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A diver's companion
Life, Noko, Published on 27/10/2023
» In 2023, Blancpain celebrates several landmark anniversaries: 70 years of the Fifity Fathoms; two decades of the contemporary Fifty Fathoms as well as Blancpain Ocean Commitment; and 10 years of the Gombessa Expeditions.
For the deepest divers only
Life, Noko, Published on 04/08/2023
» In 1932 Omega successfully tested its Marine, the world's first commercially available diver's watch, in Lake Geneva at a depth of 73m. Stringent laboratory tests later proved that it was water resistant to 135m.
Ancient, timeless
Life, Noko, Published on 21/04/2023
» Wearing a Fifty Fathoms diver's watch, marine scientist and underwater photographer Laurent Ballesta came face to face with the legendary cœlacanth, locally known as gombessa, at a depth of 120m under the South African sea.
Humble heroes
Life, Noko, Published on 05/11/2021
» Making timepieces for superheroes wasn't on the mind of the Baumgartner brothers and Martin Frei when they founded Urwerk in 1997 and disrupted the watch industry.
Ultimate hair-styler
Life, Noko, Published on 03/08/2021
» Due to lockdowns and limited access to salons, Dyson is offering some tips for DIY hairstyling at home.
Celestial aspirations
Life, Noko, Published on 30/04/2021
» Two years ago, Phoebe Hui visited Audemars Piguet's headquarters in Le Brassus in Vallée de Joux, nestled in the Swiss Jura Mountains.
H&M steps into the future
Life, Noko, Published on 12/03/2021
» Under the Innovation Stories concept, H&M steps up its sustainable fashion with the first collection set to launch on its website next Thursday.
Italy's powerful sanitisers
Life, Noko, Published on 31/03/2020
» As Italy succumbs to Covid-19, with the world's highest number of total deaths, Bvlgari has partnered with Industrie Cosmetiche Riunite (ICR) to supply hand gel with sanitiser to medical facilities that are waging war against the deadly virus.
Beauty for the city
Life, Noko, Published on 28/01/2020
» Wrinkles are visible earlier on city girls, and the extent of urban ageing was extensively investigated by YSL Beauty Scientific Advisory Board.
Defying nature
Life, Noko, Published on 10/09/2019
» The late Yves Rocher put his hometown, La Gacilly, on the map as the "Botanical Beauty Valley", where plants, such as arnica, camomile, nasturtium and cornflower, are grown in its organic fields, for producing cosmetics.