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.
Hajime Asaoka, the watchmaker from Tokyo
Entirely unassisted and using his own machines, Hajime Asaoka has made two tourbillons and a chronometer. This former product designer and self-taught watchmaker now has his sights set on joining the Académie Horlogère des Créateurs Indépendants.
The Seiko Museum in Tokyo
In April this year, Seiko opened its revamped museum in Tokyo, with galleries devoted to a history of time measurement, the life of its founder, and the company's own production over the years.
François-Paul Journe - "If you don't own your dial, you don't own your soul"
Cadraniers de Genève and Boîtiers de Genève have moved to a new production site in Meyrin. François-Paul Journe welcomes these new facilities and relations with Vacheron Constantin, joint shareholder in Cadraniers de Genève.
