Breitling’s platinum tribute to spaceflight’s pioneers

Breitling releases the Navitimer B02 Chronograph 41 Cosmonaute Scott Carpenter Centenary – a platinum-cased, 50-piece limited edition marking what would have been astronaut Scott Carpenter's 100th birthday (born 1 May 1925). Navitimer in honor of John carpenter, Mercury 7 Astronaut.  The new Centenary edition revives that legacy.

Carpenter had requested practical modifications:  a 24-hour dial – a solution to the confusing cycle of sunrises astronauts experienced every 90 minutes in orbit-, a wider bezel for gloved hands and a stretch-metal bracelet to fit over his suit.

Breitling’s founder, Willy Breitling, delivered the original custom watch to Carpenter just days before launch – a fast-tracked collaboration emblematic of the early space era’s urgency and ingenuity. 

Housed in platinum and powered by Breitling's 

Cohiba’s BHK 58, a “Behemoth with Good Manners”

Is the Cohiba Behike 58 the cigar of the year?

At over One Grand a “stick”, it better be!

Recent coverage from the Financial Times suggests so. The Behike 58, aka BHK 58, a hefty, 7-inch, 58-ring gauge cigar, has been making a splash since its release at Havana’s Habanos Festival, impressing with its creamy, chocolatey notes and balanced finish. 

The Behike —the name means a doctor or chieftain of the Tainos, the indigenous tribe of Cuba—, was launched in 2010 and celebrated its 15th anniversary at this year’s Festival del Habano in Havana. 

At an auction during the festival in February, a humidor of 400 Behikes raised €4.6mn, setting a new record for a humidor sale: €11,500 a cigar, showing once again the crazy prices people are willing to pay for cigars, and cementing the line’s status as the gold standard in luxury cigars.

Miami’s Design District: from “Dump” to Shopping Mecca

Miami Luxe

Craig Robins, CEO of Design District co-owner Dacra, began accumulating buildings in the area in the late 1990s, transforming a patch of largely abandoned furniture showrooms that were "unrenovated and a dump," he said. Robins estimates that he paid around $15 million for about half of the Design District… Based on the district's roughly 1 million square feet, that suggests the entire property would have a valuation of around $4 billion.

The Big Lebowski, a Vintage Cult Classic

"The Big Lebowski is, at once, a buddy picture, an L.A. story, a stoner's quest, and a Buddhist parable, all contained within a neo-noir mystery."

There are now more than 600,000 ordained Dudeist priests! 🤣🙏🏼

Numerous books and even scholarly papers have been written about the film, many with a spiritual focus.