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.
Piaget goes "where magic weaves its spell"
Piaget has chosen Tim Walker for its new campaign. The British photographer's extravagance matches that of the firm.
The beginning of the end of the "watch supermarket"
Swatch Group can cut back deliveries of movements and parts as of next year.
Tribute to Gérald Genta
Returning from my mountaintops, where the only news to reach our ears concerns the temperature, the snow and the state of the rock, I learned, with sadness, something I would rather not have heard: Gérald Genta is no longer with us.
Boat-racing, a well-oiled machine
Boat-racing watches have the unique feature of being fitted with a stopwatch which usually show the last 10 minutes prior to the start of a sailing competition. This information can be seen through a system of apertures, which gradually change colour, or hands on tiny counters.
The four stages of boat racing
Boat races are made up of several rounds split into four defining "stages". The starting signal, announcing the time when the competitors can cross the line, is preceded with a preparatory stage lasting between 3 and 10 minutes, the last minute is obviously the most important, indeed it is during this time that the winner may even be determined.
Saskia maaike Bouvier: the first woman candidate of the AHCI
Saskia maaike Bouvier has the honor of being the first woman candidate in the prestigious enclave of watchmakers which is the Horological Academy of Independent Creators.
