I am not charmed by snakes, but the Bulgari’s Serpenti weaves a rather fascinating story. And in yet another rendition for BaselWorld 2012, the stunning watch doesn’t disappoint. The new version sports a see-through 18-carat pink gold double wrap-around structure, in jet-black or eggshell-white scales along with brilliant-cut diamonds. The single-coil watch sports pink gold scales set with diamonds. The double coil version comes with pink gold coils and 385 diamonds. The “head of the reptile”, features 6 brilliant-cut...
Well, if you wish for an opulent watch that you could wear for your mundane activities and errands, then the Ulysse Nardin Blue Toro is just the thing you need. The limited edition watch sports ceramic bezel and pushers, with a sapphire caseback to see the in-house self-winding movement in motion. Equipped with a perpetual calendar and a 2nd Time zone on main dial, the watch boasts of 100-meter water resistance and a 45-hour power reserve. The 43mm dial...
After safeguarding your valuables inside a glittering gold safe, and adding glamour to your house with limited edition furniture, Boca do Lobo is now out to woo your love for history with limited edition Heritage Sideboard. It features several layers, which takes you though centuries of different periods in the Portuguese history. The gold leaf interior of the Heritage Sideboard reminds of the historical buildings which normally presented interiors with a lot of ornaments and gold....
After come out with an 85m long superyacht British Designer Alex McDiarmid has created another Iwana. This time around the Superyacht Iwana 87m is 2-meters longer and has been inspired by the Water Dragon instead. Celebrating the Chinese Year of the Dragon, the yacht's main structure is shaped like a dragon head, with the decks and communication tower "inspired by the dorsal crests of Dragons and beautiful marine iguanas." The super structure features a panoramic roof window running over...
China sure loves luxury, and it's getting its share of special treatment too. And now the Chinese luxury lovers wish to take a guided tour of the world too, as a 66-day around-the-world tour got sold out in 13 seconds flat after the reservation hotline was thrown open. Priced at RMB 660,000 (US$104,654), the tips organised by Ctrip.com, one of China’s biggest online travel agencies has only 11 people onboard, as the 12th didn’t want to share accommodations....
This year at BaselWorld, Hublot will pull covers off its first extra-thin skeleton watch, a Classic Fusion with a refined design which retains the true mark of being a Hublot chronograph. A refreshing change from the Big Bang watches, this 45 mm diameter watch features a 2.90 mm thick movement which has been developed in-house. On the dial side you can see the small seconds at 7 o'clock and the watch hands remind you of the very first Hublot...
GRIEB & BENZINGER hosted a special preview in Singapore, for Rolls-Royce and Revolution Magazine to unveil the BLUE DANUBE and the BLUE WHIRLWIND. The first is a skeletonized minute repeater split-seconds chronograph, while the later is a tourbillon minute repeater. It also took the curtains off the BLUE SENSATION, which is the only split-seconds skeletonized regulator chronograph currently available. Running in a rare Patek Philippe calibre, these "one-of-a-kind" watches come encased in solid platinum cases and come to a...
As Piaget, Swarovski, Versace, Vertu, Richard Mille, and Coach have already reminded us that 2012 is the Chinese Year of the Dragon, it's now time for Aston Martin to woo the Chinese markets with symbolic car models. Taking cue from competitors Rolls Royce, that sold a bulk of its inventory in the Asian country, Aston Martin will come out with Dragon Editions in DBS, Virage, V8 Vantage S Models. Dubbed as the “Dragon88″ line, the cars will be unveiled...
From the Ripley's museum to causing ripples across the world, classic Ferrari cars seems to be the talk of the town. And now, a classic Ferrari 250 GT has become the most expensive car ever sold in Britain with a sale tag of £20.2 million ($31.93 million). With only 39 units built between 1962 and 1964, the vehicle has been world's most sought-after car, and now we know that people will pay anything to get hands on this baby....
And a couple of months after he first surfaced, the life-size Fist of the North Star figure of Kenshirō studded with 500,000 Swarovski crystals worth 10 million yen ($130,000) is someone’s to keep! Up for bids on Yahoo! Japan website in December, the doll earned 3 million yen ($39,000). Studded with 52 different kinds of crystals 185-centimeter-tall (73-inch-tall) figure in an custom-made acrylic case sits pretty in the house of a self-employed man in his 40s from Fujieda City...
What can you replace with a Swarovski crystal-encrusted Mini Cooper to create a flutter around the world? Well a hand-knitted Ferrari! At least that what happened at the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! museum at London’s West End. The £1m Mini pulled out of a smoke duct of the five-storey building at Piccadilly, will now be seen at the Ripley’s museum at Baltimore, USA. Knit by British artist Lauren Porter, the car took 10 months in the making with...
The best part of being a royal in today’s age of democracy is that you have all glory of being a part of the monarchy and spend well on arts and cultural. That is exactly the royal family of Qatar has done as they purchased Cezanne’s painting titled The Card Players for well over $250 million making it the most expensive work of art ever sold. Sold last year by Greek shipping tycoon George Embiricos, the sale details however...
Along with Jade Jagger designed houses, the Lodha Group has added new heights to the super luxury living in Mumbai, India with World One - the world's tallest residential tower. The builders have roped in Italian couturier Giorgio Armani to design Best in Class apartments in the world's tallest residential building that is said to retail at a whooping half a billion rupees ($10.1 million). Giorgo Armani, renowned for clean, tailored lines, will be dressing up luxurious apartments in...
Romain Jerome has added yet another high-end wrist watch to its Titanic DNA and tourbillon collection. After the fun Space Invaders watch, the brand is out with yet another serious looking watch, called the Romain Jerome Chrono Tourbillon. Encased in a 46mm dial with an oxidized steel bezel look, the watch justifies under water feel. The watch features a "solar" style tourbillon carriage with subsidiary seconds dial, tourbillon, and thirty minute monopusher chronograph....
Being a F1 driver may have its risks, but the perks are quite a lot if you are in the right team, and you win of course. Just have a look at Team Scuderia Ferrari. The Italian luxury car maker has gifted each of its gifted drivers a 458 Italia, Abarth 695 Tributo Ferrari and Maserati GranCabrio, among other cars. And when you are as good as Fernando Alonso or Felipe Massa you can also get more. At the...