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.
Time and tide
A retrograde minute hand in the form of a ship's boom, a marquetry dial with nods to a sailboat aesthetic… Ulysse Nardin borrows elements from sailing to the utmost effect. Welcome aboard the Grand Deck Marine Tourbillon.
On a classical note
With a name that conjures up the splendour of Italian opera, the Cellini is a work of absolute harmony, both technically and aesthetically. What's more, this most classic of Rolex watches now carries Superlative Chronometer certification.
Big Bang in camouflage mode
Hublot's second collaboration with Italia Independent, the Big Bang Unico Italia Independent is a fusion of carbon fibre and Texalium®. Lightweight but hard-wearing, despite its camouflage pattern there's little chance of this watch getting lost on the wrist.
New faces
Chanel presents three new renditions of the J12, in black, pink and white, or mirror. The only question being, which one to choose?
Celestial inspiration
DeWitt joins those who believe ladies' watches are the way ahead, with a collection entirely for women. The Classic Jewellery Moon Abstraction will put stars in her eyes.
Sound engineers
Breguet took a revolutionary approach and designed the Tradition Répétition Minutes Tourbillon 7087 entirely around the sound it wanted to produce. The result is a minute repeater whose chimes ring out with unprecedented purity and tone.
