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Very few ultra-high-end watch brands can claim to be doing something radically different than the competition. MB&F, Jacob & Co. and Richard Mille all inhabit this rarefied stratum, and Urwerk, the avant-garde Swiss watchmaker founded in 1997, should surely be part of the club.
Urwerk’s dynamic duo of
(Stefan Bishop) Los Angeles-based artist and designer Stefan Bishop transforms inanimate raw materials into dynamic, moving truths that often function as furniture, even while dancing, scintillating, even exploding in static space. His labor-intensive creations aren’t spontaneous, yet they look it. (Stefan Bishop) Represented by tastemaker Ralph Pucci since Author: Vittoria Benzine
When one wistfully dreams of luxurious destinations for the Succession set, like Lake Como or the Amalfi Coast, the reveries almost undoubtedly include visions of skipping across the glassy surface on a Riva Aquarama motorboat. Crystal-clear Italian water splashing against its sleek mahogany sides, a beautiful partner at your hip Author: Nicolas Stecher
Patek Philippe watches tend to inspire a”blink and you’ll miss it” type of fervor: It’s not that cost-effective to get your hands on one, be it the first new Patek Philippe watch collection in 25 years, or a vintage edition. According to the luxury watch experts at SwissWatchExpo, it’ll only Author: Beau Hayhoe
Nicolas Jay Pinot Noir There’s a lot of really good pinot noir in Oregon, particularly in the Yamhill-Carlton AVA. It’s an idyllic place to make wine, with rolling hills and forests threaded throughout the region. A coast range to the west and the Chehalem mountains to protect the region from Author: Kate Dingwall
(Vanarama) Rumors of an Apple Car—an all-electric automobile made by the Cupertino-based purveyors of MacBooks and iPhones—have been tossed around for the better part of a decade. But without any concrete updates on the project, UK vehicle leasing company Vanarama has dug into Apple’s patent filings to build a Author: Brandon Friederich
There’s always a level of intense precision and impossible cool in any Urwerk luxury timepiece, be it the titanium Magic T watch or a Bugatti-inspired edition. It’s what’s inside the brand’s incredibly complicated movements that counts, but the exterior is just as important: That’s why Urwerk revamped the UR-120 Author: Beau Hayhoe