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.
F.P. Journe thumbs his nose at copycats
The Genevan watchmaker has housed a minute-repeater inside an ultra-slim case… and is already chuckling at the idea of seeing others try and imitate his patented mechanism.
A. Lange & Söhne Cabaret Tourbillon
A. Lange & Söhne presents a delicate tourbillon mechanism set inside the Cabaret watch's rectangular case. True to form, the manufacture's watchmakers have given it a subtle but infinitely sophisticated twist: this particular tourbillon can be stopped and time set to the nearest second.
Chopard, the chameleon jeweller
In 2007, the Genevan jeweller purchased the world's biggest chameleon diamond. Today it is the centrepiece of a ring, surrounded by a cluster of yellow diamonds. The ultimate in elegance and totally unique.
Chanel joins forces with Audemars Piguet
The renowned French brand has called on the Le Brassus Manufacture to anchor itself in the Fine Watch segment.
