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  • Watches and Wonders 2024 went big on celebrities for 2024, with Bündchen repping IWC and Mbappé for Hublot, while K-pop idol Lee Jun-ho visited with Piaget, and Chinese star Jackson Yee was in town for Jaeger-LeCoultre.
  • More than 49,000 visitors turned out to see the latest creations from 54 top brands – here’s Style’s report direct from the world’s biggest timepiece spectacle

Having blazed a trail across China, chef Frank Xu left for Europe, where he gives guests at Switzerland’s only Michelin-star Chinese restaurant, Le Tsé Fung, an authentic taste of his homeland.

This year at the luxury watch fair, Rolex skipped new model lines in favour of variants of tried-and-true favourites, striving for ‘harmonies of materials, colours and textures’

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Gisele Bündchen and Wang Yang were present to check out luxury timepieces, including 6 new watches by Rolex – such as a Daytona studded with diamonds and the Deepsea in 18-karat gold

Europe’s top rights court on Tuesday ruled that Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change, in its first such ruling against a state on the issue.

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Switzerland’s biggest lender expects Asia to be its future growth engine after the acquisition of rival Credit Suisse last year expanded its footprint and client assets in the region, says CEO.

After years of negotiations to join Europe’s ID-check-free travel zone, there is now free access for travellers arriving by air or sea from both countries, marking new step in countries’ integration with the EU.

Feel like an aristocrat on board Belmond’s British Pullman, which has welcomed aboard royals like Queen Elizabeth and Prince Harry, or cross western Canada amid stunning views with Rocky Mountaineer

Besides launching his first fashion collection with Loewe’s Jonathan Anderson, Federer has attended the Met Gala, performed with Coldplay, and supported the Springboks at the 2023 Rugby World Cup

Some horology enthusiasts would argue that ultra-complicated timepieces are frivolous – particularly the perpetual calendar function seen in these watches by Bulgari, A. Lange & Söhne and IWC

The president and the kingdom’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman discussed a peace summit that Switzerland has agreed to host later in the year.

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Though the demonstrations have wound down in France after government concessions, the movement has taken hold in Germany, Greece, the Netherlands and elsewhere.

From Europe’s highest football pitch to a Unesco heritage site in Italy and the world’s longest golf course, in China, these sporting venues boast scenery that matches the action they host.

His questionable medical decisions resulted in his firing from Karolinska Institute, which selects Nobel Prize winners, and he has been sentenced to 2.5 years by a Swedish court

Chinese premier will address opening ceremony at annual meeting of political and business leaders, then pay official visits to Switzerland and Ireland as Beijing kicks off ‘high-level exchange’ with Europe.

High horology clocks have historically never been mainstream, but independent houses like L’Epée 1839, Urwerk and Maison Alcée are starting to craft unique pieces that impress celebs like A$AP Rocky

Campaigners from the Swiss Animal Alliance, which launched the move, on Thursday piled up boxes in the capital Bern, symbolising the certified signatures to trigger a public vote.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore said that Credit Suisse bankers provided clients with inaccurate or incomplete post-trade disclosures, resulting in customers being charged above agreed rates.

The inventive Swiss watchmaker’s founder Denis Flageollet chats to Style about his passion for watchmaking and the evolution of the independent maison, from its early days to developing signature motifs, and more …

From playful Barbie themes to embedded Rolex dials, jewellers and watchmakers are looking beyond the wrist for those who want to make a style statement

For its first big deal ever, the Swiss watchmaker dropped US$69 million to acquire the brand, which was formerly owned by Hong Kong-based Stelux Group

Swiss striker Alisha Lehmann is considered football’s ‘sexiest female player’, but what else do we know about the 24-year-old apart from her team of Women’s Super League club Aston Villa?