Luxury watchmaker Bremont is set to become the first company to release a fully mechanical “smart watch” April 1, 2014 Wearable tech has become the latest fashion among early adopters but the gadgets have failed to move purists, who value the centuries-old tradition of mechanical movements. Bremont’s A1 smart watch hopes to bridge the gulf between the two worlds. The rotund device can be used as a music player, incorporating a miniature reel-to-reel tape system [...]
Rocking and rolling in Vienna March 31, 2014 The new Wraith has all the elegance you would expect from a Rolls-Royce but it packs quite a punch as well THERE’S a delightful moment in the recent C4 TV documentary, Inside Rolls-Royce, where a chap coming to collect his new car from the factory in Goodwood explains the extent of his purchase. “The base [...]
Not convinced? March 31, 2014 CHECK OUT THESE ALTERNATIVES… BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT V8 S PRICE: £139,000 0-62MPH: 4.5 secs TOP SPEED: 192mph CO2 G/KM: 246g/km MPG COMBINED: 26.8mpg THE VERDICT: DESIGN Three Stars PERFORMANCE Four Stars PRACTICALITY Three Stars VALUE FOR MONEY Two Stars FERRARI FF PRICE: £227,142 0-62MPH: 3.7 secs TOP SPEED: 208mph CO2 G/KM: 380g/km MPG COMBINED: 17.0mpg THE VERDICT: DESIGN Two [...]
Borneo to be wild March 30, 2014 Elizabeth Fournier treks to the home of the orang-utan and discovers honeymoon bliss BORNEO isn’t the sort of place people just go. The world’s third largest island, shared by Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei, is a Serious Destination; usually found on those top five lists that honeymooners browse, vying with African safaris or the Maldives for [...]
The Roux family take their culinary expertise to Epsom March 30, 2014 FINALLY, the greatest flat-race in the world has a world-class restaurant to match. Last week, French culinary legends Albert Roux and his son Michel Roux Jnr launched a new fine dining establishment that is to be at Epsom Downs Racecourse during the Investec Derby Festival. As official newspaper of the event, City A.M. was on [...]
Top tip: Prep yourself with a day in Singapore March 30, 2014 SEEING as you’ll have used all of your savings and annual leave on this trip, and come so far, it makes sense to throw in a stopover to acclimatise yourself to the time difference. You could do worse than to pick Singapore, one of the original Asian tiger economies and now home to more than [...]
Perfecting the art of seduction with bespoke interiors March 28, 2014 Melissa York talks to Julia Reynolds, the saleswoman who makes every viewing a singular experience THE next time you walk into a show home, take a good sniff. It’s likely that a lot of thought has gone into what permeates your nostrils. The days of sales teams brewing coffee or arranging flowers at strategic intervals [...]
The Winter Soldier is Captain fantastic March 27, 2014 FILM CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER Cert 12a | By Melissa york Four Stars CAPTAIN America is no one’s favourite Avenger. He’s a white bread, vanilla, all-American goody-two shoes. Born of a genetic experiment to create the perfect soldier during WWII, he doesn’t even have any real super powers other than being able to beat [...]
Family drama is a surefire future classic March 27, 2014 FILM THE PAST Cert 12a | By Alex Dymoke Five Stars NAMING a film after a big, weighty abstract noun like “the past” demands something serious and monumental – The Past is just that. It’s a slow-burning, intelligent and unexpectedly gripping family drama about the power exerted by the past over the present, and the [...]
Line, colour and an encyclopedia for modern life March 27, 2014 ART OBJECTS OF OUR TIME Alan Cristea Gallery | By Alex Dymoke Four Stars IN THE 1970s and 80s, Michael Craig-Martin’s output earned him a reputation as the most hated man in British art. His brazen conceptualism infuriated the critics. One particularly memorable piece was “Oak Tree” – a glass of water on a plinth [...]