Chopard and Hermes mix elegance with in-house tech May 3, 2012 THE holy grail of watch manufacturing is for a company to be able to make its own movements in-house. This is no mean thing – Breitling, one of the most famous brands around, only released its first in-house movement in 2009 and spent years of research and millions of dollars of investment in the process. [...]
YOU decide the Watch of the Year May 3, 2012 Blancpain Watch: X Fathoms Description: A charismatic, ultra-complex enhancement of Blancpain’s iconic 50 Fathoms diving watch. Price: £26,170 FP Journe Watch: CS Chronometre Souverain Description: Beautifully purist yet imbued with character, a slimline beauty from one of the world’s finest watchmakers. Price: £21,000 MB&F Watch: Legacy Machine No.1 Description: Classicism meets pure design audaciousness – including [...]
How to amp up the elegance in the bedroom May 3, 2012 Heal’s Cap 6 Drawer Chest, £1,495-£1,795, heals.co.uk Perfect for office, bedroom or living room, this piece is from a range of sleek Italian-made chests with soft closing drawers. Matt or high-gloss finish. Made.com Panama chaise, £389, made.com This left-hand facing chair in hot pink has an art deco style to it. Both elegant and fun, [...]
FOCUS ON: HENLEY May 3, 2012 ST ANDREWS ROAD Price: £2.25m A detached five bedroom family home with three reception rooms, three bathrooms, a kitchen/breakfast room, a garage, a large garden and a pool. Contact savills.co.uk or call 01491 843 000 RIDGEWAY FARMHOUSE Price: £3.25m A Grade II Listed, three bedroom home with a kitchen/breakfast room, conservatory, dining Room, drawing Room, [...]
NEED TO KNOW | AREA INSIGHT May 3, 2012 COMMUTING AND AREA Henley is in an unspoiled part of the country but retains the buzz of London. It hasdirect trains to Paddington which take just over an hour, easy access to both the M4 and M40 and is only a short distance to Heathrow, which means it attracts both international and London buyers. Situated [...]
High tech flats launch in Lewisham May 3, 2012 Family Mosaic last weekend launched its new Central Park development in Lewisham. The futuristic development includes electric car charging points in the basement car park and photovoltaic panels to generate electricity from daylight to help power the lifts and communal lighting. Prices are expected to start from £179,950 for a one bedroom apartment. To register [...]
BUY May 3, 2012 DIRECTOR OF ESTATE AGENT, DOUGLAS & GORDON Q.All my friends keep telling me that if I wait, prices will fall. It does seem that in my area, North Kensington, some properties are coming down in price. Should I wait? A.Over the last 10 years, flats in the area you mention have gone up on average [...]
No Sparks in The Lucky One May 3, 2012 FILM THE LUCKY ONE Cert 12A | by Stevie Martin * THE LUCKY One, the latest Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook) adaptation, amounts to little more than a group of pretty people lurching from one awkward, cringey scene to the next. Zac Efron is Logan, a man who avoided death in Iraq thanks to a photo [...]
Piggy squeals loudly but still disappoints May 3, 2012 FILM PIGGY Cert 18 | by Stevie Martin ** THE latest London-based gangland thriller sees a quiet and listless delivery boy (Martin Compston) blankly surviving a dull existence in the city after his brother is attacked by a vicious gang. When Piggy (a charismatic Paul Anderson), an old friend he can hardly remember, turns up [...]
Silent House is scary but it feels grubby May 3, 2012 FILM SILENT HOUSE Cert 15 | by Tom Latter *** IF THE mark of a good horror film is plunging the audience into an unrelentingly tense and nightmarish world, then Silent House is a triumph. It’s certainly very familiar, centring entirely on an isolated and inexplicably terrifying old house, and the plight of a girl [...]