Sometimes, you need a massage. Just a good, muscle-untwisting massage. So what do you do. Book yourself into a spa? One of those dimly-lit, incense-infused ones with the unisex slippers, cucumber facials and Enya music? But what if you don’t want to bump into your mates with your professionally smooth, shiny forehead? Most guys would rather avoid all…
Apple’s new £13,500 luxury edition smartwatch: shamelessly pricey and aimed at the fashion brigade. You’re sure you don’t need one. But come on, you still sorta want one, right?
We’re all Bremont fans here at Lusso, and we were very excited to see them featured on USA Prime Time television thanks to Jimmy Fallon’s chance encounter with the brand on his last visit to London. After hearing the story behind the Bremont MBI, Jimmy confirmed his Father-in-Law, aviator and Marine Corps veteran had ejected…
After the success of the Boeing Bremont Model 1 and Model 247 timepieces, the English watchmaker have announced further additions to the range at Baselworld 2015. Nick English explains, “Boeing is arguably the most famous aircraft company of all time and one of the world’s most innovative engineering leaders. With its one hundred years of aerospace achievement, Boeing’s…
Patek Philippe are known for being one of the oldest watchmakers, but also one of the last family-owned. At last year’s Basel watch fair, Patek focused heavily on their 175th anniversary, this year – they begin their work towards their 200th year. They launched three new timepieces at the show and we thought you needed to see them…
This year’s Chivas ‘Made for Gentlemen’ collaboration is with the (usually) aviation-themed watch company Bremont. It’s a good fit in more ways than one: Bremont, like Chivas, was founded by two brothers, both passionate about craftsmanship and investing in the details that matter. After a visit to the Strathisla distillery where they met Chivas Master Blender…
The CTB is the brand’s second chronograph, but it’s also a world-first. Why? Because the watchmaker, in its quest for absolute precision, has put a true beat seconds hand and a chronograph seconds hand together – on the same axis no less. A phenomenal invention that’s protected by two patents. This watch comes with a…
The Officer’s watch had its origins during the First World War, when pocket watches with hinged backs were reconfigured into something you could pop on your wrist. Slightly handier for combat. Patek Philippe’s latest incarnation, the Calatrava 5153, inspired by these First World War era timepieces, has the distinctive protective cover over the case back. And…
The difference between Gabriella Parkes and a classic heist heroine in the cinematic forms of say, Charlize Theron in the Italian Job, or Faye Dunaway in the Thomas Crown Affair, is that Gabriella takes ownership of jewels to create something even more beautiful than their original form. Jewellery is undergoing a glamour revival reminiscent of…