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Different strokes: Hermès makes appeal to men's watch collectors

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Usain Bolt reveals what makes him tick at Watches and Wonders

Music, art and sport are the sources of powerful emotions which the Swiss luxury watchmaker Hublot is seeking to harness with the former Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt fronting its latest Big Bang Reloaded collection.

Lifestyle

Audemars Piguet CEO Ilaria Resta talks time, tradition and innovation

Luxury watch maker Audemars Piguet enters a new but very familiar world on its first appearance at Watches and Wonders in Geneva. The Swiss firm's CEO Ilaria Resta is hoping to make an impression with an ambitious project that revives the firm's tried and tested method for creating masterpieces.

Culture news

The 'hoax' of the Nazi time zone in Spain that still robs us of sleep

Much has been written about the fact that Spain adheres to CET, rather than being on Greenwich Mean Time, the same zone as the United Kingdom and Portugal. It's widely believed to be the result of a gesture from Franco to Hitler. Although not true, Spain is still torn between history and health.

Moments

Time zone quirks around the world you might not know about

With European Summer Time almost upon us, we thought it was the perfect opportunity to look at time zones across the globe.

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Lifestyle

What is 365 buttons? 2026’s first viral TikTok trend explained

“365 buttons” has blown up on social media, with a new year’s resolution unwittingly becoming a viral meme, which in turn has birthed 2026’s first essential catchphrase. Euronews Culture are here to guide you through it.

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GPHG stars on show: World's best watches on display in Geneva expo

The beauty and craftsmanship of watchmaking is being celebrated at Geneva's Musée d’Art et d’Histoire in a new exhibition curated by the Grand Prix d'Horologerie de Geneve ahead of its annual award ceremony on 13 November.

Earth News

Melting ice caps are making days longer, Swiss study finds

Researchers say emissions from human activity are having a greater impact on our planet than we might realise.

Earth News

Global warming is messing with the way we measure time

Clocks may have to skip a second - called a "negative leap second" - around 2029.

Lifestyle

Is Audemars Piguet's 'Ultimate Complication' watch worth €2 million?

Can you put a price on having the luxury of time? If yes is the answer then you can probably proudly wear Audemars Piguet's latest 'Ultimate Complication' in a way that's much more simple than its name suggests.

Earth News

Does Daylight Savings Time reduce energy consumption?

Clock changes were originally introduced to save energy, but the results have been inconclusive ever since. Now some countries are looking to get rid of them entirely.

Europe Decoded

When will the EU end seasonal clock changes? Only time will tell.

Time in Europe is political and ending the twice-yearly practice will require a lot of political decisions.

Moments

Fed up of wrapping? Gift your loved ones an experience this Christmas

Don’t bother with presents this year, spend some quality time together and gift someone an experience instead.

Nature

Scientists have just discovered that plants can tell the time

Did you know that plants, like humans, have an ‘internal clock’?

Norway

Norwegian island wants to be world's first time-free zone

Residents argue that as the sun doesn't rise in the winter and doesn't set in the summer, they should be able to "do what we want, when we want" during the night-less months.

World News

Time magazine honours persecuted journalists as 'Person of the Year' in 2018

TIME honours journalists as their People of the Year. Maria Ressa from Rappler, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo of Reuters, the late Jamal Khashoggi of the Washington Post and the staff at the Capital Gazette. The journalists have faced imprisonment, harassment and death in their mission to tell the truth.

Belgium

EC to propose end to daylight savings time

President of the EC, Jean-Claude Juncker highlighted the results of an EU survey where 80% of the 4.6 million participants wanted summer and winter time changes to be abolished.