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.
From idea to reality, and everything in between!
It seems everyone is launching a watch brand these days… something which often requires a helping hand. Laurent Besse and Manuel Spöde set up Les Artisans Horlogers specifically to assist those who want to break into this very select world.
How Maurice Lacroix made its mark
Since launching its first in-house calibre in 2006, quality and independence have been the watchwords at Maurice Lacroix, still at its original location in Saignelégier (canton of Jura / Switzerland). Its Mémoire 1 watch was one of the highlights of Baselworld 2008.
In the very best hands
Their feather weight and slender size means they often go unnoticed, and yet with the exception of disc and roller displays, the vast majority of watches use hands to indicate the time. A visit to Waeber HMS, a maker of hands based in Fleurier.
Clocks make their comeback
Jaeger-LeCoultre revisits one of the successes that has marked its 175 years of existence with new interpretations of the Atmos clock, for which this is also a milestone year.
On the crest of a wave
Parmigiani has signed a partnership deal with Pershing, the Italian luxury yacht builder, an alliance that has resulted in an exclusive collection of sports chronographs.
The art of display
As Stanislas de Quercize points out, how time is displayed is becoming a sign of originality in watchmaking.
