Time to burn some rubber
In recent years, in its continued pursuit of “hyper horology”, Roger Dubuis has made some important cobranding relationships in the automotive world. One of them with Pirelli, to make the straps for its flagship watches. To celebrate its 150th anniversary – the company was founded in Milan in 1872 by Giovanni Battista Pirelli – Roger Dubuis […]
Laura Donnelly
Laura Donnelly made her on-screen debut in 2005 in the Emmy Award-winning comedy drama Sugar Rush and hasn’t stopped working since. From internationally acclaimed plays such as The Ferryman for which she won an Olivier Award to blockbuster TV shows such as The Fall and The Nevers. Back in London after filming Werewolf by Night […]
Schweizerhof Hotel, Bern
The hour-drive from Lucerne allowed me to play a little with my BMW M850i xDrive, which in Sport mode delivered a seismic degree of thunder roaring for all inside and outside the car. Surprisingly agile for its size, it offers stacks of grip through the tight Alpine corners, a testament to its great chassis and […]
Bürgenstock Resort, Lake Lucerne
Apart from the environs of London, the Alps have the highest density of James Bond locations in the world. Part of the films Goldfinger, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, For Your Eyes Only, Goldeneye and The World Is Not Enough were all filmed here. One of these locations is the Bürgenstock Resort, where Sean Connery […]
Lily Bollinger’s Living Spirit
“I drink Champagne when I’m happy and when I’m sad. Sometimes I drink it when I’m alone. When I have company, I consider it obligatory. I trifle with it if I’m not hungry and drink it when I am. Otherwise, I never touch it – unless I’m thirsty.” Who doesn’t know Madame Lily Bollinger’s well-worn […]
Designers of Tomorrow
The brainchild of Hublot CEO Ricardo Guadalupe and the late graphic artist designer Pierre Keller – credited with turning the Lausanne University of Art & Design into one of the most influential design schools in the world – the Hublot Design Prize was created in 2015 to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the launch of […]
Sabi Sabi
The measures taken globally to control the propagation of Covid-19 have had a significant negative impact on the conservation efforts in Africa, exacerbated by other factors such as poor governance, poverty, increasing human populations and illegal wildlife trade, continue to drive wildlife declines across the continent. The main source of revenue to support conservation efforts […]
Pascal Raffy
It is not often that a successful businessman in pharmaceuticals gives it all up to buy a watch brand which value was based on its unique heritage, the mastery of its artisans… and little more. But that’s exactly what Pascal Raffy did in 2001, as a reaction to her eldest daughter’s complaint about never seeing her dad. That drastic career turn changed the dynamics of his family life and the fortunes of Bovet 1822 forever. Our Editor Julia Pasarón went to their headquarters at Château de Môtiers, on the hills over Neuchâtel, Switzerland, to interview Pascal as the brand celebrates its 200th anniversary.
Imaginative forms of elegance
Contrary to what one may assume, back in the late 18th and early 19th century, women were as fond of watches as men were. Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, was a known collector and a client of Abraham Louis Breguet. A watch had been one of the few objects the young queen had brought with […]
California Dreamin’
A gentle breeze whips the snow into a frenzy, as if dancing in the alpine air. Above, the winter sun radiates through the azure sky, and I feel its warmth against my face as I bootpack the final few meters to the summit of Squaw Peak, the highest point of Palisades Tahoe at 2,708-metres. From […]
