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.
Made-to-measure by Girard-Perregaux for Ermenegildo Zegna
The Italian couture house has called on Girard-Perregaux to create a watch to mark its centennial year. The result is an annual calendar model, signed by the couturier and inspired by the Girard-Perregaux 1966 Annual Calendar and Equation of Time.
The creative complication of the Dior Christal "8"
Dior pays tribute to Monsieur Dior, whose lucky number was eight, with the introduction of a new model to its Christal line. Ergo this latest timepiece has eight time zones and is proposed as a limited edition of eight.
Venus and Mercury
A magnificent painting by Correggio, The School of Love, hangs on the first floor of London's National Gallery. It portrays Cupid with the god Mercury and his mother Venus, depicted with angel's wings. This painting could easily go unnoticed among the museum's thousands of masterpieces. A regrettable oversight, as it perfectly symbolises the world of fine watchmaking.
