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Awake, watches and the fragility of the Earth

Awake, watches and the fragility of the Earth

CASE STUDY

Awake’s latest Mission to Earth model is inspired by the “Overview Effect”, which takes hold of astronauts who are lucky enough to see our planet from the (...)

AIS Collective, a Swiss start-up taking care of watches

AIS Collective, a Swiss start-up taking care of watches

PORTRAIT

The ChronoPen designed by the young brand and already distributed by Seddiqi and Hodinkee is a tool for cleaning water resistant watches. Other products (...)

Depancel, a community-based approach to watchmaking

Depancel, a community-based approach to watchmaking

Depancel was founded in 2018 and draws its inspiration from French vintage cars. The brand gives its community many opportunities to get involved in the (...)

“Through innovation, we will achieve 100% traceability”

“Through innovation, we will achieve 100% traceability”

CASE STUDY

As part of LVMH, Bulgari is required to follow sustainability objectives set at the group level. We spoke to Eleonora Rizzuto, Chief Ethics & (...)

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Oris, a commonsense environmental approach

Oris, a commonsense environmental approach

CASE STUDY

A brand named after a river near its home village of Hölstein could not help but be environmentally conscious. Well before many other companies, Oris showed (...)

ESG: Chopard, the special case of a family company

ESG: Chopard, the special case of a family company

CASE STUDY

Chopard has been a pioneer in initiatives such as “ethical gold”, while remaining discreet (until now) about the results it has achieved. But the time has (...)

Announcing the first Watch Forum on sustainability in Geneva

Announcing the first Watch Forum on sustainability in Geneva

Watches and Culture, the cultural arm of the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie, will hold its Watch Forum 2022 on September 13 in Geneva. Lasting the entire (...)

HKTDC: the Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair starts today

HKTDC: the Hong Kong Watch & Clock Fair starts today

The physical fairs run from 7 to 11 September at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), while the online exhibition will run from 7 until (...)

Lang 1943: several decades in a single watch

Lang 1943: several decades in a single watch

Honouring the legacy of 1940s-born watchmaker Gerd-Rüdiger Lang, who founded the Chronoswiss brand in the 1980s, this new project relying on 1960s Marvin (...)

Watches of Switzerland goes on the offensive in Europe

Watches of Switzerland goes on the offensive in Europe

RETAIL

British retail giant Watches of Switzerland, already well established in the United Kingdom and currently enjoying strong expansion in the United States, (...)

Watch brand d&a partners with the Wayuu Foundation

The brand, which pledges 10% of retail price to a cause the customer chooses and stands for, has announced its collaboration with The Wayuu Foundation: (...)

Oris partners with Wings of Hope

Oris partners with Wings of Hope

Wings of Hope is a US-based aeronautical humanitarian organisation founded 60 years ago. In 2021, more than 65,000 people used the organisation’s programmes (...)

Discover the winners of the Prix Gaïa 2022

Discover the winners of the Prix Gaïa 2022

This year, the jury rewarded Laurent Barotte in the Craftsmanship-Creation category, Nico de Rooij in the History-Research category, and Edouard Meylan in (...)

Yourasset emerges as a new watch financing platform

Yourasset emerges as a new watch financing platform

The Swiss platform aims to provide financing solutions for hard luxury goods, working with established banking partners at home and abroad. It has just (...)

eBay to auction Milus watch to support Red Cross in Ukraine

eBay to auction Milus watch to support Red Cross in Ukraine

From August 18th, eBay will be auctioning Milus’ re-edition Snow Star watch in celebration of the brand’s 100th anniversary. All proceeds will be donated to (...)

An introduction to Nomos Glashütte's Ahoi Atlantic

An introduction to Nomos Glashütte’s Ahoi Atlantic

The German brand’s new model is an all-rounder, available in three versions: Ahoi Atlantic, Ahoi date Atlantic and Ahoi neomatik (...)

Bulova expands Frank Sinatra collection

Bulova expands Frank Sinatra collection

Bulova’s new Frank Sinatra Summer Wind watches are sport dress automatic timepieces inspired by the 1960’s Bulova Date King.

GemGenève is back in November 2022!

GemGenève is back in November 2022!

JEWELLERY

GemGenève is holding a second, exceptional edition again this year in Geneva. The fifth edition of the international jewellery show will take place from 3rd (...)

Celebrating 200 years of Carl Suchy & Söhne

Celebrating 200 years of Carl Suchy & Söhne

An icon of the Habsburg monarchy has developed into a contemporary luxury watch brand. And many chapters are yet to be written: in a few months, the (...)

Ethos becomes India's first luxury watch retailer to go public

Ethos becomes India’s first luxury watch retailer to go public

Ethos, founded in 2003, enjoys a leadership position in India’s luxury watch market with a 13% share of the total retail sales in the segment of premium and (...)

Bianchet partners with the Polo Rider Cup

Bianchet partners with the Polo Rider Cup

Last June, the Polo Club du Domaine de Chantilly welcomed the world’s polo elite with 14 of the greatest international clubs from all over the world, and (...)

“The new customer experience is about environmental responsibility”

“The new customer experience is about environmental responsibility”

INTERVIEW

The environmental and social emergency is leading luxury companies, including watchmakers, to rethink their business models and accept a new level of (...)

Adam Benedict: the resilience of a family watch tradition

Adam Benedict: the resilience of a family watch tradition

It is a fascinating story. It all began with a Jewish family who ran a watch factory in Russia until the 1917 revolution, when they moved their operations (...)

Announcing Dubai Watch Week's Horology Forum: ‘Moves New York'

Announcing Dubai Watch Week’s Horology Forum: ‘Moves New York’

Set to take place from Sept. 24th to 25th in Manhattan, the international gathering will feature educational panels, immersive experiences and spark (...)