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.
A brief history of the gyrotourbillon
This fascinating gyroscopic regulator multiplies the chronometric performance of the watches it equips, and shook up working methods at Jaeger-LeCoultre along the way.
Watchmakers' new port of call
Brands - IWC, Hublot and TAG Heuer among them – have taken to the seas and opened stores on cruise ships.
A new watch group?
After buying out Eterna, China Haidan announced its acquisition of Corum at the World Watch and Jewellery Show last April. An interview with Antonio Calce, now at the head of the two brands.
Richemont's five glorious years
In the space of five years, Richemont has doubled both sales and profit. The Geneva-based luxury group, established 25 years ago, sees this as just a taste of things to come.
