While the starting price for a Vacheron Constantin watch is around $12,000, the company recently received a custom watch commission from a European mogul for a cool $6.5 million. The one-of-a-kind timepiece will incorporate several astronomical and astrological calculations, a perpetual calender and leap year, star chart, celestial annual calender, tour billion regulator, sunrise and […]

Some luxury yachts simply have the perfect array of amenities that let you travel the seven seas in majestic style as well as comfort. The 2005 “Seven Star” Azimut Leornado 98 is such a vessel allowing comfort, class and style from its beautiful design to its inherent functionality. Its sleek contemporary appearance saturates both the […]

Ferrari and Bugatti may have some of the finest exotic sports cars in the world, but they don’t have a corner on the market. Since Steve Saleen decided to establish an American racer that would rival the automotive world’s elite, it was jus a matter of time when America would make her own mark. The […]

The Cessna Aircraft Company was founded by Clyde Cessna in 1927 after this Kansas farmer and car salesperson decided to take an adventure in aviation production. His passion for flight and aircraft design made Cessna a leader in business jets then and continues today. The 2005 Cessna Citation Bravo epitomizes this passion with Cessna Citation […]

Greener motoring doesn’t usually mean high-performance, but bio-ethanol powered sports cars like the Lotus Exige 265E and Aston Martin’s Vantage GT2 have shown that the two terms aren’t always mutually exclusive. Now another British company is joining the ranks with the Climax mid-engine open-top two seater. Drawing inspiration from the Cooper Climax F1 car and […]

By Mary Mullaj The concept of the “Eden” motoryacht, by German product designer Daniel Hahn, relies on innovative design rather than novel technology. The name inself is intended to evoke “desirability, freedom, and personal space,” and the form of the watercraft certainly supports this intention. The silhouette of the yacht is based on sweeping horizontal […]

Willis Slane revolutionized the yachting industry when he founded Hatteras Yachts in High Point, North Carolina in 1959. It wasn’t the location or the timing that made him revolutionary but his choice of materials. He was among the first to construct yachts with solid fiberglass hulls yielding both lightness and strength. In this spirit, Hatteras […]

By Mary Mullaj Last week on the Haute Blog you read about Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal’s intention to spend $40 billion in constructing the tallest building in the world. This project was promised to be more than a kilometer in height and was slated to bump the Burj Dubai out of first place in […]

Located on the eastern side of a private luxury sub-division, this villa has a windward position and looks over Flamands. Spaciously designed with three a/c bedrooms, each bedroom has its own private bathroom and two showers, an indoor one, and a second, outdoor shower as well as a private patio. Each bedroom has a custom-designed […]