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.
Chopard puts on a show for its 150th anniversary
In a fitting celebration of an exceptional vintage, Chopard presents four new timepieces together with a jewellery collection whose 150 animal-inspired creations are all unique.
La Montre Hermès makes way for mechanical
Mechanical movements are prominent in the 2010 collections from La Montre Hermès, along with a clear determination to make a name as a legitimate Fine Watch brand.
2010 will be a year of consolidation for Hublot
For Hublot, which this year unveils UNICO, its first manufacture movement, 2010 will be a year of consolidation during which the brand will "absorb" new movements, new assets, new production capacity and new outlets. Interview.
Switzerland's atomic clock is one of a kind
The Swiss Federal Office of Metrology (METAS), in partnership with Neuchâtel University's Institute of Physics, has developed an atomic clock, the primary reference in precision. Unique in the world, it positions Switzerland at the forefront of time measurement.
