These gilded spaces — open solely to F-class passengers and ultra-status fliers — turn the chore of airport downtime into an experience every bit as memorable as your final destination. Today, credit card tie-ins and a flurry of online flight sales have made the task of accruing status with your preferred airline a straightforward numbers […]
I needed a cigarette after my first trip around the block in the handsome, powerful Targa 4 GTS – and I don’t even smoke. It is not the cheapest 911 nor the lightest 911, but it’s one of the most satisfying. And why shouldn’t it be? Output is 532 horsepower and 449 pound-feet of torque. […]
“Obsession,” the breakout horror blockbuster directed by former YouTuber Curry Barker, grossed another $19 million at the box office for its fifth weekend in theaters, according to early numbers reported by the Hollywood trade publications—blowing past recent releases like “Masters of the Universe” and “Scary Movie.” Key Facts Tangent “Backrooms,” another lower budget horror film […]
To mark the 50th anniversary of one of modern watchmaking’s most recognizable sports watches, the Patek Philippe Museum in Geneva has opened a special thematic exhibition dedicated to the Nautilus — tracing the evolution of the collection from its unconventional 1976 debut to one of the most coveted luxury watch families in the world. Launched […]
From a Halloween craft gimmick to a multi-million-dollar automated manufacturing gamble, Swiss sportswear giant On is using 32 robots in South Korea to challenge the traditional running status quo. Every August, some 90,000 participants take part in one of Australia’s biggest fun runs, the 14-kilometre route from Hyde Park to Bondi Beach known as the […]
Few Swiss watchmakers are so synonymous with disruption as Hublot – famed, and occasionally notorious, makers of the Big Bang. Founded by Carlo Croco in 1980, the company first rose to prominence for introducing watches on rubber straps – a combination then virtually unheard of in the luxury watch industry. Since then, the brand has […]
Four years after it launched, Rolls-Royce has updated its Spectre electric car with more power, more range, faster charging – and, of course, greater options for customization. Called the Spectre Series II, the new car has a range of 390 miles (using the European WLTP standard), which is an 18 percent improvement over the original. […]
Aman, Nobu, Bulgari, Baccarat and Mandarin Oriental are among the luxury hospitality groups heading to the Maldives as record arrivals, private residences and an airport expansion fuel the country’s next resort boom. For decades, the Maldives has been known for its dreamy overwater villas, clear blue lagoons, and the promise of total relaxation. This image […]
A Heuer Monaco Reference 1133B, circa 1969, worn by Steve McQueen in the motion picture Le Mans, is the top lot of Sotheby’s Important Watches auction in New York on June 15. The watch is accompanied by hundreds of pages of documentation—including correspondence between the film production and Heuer, as well as more than 200 […]
Fans have been through a lot with Euphoria. There have been years-long waits for new episodes, numerous cast changes, the deaths of beloved cast members Angus Cloud and Eric Dane, and now, with the Season 3 finale having aired, it’s officially all over. The series finale, “In God We Trust,” premiered Sunday, May 31, at 9 p.m. […]