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Richard Mille’s revamped flagship Geneva boutique has returned bigger and even chromier. To honour the store’s re-opening the Swiss watchmaker has created a limited edition run of 15 handsome timepieces, each one encased in its own winding box designed with Geneva’s cityscape outline. As we’ve come to expect from the high performance watch brand,…
A Winter staple indeed. But what’s this? I find myself en route to The Alps slap bang in the middle of Summer. This feels all kinds of wrong. Had my editor been coerced into sending me here having taken advantage of the local plonk? Negative. The Alps are becoming increasingly popular as a year-round destination…
Swiss efficiency is hard to beat. Within minutes of landing at Geneva airport, I’m speeding down the motorway at 140kmph, only to arrive three minutes later at the gates of La Réserve. It must be the shortest transfer ever, and I like it. But the good first impressions don’t stop there. La Réserve’s lobby is…