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.
Perrelet Turbine Skeleton ref. A3038/1A
A concentrated blend of more than 200 years of horological heritage combined with a resolutely innovative spirit, the iconic Turbine by Perrelet gets a complete makeover to welcome its first skeleton movement: redesigned dimensions, new aesthetic details, an evolution in materials.
Old dogs, new tricks
Under pressure from less accommodating markets, several watch brands have shuffled the decks and switched CEOs, although the new arrivals are all familiar faces. A game of musical chairs intended to minimise risks.
Voutilainen GMR
As befits such a virtuoso of complicated timepieces, this new watch by Kari Voutilainen incorporates a second time zone with 24-hour indicator and a retrograde power-reserve indicator.
B55 Connected, Breitling reinvents the connected watch
In creating its first connected chronograph, Breitling has applied a new philosophy placing the smartphone in the service of the watch so as to enhance its functionality and conviviality. The instrument of the future.
Chopard Happy Sport 30mm Automatic
Steel and diamonds: a daring and modern alliance that gives rise to a perpetually reinvented icon – the Happy Sport. It now returns to the scene with a smaller, elegant dial with a self-winding movement, an accomplishment on both an aesthetic and technical level.
Bovet 1822 Récital 17
The Récital 17 is the third timepiece in the Dimier Collection to be powered by the Virtuoso II watchmaking specialties caliber. With the Récital 12 and Récital 15, this new movement has already demonstrated carefully considered versatility without the slightest sacrifice in terms of quality, reliability, esthetics or emotion, regardless of the complications it powers. The Récital 17 is another fine example, presenting new facets in the form of three time zones and a high-precision moon phase that indicates the current phase of the lunar cycle in both hemispheres.
