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Watches / 01/10/2026
Hokusai’s Waterfall on a Watch That Can Be Reversed
Jaeger-LeCoultre has turned four of Hokusai’s waterfalls into miniature paintings on the Reverso. Each edition is made in only ten examples.
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More luxury / 01/10/2026
The Sea Turtle That Becomes a Brooch
Tiffany’s Blue Book 2025 Sea of Wonder series plays with the forms of the sea. A turtle jewel can switch between pendant and brooch.
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Yachts / 01/10/2026
Hadar: 136-metre yacht with a transverse pool
Lürssen’s 136-metre yacht is now called Hadar and was built as Flying Fox. Its architecture is as remarkable as its size.
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Cars / 01/10/2026
Lexus LFA Concept: an electric successor in idea form
Lexus is using the LFA name for an electric concept. Here are the documented details — and the boundary between a concept and a car you can actually buy.
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Travel / 01/10/2026
172 square metres for two guests in Singapore
The Laurus Presidential Suite is a private world in Singapore. The hotel’s published opening price makes the extravagance tangible.
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Travel / 01/10/2026
Maestro Suite: 400 m² above Zürich
In the tower at The Dolder Grand lies a two-storey suite with a library, fireplace, sauna and private terrace. The view takes in Zürich, the lake and the Alps.
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A Chess Set in Rolls-Royce Class
Rolls-Royce has created a chess set in which the board opens like a small piece of mechanical theatre. Magnets, veneer and hidden drawers turn the game itself into an object for collectors.
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Watches / 01/10/2026
Four dials on one watch: Reverso Quadriptyque
Jaeger-LeCoultre spent six years on a Reverso with four displays and 11 complications. The moon is part of the mechanical story.
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Yachts / 01/10/2026
GTT 115: Porsche designed a superyacht for the Atlantic
Dynamiq’s 35-metre GTT 115 was created with Studio F. A. Porsche as a hybrid superyacht with the range for long crossings.
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La Rose Noire: a Rolls-Royce with 1,603 pieces of wood
A rose in dark red, a hand-laid wood pattern and a watch that can be taken out of the dashboard. Droptail is coachbuilt work in its most personal form.
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Porsche Design Tower Bangkok: the drive ends in the living room
22 large homes, a spiral ramp up to private car rooms and a terrace façade that can open. Here, the car collection becomes part of the home.
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Yachts / 30/09/2026
Lexus at Sea: the car name on a 20-metre yacht
The LY680 carries Lexus design onto the water. A longer flybridge and bathing platform create more room for life in the open air.
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Watches / 30/09/2026
850 Diamonds and a Bird: Tiffany’s Mechanical Miniature
Bird on a Flying Tourbillon brings together a familiar jewellery motif and advanced watchmaking in a series of just 25 watches.
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Bentley Residences: Drive Up to Your Apartment in the Car
A car lift to the private garage and a heated pool on the balcony. In Sunny Isles Beach, Bentley and Dezer Development are shaping a home around an unusually theatrical arrival.
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Travel / 30/09/2026
Marina Bay Sands’ Horizon Suite makes wellness the suite itself
The Horizon Suite in the Paiza Royal Collection at Marina Bay Sands is a 330 m² one-bedroom suite in which wellness is built into the layout, with a hammam, sauna facilities, a Himalayan salt wall and a separate massage room.
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Bentley Batur: a car shaped around 18 customers
Batur is Mulliner’s coupé in a series of 18. Personalised materials and colours make the car an example of bespoke work in automotive form.
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Cars / 01/10/2026
Amethyst Droptail: when a Rolls-Royce becomes a personal work of art
Four cars, four different stories. The Amethyst Droptail shows what happens when the commissioner has a say in far more than the paint colour.
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