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.
The Atmos Transparente from Jaeger-LeCoultre
Surrounded by the transparency of anti-reflective glass, the Atmos Transparente clock is a lesson in pure understatement, with minimalist hour markers and hands on an Art Deco dial.
From Parmigiani, a world-first Hijri Perpetual Calendar
After a Hijri perpetual calendar in a table clock in 2011, Parmigiani Fleurier presents the world's first occurrence of this complication in a wristwatch.
Is it all change for the Swiss watch industry in 2020?
An ongoing drop in volume exports, an inexplicable intervention by the competition watchdog, problems in Hong Kong, individual exhibition strategies... the face of the Swiss watch industry is changing in 2020.
Black dials for the Vacheron Constantin Overseas
The Overseas Dual Time gives simultaneous readings in two time zones. As for the Overseas Lady Quartz, it makes a statement with a halo of shimmering diamonds.
Greubel Forsey enters a new league
This new GMT with a redesigned case takes Greubel Forsey into new terrain with its bold sports aesthetic.
Three world-firsts for the MB&F LM Thunderdome
The first collaboration between Eric Coudray and Kari Voutilainen for MB&F has produced a visually stunning watch whose exclusive TriAx tourbillon, complete with a rare form of escapement, spins at record speeds.
