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Best of BaselWorld 2013
With the BaselWorld doors now shut again for another 12 months, we can reflect on the premier event in the luxury watch calendar and cast our eye over some of the best watches to have emerged from BaselWorld 2013. As is always the case with the event, the industry’s biggest and brightest turned out in…
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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars present WRAITH: Performance & Function
ROLLS-ROYCE MOTOR CARS present WRAITH (CONT.) Performance delivers on the promise of Wraith’s styling. Power delivery is effortless, but dramatic, thanks to a V12 engine married to 8-speed automatic ZF transmission. 624 bhp / 465kW is available to the driver while the 0-60 mph sprint is achieved in 4.4 seconds, compared with 563 bhp /…
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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars present WRAITH
One hundred years ago Rolls-Royce entered the gruelling 1913 Alpine trial with four 75hp cars; it won six awards, including the Archduke Leopold Cup. Under the stewardship of founding forefather Sir Henry Royce, engineering credentials that had been established through events like the London to Edinburgh top gear trial in 1911, were further reinforced by this…
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Fine Watchmaking: Heures Mystérieuses de Cartier
A ode to the heritage of their revered Maison, JOSHUA’s are honoured to unveil House of Cartier’s fine watchmaking collection the Heures Mystérieuses de Cartier, to be presented this year at SIHH[1. Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie – the international fine watchmaking show, which will takes in Geneva from January 21-25, 2013]. This year,…
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Seiko Astron GPS Solar
The thought of a travelling lifestyle is driven by an inherent desire to explore that exists in all of us, albeit to varying degrees. To cater to these aspirational travellers Seiko have developed their own, patented, low-energy-consumption GPS receiver, which allows a watch that can receive GPS signals and identify time zone, time and date data using…
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The Parajet Paramotor
What do you give a man that has everything…? An apt question, and one no doubt being asked as these very words are being commited to type. The answer is quite simple really – nothing. However for the times when the gift of “nothing” is not permissible in danger of offending without reprieve, it’s good to…
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Meridian Audio DSP3200 Loudspeakers
It was in the early 1970’s that two Cambridge students made their acquaintance; a fated meeting driven by their mutual love of music. Since then Bob Stuart and Allen Boothroyd have spent the last 35 years developing that high-performance audio standard that has become a signature feature of Meridian Audio. Meridian’s progress has been somewhat…
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Gifts of Note
The word ‘gift’ means many things to many people but at this time of year one particular meaning tends to surface more than most. Despite Christmas being a religious occasion – the hint being in the name – the ceremonial opening of gifts on the 25th seems to take precedence. In accordance with this ritual,…
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The Blackberry Playbook
On the day where Apple are set to launch their most revolutionary product since the iPad – a product dubbed the iPad Mini – JOSHUA’s have decided to focus on another Tablet, the Blackberry Playbook. If not already, many will stop reading here, but for those not so acquiesced by Apple’s branding, let us continue. While…
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Leica Ultravid 8×20 and 10×25 Edition Binoculars
Sometimes when asked the question “Why?” the only veritable answer is “…Because we can.”. This is almost certainly the case with Leica and their special limited edition high-performance binoculars, the Leica Ultravid 8×20 and 10×25 BL; finished in a natural calfskin with an ostrich-style embossed pattern. That said, in the places we aspire to frequent…
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New Leica S
For every aspirational amateur, there is a professional whose knowledge of their artfrom far exceeds that of their peers. It is for that professional that Leica have developed their latest high performance SLR, the Leica S. A logical successor to the Leica S2, the new Leica S offers a further increase in image quality and…
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Leica M-E Camera
Together with the new Leica M and Leica M Monochrom – the world’s first digital black and white camera in 35mm format – the Leica M-E joins the latest digital generation of Leica M cameras, now comprising three rangefinder models. Offering rangefinder technology augmented by Leica over decades, the Leica M-E represents the essence of…
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Leica V-Lux 4
We aspire to be travelers, men of the world capturing new experiences as we encounter them; the new V-Lux 4 by Leica is a camera created exactly for that purpose. Characterised by its compact size and easy handling, its integrated handgrip keeps it steady in your hands, while the camera’s particularly light weight allows sustained…
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Leica M Rangefinder
A historic milestone in the story of the aspirational camera brand, the Leica M is a ’groundbreaking’ addition to the Leica rangefinder system. As the first camera to implement a newly designed and constructed CMOS image sensor, and to feature additional focusing methods and functions such as Live View and Full HD video capability; this…