Wishlist: What we want this week
From a watch fit for a jet-setter to the motorcycle of the future, this is what we want this week
The world’s first levitating turntable visually enhances the experience of listening to your vinyls by hovering the records in mid air whilst they play. Melding a love for music with careful integration of technology and high-range audio components, MAG-LEV Audio have created a turntable of the future for a medium of the past.
Impeccably elegant, of flawless quality, and built using state-of-the art technical sophistication, this new L.U.C Time Traveler One – which comes in stainless steel or rose gold – is ideal for jet-setting gentlemen. Boasting a complications that displays all the time zones simultaneously, the watch launched late last week to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Chopard manufacturing in Fleurier.
Intended to be the ‘bike of the future’, BMW’s latest foray into two-wheeled concepts is striking to say the least. The black, triangular frame is intended as a call back to the company’s first bike, but is actually designed to bow and flex to increase comfort and ride quality. Powered by a zero emissions drive unit, the bike can balance itself, includes a data visor and is touted to be so safe that you don’t even need to wear a helmet.
Aluminium, with its properties of lightness and strength, has been used to innovate for decades. Now, Hone have taken the metal and used it to create their Type 15a razors. Offering agility, virtual weightlessness and scalpel-like precision, the design of Hone’s grooming tools is as stylish as it is functional – and promises a clean shave every time.
In cherry, chestnut, dark walnut or ebony, the Executive Shine Box is the premium shoe shine tool. Included is a pair of horsehair shine brushes, two horsehair polish daubers, black and brown shoe polish, leather conditioner, a microfiber cleaning cloth and an extra-long shine cloth, fashioned from 100 per cent cotton flannel which builds a deep shine when threaded through the polish bars.
The hybrid of a tent and a hammock, the Sunda stands alone as a best-in-class, freestanding 2 person tent. Stretching to 8 feet 4 inches long and 4 feet 2 inches wide, the shelter boasts 35 square feet of the most livable space of any tent in its category. And built with cutting-edge, ultra-durable fabrics and constructed with time-perfected production techniques, Kammok have created a safe and stylish place to hang out – literally.
You’d be hard pushed to find a better addition to your bookshelf. Sleek and stunning, this limited edition deluxe boxed set contains six masterpieces of science fiction and fantasy in dazzling collector-worthy hardcover editions. From 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke to The Once and Future King by T. H. White, this set is as striking as the stories it contains.
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