“Priceless” necklace by Honey B. Gold

MasterCard hit the gold standard of advertising when it unveiled its “Priceless” campaign  (nine years ago) by tapping into all those wonderful  aspects of life you can never pay for, repay or even earn. As an ode to all the mothers, caretakers and guardians who give tirelessly we highlight the “Priceless” necklace by Honey B. Gold. 

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“Âmes Sœurs” perfume

As a multi-sensory experience Joya Studio combined the launch of its “Âmes Sœurs” perfume with the words of writer M.J Rose from The Book of Lost Fragrances and the taste of rose water lapsang souchong chocolate truffles by Dennison Lee. Âmes Sœurs (translation: soul mates) creates in a scent a sense of of intimacy and softness that can only be experienced at close proximity. Citrusy at first the Rayda Vega designed solid perfume sold in a porcelain and 22Kt gold container, later reveals hints of and musk and incense like a gentle whisper.
Price Tag: $500
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Daniel Roth Carillon Tourbillon watch for Bulgari

Since its inception in 1884, which is also the year today’s international time zone system has been established, Bulgari influences the haute horology with a unique Italian design. The new Daniel Roth Carillon Tourbillon is brilliant demonstration of Bulgari’s craft with exhibiting three hammers, which provide a unique sound experience alongside the elegant 18kt gold case. The manual-wind in-house caliber DR3300 features a power reserve of 75 hours and an additional minute repeater.
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Juste un Clou by Cartier

Cartier has unveiled its version of the rugged bent nail bracelet, called ‘Juste un Clou,’ with a whopping price tag to match. Starting at $3,000, the piece may have a steep price, but the quality is indeed sharp as nails.
The bracelets come in a variety of finishes ranging from white gold to pink gold adorned with diamonds. The bracelet is part of Cartier’s newly launched collection and to celebrate its release, Cartier is hosting an exhibit at its New York museum that showcases the jeweler’s history and the birth of the original bracelet’s design. 
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The Zermatt GMT by IceLink

IceLink is a young Swiss-American watchmaker, which adheres to the principal of catching attention at any cost without losing the focus for quality mechanisms. The Zermatt GMT, named for the famous Swiss ski resort, is for this reason showing five dials telling you the hour and minutes of New York, London, Dubai, Hong Kong and your individually adjusted home time plus a perpetually rotating seconds dial. The huge case, 63x43mm to be precise, is crafted of titanium with a 18kt rosé gold coating. In the inside works a ILMM1 caliber, which revolves at 28.800 vph and provides a power reserve of around 2 days.
Price tag: $44.000
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Glashütte PanoMaticLunar Watch

Glashütte Original, the upscale German watchmaker, introduces a new take on their mechanical Pano line lead by the intricate PanoMaticLunar. A strictly minimalist approach achieves an immaculate elegance perfect for a decisive presence in formal as also business attire. The watch exhibits a sophisticated asymmetric method to align the dials, giving the face an organic, but organized look. The inside embodies the famous Calibre 90-02, a self-winding mechanical movement with a power reserve of 42 hours, on which the sapphire crystal case back entices you to take a look on the mesmerizing motion inside.

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Mouawad Snow White Princess diamond watch

This ‘one-off’ ladies’ timepiece by Mouawad endowed with 233 colorless pieces of diamonds, on an 18K white gold frame. With the craftsmanship experience of over 121 years behind them, Mouawad has taken great pains to create the ornamental chassis and wrist clasp of the exclusive watch. This was capsulated perfectly by Mr. Pascal Mouawad, who says
“Mouawad is renowned for creating one-off items that use only the world’s finest gemstones and precious metals. The Snow White Princess Diamond Watch is a unique timepiece that combines our passion for the highest quality gemstones with 121 years of experience in design and craftsmanship.”
Price tag:  $6.8 million
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The Richard Mille RM057 Limited Edition

The Richard Mille RM057 is an exclusive timepiece tribute to The Chinese Year of the Dragon and to Action Actor Jackie Chan.
The RM057, successor to the $1.7 million RM056 commemorates the Year of the Dragon that lasts between January 23 2012 and February 9, 2013.
It has a movement baseplate of pure, deep Black Onyx and a dazzling golden dragon engraving and colored scales that grips the tourbillon bridge in one of his claws.
The round, engraved Jackie Chan signature set in the black Onyx baseplate side rotates once every 60 seconds in time with the tourbillon’s rotation, adding a refined visible touch to the design.
The RM 057 Dragon-Jackie Chan is a limited edition of 36 pieces in 18K red gold or white gold with a red gold dragon.
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HYT Watch Concept

HYT represents a new concept in watchmaking — HYT stands for “Hydro Mechanical Horologists” and the brand will be dedicated to producing watches that not only contain liquid in them but use the liquid for a functional purpose.
HYT claims 7 pending patents for various aspects of the H1, further underscoring the new ground that HYT CEO Vincent Perriard is breaking with this watch.
Coming in three case styles the H1 will be available in titanium, DLC black coated titanium, and 18k red gold. The case will be 48mm wide and 18mm thick.
Of course the most notable aspect of the watch is the luminescent greenish-yellow liquid ring you see around the dial. The H1 uses the liquid to display the hours on a circular tube around the edge of the dial.
The two piston looking devices you see on the bottom of the dial are used to push and pull the liquid to show the time on the scale.
The minutes are displayed on the medium-sized sub dial set near the center-top watch, with a cool paddle-wheel style seconds hand to the left.
On the right you can see there is also a power reserve indicator (65 hours) for the manual-wind mechanical movement.
The HYT H1 watch price is $45,000 for the titanium model (the titanium DLC and red gold models with be meaningfully higher).
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Daniel Roth Grande Sonnerie Quantieme Perpetual Watch by Bulgari

The Daniel Roth Grande Sonnerie Quantieme Perpetual Watch by Bulgari costs a bit over $1 million.

The superb timepiece is said to chime more than 433,500 times per year, if continuous operation is assured. The movement mechanism of the watch comprises a whopping 923 components, with a rotor that assures efficient automatism.

The array of parts that do up this watch is amazing: it features a perpetual calendar, tourbillion, Grande or Petite Sonerie, silence mode, Westminster Carillon chimes, power reserve indicators, a load of securing mechanisms, weekday indicator, month indicator, Leep Year Indicator, moon phases, automatic winding system for both the striking system and movement, silent centrifugal governor and many more.

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The Blancpain Saint-Valentin Chronograph 2012

Blancpain presents an exclusive creation for Valentine’s Day, the Saint-Valentin Chronograph 2012 .

This limited series of 14 watches, each set with 2.95 carats of precious stones, offers a fresh take on the refined aesthetics of the Blancpain Women collection.

With its diamond-set bezel and lugs, caseband set with four diamonds and a heart-shaped ruby, crown adorned with a diamond and pushpieces covered with cabochon-cut rubies, the white gold case sparkles with dazzling splendour.

The sapphire crystal back of the 36 mm case reveals the complexity of the movement with its 308 parts and 37 jewels, along with the oscillating weight clothed in pink mother-of-pearl.

The Saint-Valentin Chronograph 2012 houses the self-winding Calibre F185 that drove the very first ladies’ flyback chronograph model.

It features central hour and minute hands, seconds shown on a subdial at 6 o’clock and the date appearing through an oval aperture at 12 o’clock.

This delightful model, fitted with a white alligator leather strap and presented in a precious wooden box delicately lined with white nappa leather, is available exclusively from Blancpain boutiques.

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the Collection Villeret 1858 Vintage Tachydate by Montblanc

Montblanc further cements itself as a major player in timekeeping with their latest release: the Collection Villeret 1858 Vintage Tachydate. The elegantly executed chronograph comes in Rose or White Gold and is backed by a manual-wound movement with power reserve of up to 50 hours and is made specifically for this watch.
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Nike ZF-1 American Eagle Snowboard golden boots

The Complete Technique Nike ZF-1 American Eagle Snowboard golden boots were nicknamed the American Eagle Snowboard Zoom Force 1. These boots were the brainchild of Osamu Koyama from the designer label Complete Technique, who had got into a partnership with famous sportswear brand, Nike. Mr. Koyama used gold plates and carved them individually on the basis of each of the 2 Japanese entities, which we mentioned earlier. Capturing the designing cues, and putting it across in the abstract yet aesthetic way on the underlying Zoom Force Boot, indeed got the best out of the artist. The nooks and corners, along with the carving as one can see, requires quite the effort to get right, but at first glance might appear to be a bit overwhelming. However, it all doesn’t end here. The shoes have then been given an opal pendant on the front, furthering the core idea of an outlandish design. Internally, the Nike Snowboard Zoom Force 1 boot lies hiding, visible only from the back end.
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The $203,150 Hermès Crocodile Birkin

On Dec. 6, an anonymous bidder decided to pay $203,150 for a red Hermès Crocodile Birkin with White Gold & Diamond Hardware sold by Heritage Auctions in Dallas. This transaction has broken the record for the sale of a handbag at auction.
Birkin bags are handmade treasures by Hermès. The bags are somewhat symbols of great wealth because they are not easily obtained by the public. The bags were named after English-born actress and singer Jane Birkin and can typically fetch a price of as low as $9,000 to as high as $150,000, according to reports.
The price of the Birkin increases depending on the material it is made from.
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Hublot King Power Unico GMT watch

Hublot introduces its year end model, called the King Power Unico GMT watch, which has plethora of time zones on its dial. 
Like most from Hublot, this watch also comes with the usual round dial ring, with smoothened but well defined edges of the overall chassis. Same is the case with the Hublot logo engraved side crown.
Available in black ceramic and 18-carat King yellow gold options, the central unit features the carved multi-layered main dial, which has 6 time-zones on the upper ring, 4 on the inner ring, and the layers beneath that. 
While 2 geometrically carved hands try to display the hour and minutes, which can be guessed only through their positioning, a ‘+’ shape carving in between point out 4 of the time zones in 24-hour format, displayed on the 4 corresponding micro-dials alongside, which have red Arabic numerals, on steel finishing surfaces.
On the inside, there is the HUB 1220 automatic GMT tourbillon movement, which has 72 hours of power reserve after every recharge. We are yet to know the detailed anatomy of the movement components, but we are sure about it being rather complicated to support the 24 different time zone functions. 
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Hublot Magic Gold Watch

The latest creation by Hublot, the Magic gold watch, which uses a special alloy of gold and other metals, which make the fabric completely scratch resistant. From what the scenario in the luxury watch market is, this creation makes Hublot the first in the world to use this special variety of the gold alloy.
It’s been 3 years, and now the success of creating this alloy has come across. All these years have been used to research and experiment to create this metal, and now several patents are being awaited regarding the use of this metal, as Hublot has lead this from the forefront. 
In terms of technicalities of the watch, nothing is yet known except that it will be showcased at Basel World 2012. Keeping in mind the previous creations of Hublot, one may not see new features, but will definitely see a master timepiece in this newly created gold alloy.
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Omega Speedmaster Co-Axial Chronograph Watch

Omega's new Speedmaster Co-Axial Chronograph gets the King Midas upgrade with a cased bathed in 18 Ct "Orange Gold" which contrasts perfectly with the watch's black ceramic bezel. The watch will feature Omega's impressive Co-Axial calibre 9301 with its oscillating mass and balance bridge dressed in red gold and a power reserve of 60 hours.
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The Noisezero O+ Eco headphone at Colette

The Noisezero O+ Eco headphone edition is for those looking for great sound quality in an eco-friendly packaging.
Like the EOps Noisezero 1+ Earbuds, these headphones are made out of cornstarch bioplastics and reused aluminum, which makes them recyclable. Yet, unlike the earbud edition, this Noisezero O+ Eco headphone edition generates a more powerful sound and super strong bass. By using the bioplastics, a natural feeling, mid-tone is also achieved.
Designed by Michael Young for EOPS and online store Collette, the Noisezero O+ Eco headphone edition is available in gray anthracite or gold finish.
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Berco's most expensive popcorn

Berco’s Billion dollar popcorn created a golden shower version, making it the most expensive the world over.
Ingredients: Organic sugar for caramel, Butter (from Vermont Creamery), Nielsen Massey Bourbon Vanilla, the world’s most expensive salt, Laeso and garnished with 23K edible gold flakes.
Laeso is a particular salt that has been derived by processes which are over 1000 years old, and are traced back to the Danish Island of Laeso. Since production is limited to this small, procuring the same becomes rather difficult, thus making the variety rather expensive. However, the rates for this variety of popcorn are as follows: 1 Quart: $100, 1 Gallon: $250, 2 Gallons: $500, 6.5 Gallons: $1,000. 
Custom Tin: For the popcorn-lovers who want them all, the company also offers a option to order a "Custom Tin." You can select any three different flavors of these gourmet popcorns and split them just the way you you want.
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Audemars Piguet Millenary 4101 Watch

The Audemars Piguet Millenary 4101 was awarded the first place prize in the peoples choice category of the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie this year. The selfwinding Calibre 4101 is made in-house to show the elements normally concealed on the back to be visible from the front. 

The case is made of stainless steel with a sapphire crystal back. The dial is anthracite colored with applied pink gold Roman numerals and pink gold hands. The Millenary 4101 has a sixty hour power reserve and a hand sewn black crocodile skin strap.
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