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.
David Walter Clocks: In Resonance
In the age of the wristwatch, many scoff at the mechanical clock and don’t deign to consider owning one. Such snobbery would be a mistake, particularly because you would miss the chance to relish the mechanical artistry performed by David Walter.
South America, a small but steady portion of the Haute Horlogerie market
Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Argentina… the Latin American countries did suffer from the global crisis that affects the world economy. But they still represent interesting markets for the Haute Horlogerie brands.
The Innovative Fire of De Grisogono
Fawaz Gruosi isn’t the type of man to follow trends. No, that wouldn’t hold the interest of this creative firebrand. When Gruosi shows up to play, he arrives with his own rules for the game.
Crazy times for Concord
Concord president Vincent Perriard, who leaves the company in September to become CEO of Technomarine, executed sweeping changes during his four-year stint with the brand, taking it in a direction that will be continued after he leaves.
Made-to-measure by Antoine Preziuso
Urban Square, the latest model from Antoine Preziuso, is a highly symbolic piece. The Genevan master-watchmaker has imagined a minimalist watch in titanium with an in-house additional module that is also a product of today’s challenging times.
Distribution reaches a turning point
Distribution must contend with important challenges in the years to come, and the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie (FHH), in partnership with Bocconi University School of Management in Milan, is shedding light on what these challenges will be. Their findings will be made public next January during the 2010 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva. Carlo Ceppi, Mission Delegate for the Italy-Greece delegation at the FHH and Manager for IWC Italy , gives a foretaste of the survey’s conclusions.
