Picked for You

Time for Something Fine

Do you already have a Chronograph Tourbillon in your watch collection? Then it’s time. Breitling has looked back to its founding years with the Premier B21 Chronograph Tourbillon 42 collection – three models, each dedicated to one of the Breitling founders. We’re especially taken with the Willy Breitling in platinum, with an admiral-blue dial and a black alligator strap. The B21 manufacture calibre was developed in close cooperation with the specialist manufacture La Joux-Perret. Price: CHF 65,000. breitling.com

Spirits in the Round

Now this is a bar for real men: an oak barrel in which Bordeaux slumbered for years. The makers at Fasswerk Hämmerle can do this sort of thing – they build bars into wine barrels and, on request, humidors too. The far more exclusive idea, however, is to deliver your own barrel – the one you’re surely keeping in the cellar. Empty, of course; it would be a shame to waste a fine Margaux or Pétrus. fasswerk.ch

Worth a Listen

In Vitznau (LU) on Lake Lucerne, a new chamber-music hall ten metres underground offers unique acoustics. The hall is part of the Campus Kultur Kulinarik Vitznau and marks another milestone in establishing an exclusive training and education hub in Vitznau. dasmorgen.ch

A Designer-Label Lodging

It’s no longer enough to wear the total look by Armani, Ferragamo, Lacroix, Moschino or Missoni. Anyone with standards checks into the matching hotel when travelling, too. The ninth Bulgari Hotel is opening right now, near the jeweller’s headquarters in Rome. That the room windows look out onto the 2,000-year-old Mausoleum of Augustus – the best view is from the 300-square-metre Bulgari Suite – shouldn’t bother you, at most give you pause for thought. Booking via bulgari.com

Fast Listening

McLaren and premium audio brand Bowers & Wilkins have worked together for years on good sound in fast cars. Now they’ve developed their first joint headphones, the Px8 McLaren Edition – McLaren feeling for everyone who can’t afford a supercar. Price: €795. bowerswilkins.com

Now That’s a Jacket!

We featured Ronnie Kessel in the last issue of MEN (you don’t have it? Write to us). The smart petrolhead has plenty of style and, above all, italianità, which is why he teamed up with heritage label Fay. It has released a limited edition of its 4-Ganci jacket – named for its four ganci, or hooks – and gave one to Ronnie for his 10,000-kilometre road trip from Lima to Cape Horn in a Ford Mustang Shelby. You can’t buy his own jacket, but you can get one of the limited edition. Fay, by the way, also dressed the judges of I.C.E. St. Moritz, the young classic-car show on the frozen lake. fay.com

We’re the Most Desirable!

Yes, it’s official: Swiss men are the most sought-after partners across Europe. At least that’s what the dating platform seeking.com found. Women from every corner of the continent favour the Swiss to the tune of 98 per cent (!). He need only be 1.80 m tall (on average!), highly educated – a doctorate would be nice – and have a net worth of one million US dollars in his Swiss bank account. We’ve all got that, right? German men and gentlemen from the United Kingdom follow in the next places. Her choice.

The Future Lives in Saudi Arabia

On the Arabian peninsula, the Neom project is taking shape over a length of 170 kilometres – from sun-drenched beaches to snow-capped mountains. Saudi Arabia’s ruler has USD 500 billion from a state investment fund at his disposal for it; one day, nine million people are meant to live, work, learn and have fun here. Construction has begun. A dream of a perfect world, powered by 100 per cent clean energy and with no combustion engines, in which happy high-profile people are supposed to make the world a better place. What are you waiting for? neom.com