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This Watch Accurately Tracks Moon Phases For 122 Years

Everyone wants to be the centre of the universe, but solipsism doesn’t always mesh well with that whole socialising/respecting other people thing. So keep the truth to yourself and just look at your Arnold & Son’s watch whenever you want to commune with the sky above.


Everything You Need To Make Roughing It Not So Rough

It’s that time of year again. To enjoy the great outdoors, we’re supposed to spend our precious few weeks of holidays abandoning all the luxuries we work so hard buy, then hike deep into mother nature, and rough it for a few days like our ancestors did.


If You Need A Dedicated Watch Safe, You Probably Won’t Mind This One’s $88,000 Price Tag

Designed to complement the design of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s famous Barcelona chair, Döttling’s new Liberty Barcelona Watch Safe is targeted at those who can afford the finer things in life. Like $US5,000 chairs, and $88,000 safes designed to only hold timepieces.


These Solar-Powered, Floating Island Homes Are A Millionaire’s Private Paradise

Start saving yesterday, because as soon as these Orsos luxury island yacht estates become available in 2013, you’re not going to want to wait to sail off on your own private paradise.


Who Will Pay $3,700 For Tag Heuer’s New Phone?

Some people have more money than sense, and even then a damn site more of both than taste. For such individuals, Tag Heuer’s new phone — the Racer — is just the handset to slip into their back pockets. They deserve it! No, really, they do.


Watch Winding Entertainment Center Is A Monolith Of Excess

This is either the world’s most opulent watch winder, or the most over-accessorised media centre. Either way, the Gigantis is targeted squarely at those who only care about showing off their lavish lifestyle.


This $US860 LED Desk Lamp Will Run For Almost Forty Years

Like father like son. If you thought James Dyson’s vacuums were expensive, his son wants you to pony up almost $US860 for an LED desk lamp that promises over 37 years of illumination thanks to space-age heatsink technology.


Insanely Expensive Cufflinks Made From Gold And AK-47s

The AK-47 is probably the greatest success story of Communist engineering. But what is easily one of the most popular assault weapons on the planet has now been melted down and turned into a set of limited edition cufflinks.


GMT Watch Puts The Whole World On Your Wrist

Those world time zone watches that let you know when it’s inappropriate to call someone on the other side of the planet just got a lot easier to read with Greubel Forsey‘s new GMT, which manages to squeeze a 3d spinning miniature globe under its glass.


Airbus’ Concept Corporate Cabin Will Be Costly

Having flown to Shanghai and Tokyo (and back again) in the past two weeks, my back and legs are in a state that could only be described as shattered. I’d give serious money for this concept cabin Airbus has up its design sleeves — but I probably don’t have enough serious money to even get near the escape hatch.