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.
IWC adds to its Top Gun range of Pilot’s Watches
The Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Top Gun Edition “SFTI”, inspired by the “Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor” edition from 2018, combines black ceramic for the case with a Ceratanium® back and pushers.
A bewitching double tourbillon at Breguet
This new model with a double orbital tourbillon reveals mechanical virtuosity and aesthetic mastery. Each component is hand-finished, while the back of the movement is engraved with the “House on the Quai”: the Parisian building where Abraham-Louis Breguet fulfilled his life’s work.
Is "clean" tomorrow's gold standard?
Reports confirm that younger generations are the most sensitive to sustainable development, which includes issues surrounding gold mining. What impact does this have in the field? The recent Basel Gold Day workshop, led by Mark Pieth, put the question on the table, starting with the role of the consumer.
Dinosaur delights with the Hermès Aaaaargh!
Leather craftsmanship meets Haute Horlogerie in a unique pocket watch featuring the T-Rex from the Aaaaargh! silk scarf, designed by Alice Shirley.
Two new faces join Patek Philippe's Twenty~4 collection
Patek Philippe introduces two new dials with applied Arabic numerals in gold to the Twenty~4 collection.
Zenith's Defy 21 in vivid violet
Zenith has paired violet, a high-energy colour, with the highest-frequency chronograph in regular production: the Defy 21.
