cause for concern as shipments to their main market lost almost 40%, having already dropped 23% in 2015.
Urwerk – The hunt for precision
A watch that adapts to you, and not the other way round? Introducing EMC "Time Hunter", which enables its owner to monitor its functioning and control its precision when worn.
Teeny tiny time
Who am I? I measure between 19 and 29 mm across, and you can spot me for my bright colours, precious stones or noble materials. Answer… a girl-sized watch.
