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.
A trilogy of talent
Building on an ultra-innovative concept, HD3 Complication is sweeping the board among collectors who see watchmaking as an art in itself. Portrait of a brand.
The MIH pays tribute to Swiss artists
The Neuchâtel enamel painter Louis Reguin and the almost-centenarian artist Hans Erni are given pride of place at the Musée International d’Horlogerie (MIH) in La Chaux-de-Fonds. The former for his "Monumental Miniatures" and the latter for his famous triptych, created for Expo '58 in Brussels, on the measurement of time.
Cartier enters the exclusive world of the Poinçon de Genève
With the Calibre 9452 MC of its Ballon Bleu Flying Tourbillon, Cartier can now claim membership of the very select group of watch manufacturers to have been awarded the Poinçon de Genève, one of the profession's most sought-after distinctions.
Light as plastic, hard as steel
Carbon fibre, used mainly in aerospace for its high rigidity and very light weight, is appreciated by watchmakers for the same reasons, and for its decorative high-tech appearance. Explanations with Audemars Piguet.
