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.
Parmigiani brings new precision to the dual time-zone watch
Imagined by Michel Parmigiani, the Kalpa Hemispheres is a dual time-zone watch whose second time zone can be adjusted to the minute. And if that weren't enough of an achievement, the Manufacture is ready to start deliveries.
The infinite quest for eternal beauty
The quest for the ultimate material, coveted for its lightness, hardness, or for its anti-corrosion or scratchproof qualities, is far from slowing down.
Girard-Perregaux reinvents the escapement
Girard-Perregaux has named its latest feat of technology after one of the brand's illustrious pioneers: the Constant escapement, made possible by the latest silicon treatment technology, is designed to maintain constant amplitude until all the energy has been supplied to the balance.
Vacheron Constantin goes all out against counterfeiting
The Genevan Manufacture proposes a watch that is as inviolable as a Swiss banknote. A technological prowess of the utmost beauty.
After-sales and beyond
A newcomer to the Fine Watch segment, Badollet puts customer service at the heart of its strategy. Explanation.
In Fine Watchmaking, technique is an art
Whether ostentatious or elegantly understated, in recent years technique has reached a level rarely equalled in the past. And for a very simple reason: aficionados are clamouring for more. Ulysse Nardin and H. Moser & Cie would be first to agree.
