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JMaasa amp Fktii M Stoppte to M Each of the 25 villas at Ponta dos Ganchos, located nearly 800 miles south of Rio de Janeiro, includes a fireplace and a wine cellar. Each of the 25 villas at Ponta dos Ganchos, located nearly 800 miles south of Rio de Janeiro, includes a fireplace and a wine cellar. During the 1970s, when a military junta ruled the country, the government neglected tourism, labeling it as elitist. swimming pool as capacious as some lakes, a poolside buffet, and corridors adorned...
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By Jack Smith
a light mist was blowing over the harbor about 100 miles southwest of Rio de Janeiro j as a speedboat approached the dock. After I climbed in and the boat had pulled away irom the dock, the burbling of the twin Volvos rose in pitch, the vessels nose lifted, and we went S racing out over the open water. Except for the mode of transport and the speed, I could have been Amerigo Vespucci, who landed here at Brazil's Angra dos Reis Cove of the Kings in 1501 and proclaimed it the closest thing to...
Vertu
jMaasa BlmSMm FsM M ii p b toMI couples in bikinis and Speedos reclined on futonlike lounges, nibbling calamari or coquilles St.-Jacques and swigging mojitos, caipirinhas, or Veuve Clicquot beneath their beach umbrellas. It's like a club here, said Bebianno, as he led the way through the indoor-outdoor bar where a deejay played the latest hip-hop hits, which guests listened to through the speakers built into their lounge pillows. This is where the see-and-be-seen crowd goes. To be sure, Rocka...
By Basem Wasef
Aston Martin is building 77 examples of the One-77. Through mid-Decemher, the company had lt nM 60 of them. Release StoreMags amp Fantamag. Magazines for All A Bang amp Olufsen sound system fills the room with an instrumental composed specifically for the occasion. The cluster of 500 organic LED lights hanging from the ceiling shimmers in concert with the music, illuminating the space, and from the darkness appears a new One-77, Aston Martin s extremely low-volume, low-slung modern muscle car....
Jewelry
Fifth-generation jeweler Henri J. Sillam hones his family's legacy. IN THE 1830s, Henri J. Sillam s antecedents achieved renown in Paris for their ability to produce six precision-made swords in a day a talent that earned them the epithet six lames, or six blades, which they eventually adopted as their surname. Over the next 1 SO years, the house of Sillam evolved, shifting its emphasis from making swords to crafting fine jewelry.This history is illustrated in the firm's Trademark, the family's...
For Love or Money
those who might be inclined to regard this month's selection of his and her gifts for Valentine's Day see Love Matches, page 88 as yet another example of our society 's coarse commercialization would do well to remember that the romantic sentiments we idealize on this particular holiday have long been trafficked in the matrimonial marketplace. In the Europe of past centuries, noble parents routinely bartered their children's hearts ar.d fates to gain political advantage, while in the New World,...
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RsJaasa SioxaiVMcjs amp Faniamar . Ma alijas to-Ml The ThreewUeeler takes after the three-wheeled vehwles that Morgan produced in the early half of I the last century. www. morgan-motor.co. n k is actually old hat for the British automaker. From its inception in 1909 until 1952, the Morgan Motor Company made some 30,000 three-wheel cyclecars lightweight, generally inexpensive vehicles that were popular with motorsport competitors and the public at large. When interest in the cyclecars dwindled...
Jules Audemars Extrathin
The new Jules Audemars Extra-thin watch is equipped with the famous 2120 movement measuring just 2.45 millimeters thick. Developed by the Manufacture Audemars Piguet in 1967, this calibre is considered by many specialists as the world's most beautiful self-winding movement. Our watchmakers have lavished extreme care on the finishing and decoration, including on the surfaces that remain hidden from sight. You can even choose to personalize the oscillating weight of the winding system - exactly...
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An example of automobile-building as an art form. Anyone can drive this car, but the more skilled driver will appreciate it the most. WINE IS ART in a glass, William Curtis, CEO of Robb Report's parent company, CurtCo Media, posited to our Car of the Year coterie during a dinner toast at one of the Napa Valley wineries that helped to host the event. Harvest season had just come to a close, and so it was a good time to reflect on the Litest crop of berries. However, our panel of automotive...
Chronofighter Oversize Gmt British Racing Green
Los Angeles Morgan's Jewelers 800.585.4471 morgansjewelers.com Chicago Swiss Fine Timing 312.337,4700 swissfinetiming.com Florida East Coast Jewelry 800.DAY.TIME ecjusa.com New York London Jewelers 516.627.7475 londonjewelers.com Release StoreMags amp Fantamag. Magazines for All HANDCRAFTED IN SWITZERLAND GRAHAM-LONDON.COM INFO GRAHAMWATCHESUSA.COM The One-77's automatic speed-shift transmission starts out as a manual gearbox from a IJB 9, the gear ratios of which are well matched to the...
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Release StoreMags amp Fantamag. Magazines for All Degas ballerinas go up for bid, and magazines are given a shelf life. Antony Gormley's Domain LX o shelf from Jens Praet's Shredded line. ART SUPPLIES Edgar Degas 1897 pastel-and-charcoal work, Danseuses Jupcs Jaunes, will be a highlight of the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Auction www.christies.com February 9 at Christie's London. The presale value of the work, featuring two young ballerinas, is from 4.7 million to 7.8 million. A week...
The New Grande Sonnerie Magsonic Watch
GRANDE SONNERIE. WESTMINSTER CHIME. GRAND AND LITTLE STRIKE ON FOUR GONGS. MINUTE REPEATER AND TOURBILLON. MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT, GG 3 I 00 I CALIBER. COMPOSED OF 632 COMPONENTS ENTIRELY CRAFTED BY THE BVLGARI MANUFACTURE DF HAUTE -IORIOGFRIF IN LF S FN l E R . PERLAGE AND ENGRAVED WAVE PATTERN MADE BY HAND 48 HOURS OF FOWER RESERVE FOR THE MOVEMENT AND 24 HOURS FOR THE STRIKING MECHANISM DISPLAYED THROUGH THE TRANSPARENT BACK CASE. PATENTED 18 KT PINK GOLD CASE CONSTRUCTION USING SOUND...
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JMaasa BlwSMgs amp FsMms fctep te to Ml Quad as the benchmark for accurate sound reproduction. British engineer Peter Walker invented the ESL-57 and produced and sold it under the brand name Quad through his company, the Acoustical Manufacturing Co. Quad is an acronym for Quality Unit Amplifier Domestic and originally was the name of an Acoustical Manufacturing Co. amplifier. Founded in 1936 in Huntingdon. England, Walker's company eventually became Quad Electroacoustics www. quad- h if 1...
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CALIBER RM 011 FELIPE MASSA FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH Limited Edition of 50 pieces Available only at the Richard Mille Boutique Automatic winding movement Variable inertia rotor with ceramic ball bearings Specially designed chronograph coupling system Skeletonized titanium baseplate Oversize date Months at 4 o'clock with automatic adjustment for 30 or 31 days 60-mlnute chronograph countdown timer 12-hour chronograph totalizer Flyback function Water-resistant to 50 meters Black DLC titanium case...
Turning Spaces Into Places
Dock your iPod Phone or iPad in BeoSound 8. 0' connect an MP3 player, PC or Mac. And let every note, riff, chord, pop, phrase and quirk take your head wherever you want. Visit www.bang-olufsen.com or call 888 311 6572 to start creating your own venue. Chairman amp Chief Executive Officer William J. Curtis Assistant to the Chairman amp CEO Melody L.irsen Senior Vice resident, Group Publisher David Arnold 212.201.1132. darnoW robbrepoft.com Vice President, Associate Publisher Jamie Rllind Senior...
A Curtco Vieoia Publication
Invention of the shock-protection device, 1790 Inspired by subscription watches, the radition 7027BR model daringly symbolizes th3 Breguet art of watchmaking through a subtle play on transparency effects and an eminent contemporary architectural design. It highlights ons of Breguet's mcst important inventions, the pare-chute, designed to protect the balance pivots in case of impact, il was the forerunner of all modern shock-absorbing devices. History is still being written Release StoreMags amp...