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Objects that took a long time to make and reward a long time looking at.
A curated shelf of essential reading, from Mo Amelia Teitelbaum's portrait of the 1920s Paris stylemakers to Suraiya Faroqhi's study of the Ottoman artisans and Austin Kleon's witty guide to becoming more creative.
As any reader of David Copperfield knows, even Charles Dickens could lose his audience after the halfway point. With the second instalment of its Phantom series, has Rolls-Royce done enough to escape the dreaded Second Act Syndrome?
Young, handsome and well-travelled, Johan Attvik could pass for an international playboy customer of J Craft. In fact, he was exactly that, until he bought the company. Born in Gothenburg, he has always loved boats.
One of the world's largest and least-worn diamonds, Tiffany's bulbous 128.54-carat Yellow, has been given a brand-new look. Unearthed in South Africa in 1877, it was cut by gemologist George Kurtz into an eighty-two-facet brilliant.
In art, as in fashion, one must learn the rules before breaking them. That is precisely what master tailor Nazareno Fonticoli did in 1945, founding Brioni and fusing relaxed Mediterranean silhouettes with peerless Savile Row technique.
After August 2011's global re-pricing of risk, Toufic Farah argues quantitative easing is mere life support and warns where the next shocks will land, urging investors to own real assets.
You may prefer four wheels to two, but Harley-Davidson's new Softail Slim is a welcoming machine for riders moving up to a large-engined bike for the first time, equal parts retro objet d'art and motorcycle.
Built for the military and sold to civilians since 1979, the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen has barely changed yet repeatedly cheated discontinuation. Now, after thirty-three years, popular demand has earned the perennially cool cross-country icon a fresh overhaul.
Invigorating is the word for Matteo Molinari, who marries sharp tailoring with handcrafted crochet in a menswear world ruled by tradition. One sensational student collection has already marked him out as fashion's fastest-rising star.
In turbulent markets where cash earns nothing and inflation erodes everything, Toufic Farah argues that physical gold and silver remain the oldest, soundest insurance against a costly restructuring of the global financial system.
Baselworld is the watch industry's equivalent of the Oscars, mingling legendary names with brash newcomers. Dressed to impress, here are the most extraordinary timepieces on display this year, where continuity proves as compelling as novelty.
Warren Singh-Bartlett takes BMW's elegant 6 Series 640i Gran Coupe along Sicily's winding mountain roads, past sparkling seas, picture-perfect villages and swathes of wildflowers, to discover whether substance matches the car's considerable style.