Enness Global, UK Sotheby’s International Realty and Lumley Insurance brought more than 500 private client and luxury property professionals together for the inaugural Summer Social at The Hurlingham Club.
Bordeaux is no longer just a grand wine capital with a beautiful riverfront. The city has become one of France’s most rewarding luxury escapes, pairing restored architecture, serious hotels, inventive dining and vineyard access within easy reach.
A rare Autotecnica del Lario Alfa Romeo from James Martin’s collection sold for £314,375 at RM Sotheby’s Woodcote Park Auction, while Richard Hammond helped judge a concours field led by a Jaguar C-type.
Adam Handling’s subterranean Covent Garden bar has been redesigned with a new caviar-led drinks experience, a dedicated martini menu and the debut of Ahrelia Caviar.
Speake Marin expands the Ripples family with the Portobello, a lavender-toned stainless steel sports watch inspired by one of London’s most colourful districts.
Bulgari’s ultra-thin Octo Finissimo Perpetual Calendar returns as a 50-piece blue PVD-coated titanium limited edition, keeping its 5.80mm profile and calibre BVL 305 intact.
Blancpain’s Fifty Fathoms Tech Ref. 5019A brings the brand’s patented three-hour dive timing concept into a more versatile titanium watch with a date display and tool-free strap system.
Vacheron Constantin’s Métiers d’Art Tribute to Great Civilisations collection brings four Louvre antiquities to the wrist in extremely limited editions shaped by engraving, enamelling, marquetry and more.
Lamborghini is preparing a fourth model line, with CEO Stephan Winkelmann confirming plans for a two-door, four-seat GT that will use hybrid power and skip the manual gearbox.
Wren and Ben Cook of Ben’s Watches have teamed up again for the Diver One Obsidian, a Swiss-made, black DLC-coated dive watch with a Sellita SW200 movement and 200 metres of water resistance.
From the Drakensberg to Durban’s Golden Mile and the game reserves of Zululand, KwaZulu-Natal brings hiking, culture, beaches, cuisine and wildlife into one rewarding journey.
François-Paul Journe built his reputation on chronometry, authorship and stubborn independence, turning a restoration bench education into one of watchmaking’s most admired modern maisons.
The limited TAG Heuer Formula 1 Automatic Chronograph x Gulf pairs the famous blue and orange racing livery with a 44mm titanium case, forged carbon bezel and automatic Calibre 16 movement.
New EU safety rules require advanced driver distraction warning systems in every new car, adding infrared cabin cameras designed to keep eyes on the road.
The Denza Z9S has surfaced as a fully electric five-seat luxury sedan, with two configurations, a 3,025 mm wheelbase and a top version producing about 496 hp.
Geely’s Galaxy TT Ultra is a large dual-motor electric sedan with 578 hp, 800V architecture, active aerodynamics and a claimed 650 km CLTC range.
From experimental escapements to one-hand minimalism, these five young independent watchmakers show how much energy still sits outside the mainstream of Swiss watchmaking.
Bovet has introduced the Récital 31, a new perpetual calendar watch powered by a newly developed in-house calibre.
The one-off Koenigsegg CC XP 001, the brand’s first hypercar prototype, made a rare public appearance at Secret Meet 2026 at Silverstone after being flown in from Dubai.
From soldered wire loops on early trench watches to spring bars and sculptural case architecture, lugs are the small detail that made the wristwatch possible.