MB&F Legacy Machine No.1 – An Authentic Three-dimensional Watch

MB&F Legacy Machine No.1 Watch

If you know anything about Maximilian Büsser, you know he doesn’t exactly do conventional. His MB&F HM4 Thunderbolt looks like a fighter jet. The HM3 is more amphibian in nature, with bulbous dials that resemble an Amazonian frog. But now, the MB&F has decided to take a step back in time to come out with the Legacy Machine No.1 (LM1).

The movement of the LM1 is where MB&F wants you to focus most of your attention. The design of the movement was conceived by master watch movement architect Jean-François Mojon and his team. He worked closely with MB&F to bring to life the idea of having a large prominent balance wheel inspired by the golden-age of pocket watches.

MB&F Legacy Machine No.1 Watch-2

The most fascinating part of the watch is its balance wheel that appears right in the front, in fact it seems to float above the dial! As if that wasn’t enough eye-candy, at the bottom of the face is what’s said to be the world’s first vertical power reserve indicator, with the remaining power shown on a curved dial standing proud.
On the back of the watch, large rubies set in sunk gold chatons pop against Geneva waves that evoke the styling of an antique pocket watch. The ruby bearings are also practical: They reduce wear on the device by accommodating larger pinions and by holding more lubricating oil for the mechanism.
Available in 18 carat red and white gold, the 44mm wide and 16mm high watch sports a high domed sapphire crystal with a two sided anti-reflective coating and a sapphire caseback with anti-reflective coating on one side. As is always the case with luxury timepieces, it’s not going to be cheap. Price is $92,000. [MB&F]

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Weird Gadgets/AudioMasons Speakers Made of Solid Stone

Audiomasons Stone Speakers

Wood is a preferable choice when it comes to speaker systems, but if you’re not a fan of chopping trees to make your speakers, perhaps these stone speakers by AudioMasons might be something worth checking out.
Stone is not only the ideal acoustic material, its also one of the most sustainable materials on the planet. As a result, these speakers can put out hi-fidelity performance better than conventional speakers that cost 3-5 times as much. Another quality of these speakers is that they are far more sustainable than the regular ones. All audiomasons products have a self-cleaning titanium nanoparticle coating, and will never stain or discolor.
The AudioMasons mainly produces three models namely Bastion, Comet and Luxs. Bastion is a three way compact flagship speaker for your high-end audio needs. Made of aluminum/titanium drivers to achieve distortion free sound, and the speakers cost around $1,750 each. Comet is a two way compact speaker that that features 7” and 1” drivers, with a frequency response of 42Hz-20kHz, and provides unprecedented clarity and range due to the solid stone housing. The speaker costs $895 per piece. Luxs is a single point audio source that allows for incredible acoustic feel. The speaker has 7 woofer system and costs $1,950 per speaker.
The company also accepts custom order to craft your dream audiophile-grade loudspeakers. And you can choose from pretty much any kind of rock: marble, granite, limestone, travertine, basalt, & more. The custom options also include choice of metal accents, inlay and upholstery. All metal parts can be lined with Itlian Cloth or Goat Skin, availble in of a variety of designer colors.
Besides these rock speakers, we have earlier also write about concrete speakers designed by Shmuel Linski.

[AudioMasons]

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Cantata Music Center – World`s Most Expensive USB-based Digital Audio Converter

Cantata Music Center by Resolution Audio is the world’s best and most expensive USB-based Digital Audio Converter.  This audiophile-grade music server costs £5,995 ($9,660).
It can handled wireless or wired USB connections, thanks to an add-on called Pont Neuf, from a variety of different sources, from CDs, to audio files stored on your computer. Audio is output via XLR or RCA outputs. You can basically hook this box to your computer and it can play back your tunes in awesome quality up to 192kHz/24-bit – assuming they were encoded at such a high quality. The front side of the Cantata shows off an impressive dot-matrix LED display, which gives feedback as well.
It is built on the award-winning Opus 21 series and had been refined and enhanced to include computer-based music libraries. Other digital sources such as a DVD player can be played through the external inputs. [Resolution Audio]

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Luxury Gadgets/Swarovski Light Rose Dr Dre Beats Studio Headphones

With new Light Rose Swarovski studded headphones, Dr Dre studio will very likely be repeated, if not surpass the success achieved with their last CrystalRoc Dr. Dre Beats Headphones. With 4,3000 individual Swarovski Crystals, this headphones are so eye-catching.

Except fancy appearance Light Rose Swarovski studded headphones features precision-engineered, advanced speaker design, powered amplification, and powered noise cancellation. The gadget is featured with Beats Studio high definition powered isolation and is equipped with the monster cable, which is 1.3 meters long and can be easily fit in any phone like iPhone, Blackberry and other music phones. The headphones come with two years of warranty.

For £558 ($880), the cost of this set, you’ll get the perfect sound in a perfect package. 

[ via Crystal Rocked]

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Luxury Gadgets/Tag Heuer Link Smartphone

Combination of luxurious metal, alligator leather and Gorilla Glass screen features new Tag Heuer Link Smartphone. To produce phone’s casing, was used three metals, which includes 18K rose gold, industrial grade titanium, and stainless steel. Other options for enhancing the finish include the Black PVD (for the black and gold color option), rubber, calfskin, alligator, or lizard leather.

This world’s first luxury Swiss phone has a 3.5-inch display, covered in that ultra tough Gorilla Glass we saw at CES, 5-megapixel camera, 256MB internal memory and 8GB memory card and runs on Android 2.2 Froyo. It is virtually impregnable to water/dust and damage from drops.
The Tag Heuer Link Smartphone comes is either black leather and 18K rose gold or brown and titanium finishes. You will have to pay about $6,750, not including the charges for further customization.

Tag Heuer Link Main characteristics
• OS: Android 2.2 • Form factor: Bar type touch screen • Battery included: Li-lon 1400mAh
Messaging
• SMS / MMS / Email (Predictive Text Input XT9) • Image formats supported: JPEG / GIF / BMP
• Sound formats supported: MP3 / AAC / AAC+ / RA / WMA
Connectivity
• Stereo Bluetooth • AGPS, Wifi, WAPI • Compatible with any SIM card
Radio
• Edge & HSUPA (3G) • 4 Band GSM/Tri Band WCDMA
Storage
• Internal memory: 256 MB • Memory card: 8GB • Music play time: 11 hours
Photo & Video
• LCM Screen: TFT 3.5” • Screen resolution: 800*480 pixels – 16 millions of colors
• 5 Mega Pixel Camera Auto Focus • Video player and recorder
Applications
• Adobe Flash Reader • Google Search, Google Maps • GMail , You Tube , E-Blogger
Phone Materials
• 316L Stainless steel, Gold, Diamonds, Black PVD, Titanium, Rubber, Calfskin leather,
• Carbon leather, Alligator and Lizard

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Luxury Gadgets/iPhone 4 Time Machine from Gresso

After creating the Luxor World Time for the globetrotter business man and then decking it up in Gold, Gresso has now launched its new exclusive project, the iPhone4 Time Machine.

The usual glass back of this new iPhone 4 is replaced by a mineral glass with diamond coating and houses six independent mechanical Swiss watches, each taking hundreds of man-hours to construct and days on end of accuracy testing. The watches keep the time at the six leading business centers from across the world – New York, London, Paris, Moscow, Hong Kong and Tokyo.

What’s more, the six Swiss-made clocks add only 1mm to the back of a standard iPhone 4, and are protected by mineral glass with diamond coating against scratches.

A $6,000 price tag makes the iPhone 4 Time Machine enclosure affordable only to a uber-rich with some disposable bailout cash, but if you want to be noticed in a sea of iPhone 4s, that’s the price to pay.

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Luxury Gadgets/24ct Solid Gold iPhone 4G Uniquely Designed and Crafted by Stuart Hughes

This 24ct Solid Gold iPhone 4G is the type of investment a wealthy Apple fan might want to make. Exclusively designed by Stuart Hughes himself, this new iPhone is dressed with 150 grams of 24ct gold. The entire beautification process took several weeks of detailed working, that was required to create the chassis of device in solid gold. Furthermore, every design aspect of this gorgeous looking smart phone has been done by hand and Mr. Hughes has given the rear of the iPhone 4G with a complete full gold dressing.

The Sold Gold iPhone 4G is a 32GB model device, that has been unlocked for international use, and the device itself can updated with firmware from Apple Inc, without any risk of the device freezing up.

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Luxury Gadgets/iPhone 4 Swarovski Gold & Platinum Edition

Stuart Hughes rolls out two more dazzling gadget. This time he has covered up the iPhone 4 in gold and platinum and caked the rim with intricately placed finest quality Swarovski crystals. Dubbed as iPhone 4 Swarovski & Platinum Edition and iPhone 4 Swarovski & Gold Edition, each iPhone is hand finished and inlaid with more than 500 best quality Swarovski stones.

Like the diamond setting process each stone is individually set into cut clasps, that run seamlessly along the circumference of the bezel complimenting the curves of the device while adding seductive detail.

The handset is 32gb and unlocked to all networks worldwide. For about $3,900 (£2,495)

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Luxury Gadgets/Gold USB Digital Audio Converter (DAC) with Swarovski Crystal

NuForce, Inc., a leader in professional and consumer audio solutions, announces the availability of its uDAC-2 Signature Gold Edition 24 bit/96kHz USB digital audio converter. that connects your personal computer’s audio to your home stereo, desktop sound system, or headphones.

The uDAC-2 Signature Gold Edition combines a USB DAC and a headphone amp into one ultra-portable device. Retaining the classic look of the uDAC-2, the elegant uDAC-2 SGE is adorned with a genuine Swarovski crystal on the volume control and encapsulated in a lustrous 24K gold-plated chassis with stainless steel front and back panels.

When the uDAC-2 SGE is connected to a computer via the included USB cable, it processes incoming music data files via its audiophile-grade USB audio receiver and then uses a high performance D/A converter chip to translate the data into analog signal, which is then piped out to the connected stereo component, active speakers or headphones. As a step above the uDAC, the uDAC-2 boasts a highly linear TOCOS volume control for improved channel tracking at low listening levels in addition to 24bit/96kHz USB DAC and an improved headphone amp.

The uDAC-2 Signature Gold Edition comes packaged with an ensemble of very fine accessories such as protective leather case, premium USB cable, cleaning cloth and carrying pouch. The NuForce uDAC-2 is cryogenically-enhanced and costs $399,99

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Luxury Gadgets/Gresso Luxor Las Vegas Jackpot Cellphone Flaunts $1 Million Price Tag

Here’s another phone that you will never buy. Why? Because you won’t ever be able to afford it.

GoldVish’s Le Million Piece Unique isn’t the only mobile phone with a seven digit price tag out there anymore. It has just been joined by the Gresso Luxor Las Vegas Jackpot, which matches its price tag of $1 million. To justify its price, it will be made out of 180 grams of pure gold, where it will also be encrusted with 45.5k black diamonds and accompanied by an African Blackwood back panel. All keypad keys were made from a single manually polished and laser engraved crystal sapphire. Offered in limited number of three only, the rear of this edition will be engraved with the personal number of the specimen.

If you can’t afford the Las Vegas Jackpot (and let’s face it – you can’t) there is a cheaper alternative that you might want to consider. For the rest of us plebes, Gresso is offering simple Luxor Las Vegas phone. It will also have a pure gold case and African Blackwood backpanel, sans black diamonds and a crystal sapphire keypad, of course. And will cost only $20,000

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SPECIAL GADGETS/Mobiado Classic 712MG Mokume Gane Luxury Phone

Only one week after introducing the Classic 712 Stealth, Mobiado has now announced another luxury phone, the Classic 712MG Mokume Gane. Mokume Gane translates from Japanese as wood grain metal, and the Classic 712MG is true to its name. The case materials undergo a unique forging process that involves hand-twisting different metals together to create the unique mokume gane look.

The Mokume Gane is produced by putting copper, nickel silver and brass through a thorough seven step cleaning process which is the key to preventing material delimitation. The manufacturer insets large sapphire crystal plates, hand painted with 24 Karat gold lettering and symbols into the Mokume Gane body. The buttons of the handset are patterned from multiple sapphire crystal buttons which consist of 24 Karat yellow gold, 18 Karat rose gold and silver. A total of 204.5 Carats of sapphire crystal are thus integrated into the mobile phone.

Coming to the design, the latest 712MG has been done up more intricately and beautifully. The sapphire on the battery cover is hand painted using the Verre Eglomise method by Martin Pauli of Angular Momentum.

Like all the other Mobiado phones, the Classic 712MG Mokume Gane is unlocked and features 3G, a 2.2 inch QVGA display, GPS, email, web browser, music player, and a 5MP camera. The Mobiado Classic 712 Mokume Gane is available immediately for $4,180

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Luxury Gadgets/BlackBerry Bold 9780

The BlackBerry Bold 9780 has got gold treatment by Amosu Couture, who specializes in adding luxury and fashionable coating to handsets. The company has previously coated the 9780′s predecessor, the BlackBerry 9700, in gold, and where the 9780 saw improvements of a 5-megapixel camera and 512MB of RAM over the old model, Amosu Couture has decided to up the gold factor for the later device.

This BlackBerry 9780 has more gold over than what the BlackBerry 9700 has, including a complete unit plated in 24ct. of gold, and the keypad is also covered with gold. By this brings you with more connection with gold with every press of your finger on the BlackBerry keyboard.

If you’re a fan gold-plated gadget, the Amosu Couture’s Gold BlackBerry 9780 should be what you want. But it does not come cheap, costing you a whopping of £1250 ($1,990), you can get your existing BlackBerry Bold 9780 with the gold mirror sheen for an £550 ($875).

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SG/Vertu Ascent Ferrari GT Phone – Designed by Vertu, Inspired by Ferrari

The British luxury cell phone maker Vertu, has introduced another member to its portfolio of ultra expensive limited edition devices. The company has once again partnered with Ferrari to release the Ascent Ferrari GT handset. Inspired by the famous Italian cars, the Vertu Ascent Ferrari GT is built from forged titanium with a matte black PVD finish.

The red and black hand sewn leather that forms the cover is the same source as Ferrari’s interiors. The side of the phone features an enameled representation of Ferrari’s iconic engine block whilst the battery cover is ceramic. The handset comes with a rather small 2-inch QVGA display with 16 million colors, which is protected by sapphire crystal glass. It boasts a 5-megapixel camera with integrated LED flash and video recording capabilities, as well as high-performance dual hands-free loudspeaker.

Other key features of the feature-phone include: auto dual-time zone clock, Audio/Video player, Torch function, 32GB of internal memory, built-in A-GPS navigation with preloaded maps, as well as quadband WCDMA and GSM for worldwide coverage. Further, the device incorporates Vertu Feeds application delivering, City Brief Guides, Vertu Select exclusive content, Vertu Fortress secure back up service and the Worldmate Travel application.

Apparently, only 2011 units of the Vertu Ascent Ferrari GT will be manufactured. The pricing details of this beauty are unclear, but considering it’s a Vertu branded with Ferrari, it will be expensive.

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Special Gadgets/ Mobiado First Touch-screen Phone – Grand Touch and Grand Touch GCB

Canadian luxury phones company, Mobiado has recently launched  their first touch-screen phone. It is called The Grand Touch and it is also available in different technology called The Grand Touch GCB.

The design of phone is very elegant and has straight lines and circular buttons. Designed with precision by Peter Bonac, the body of the phone is crafted from CNC machined from solid aircraft aluminium and is elegantly plated with gold and solid brass. The frame is inlayed with black painted sapphire crystal placed in every corner facet, while the entire back of the phone is constructed of 2 pieces of sapphire crystal fused together at a sharp angle. The battery cover is made entirely from one piece of sapphire crystal with a unique hidden sliding mechanism.

Not only the design is amazing because the phone has a rich specs list .The list includes Integrated A-GPS, WLAN, 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, and the phones have 4″ display of 480 x 800 pixels, S-LCD capacitive touch screen with 16M colors. The phones are available in Multi-touch input method, but it would work only within North America, Europe, Africa, Asia- Pacific, and South America where GSM 850/900/1800/1900 networks are available. The Grand Touch is available in six designer styles: black, black satin, blue, grey, red and silver.

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Luxury Gadgets/CrystalRoc Fully Crystallize Dr. Dre Beats Headphone

After festooning the Shure, Sennheiser and Audio Technica headphones with sparkling crystals, CrystalRoc has done the Dr. Dre Beats headphones too. Good looks teamed with good sound is the most sought after combination.

Beats by Dr. Dre from Monster are high definition headphones engineered and designed to reveal the full sound of digital music and reveal every note with distortion-free clarity.In terms of sound quality it is ranked with the highest brands and models of audio equipment. So how could Crystal Roc let it go by looking like an ordinary piece of equipment. After their makeover they are not just the best but have become the most luxurious.

CrystalRoc has adorned each Dr. Dre Beats headphone with more than 4,320 Swarovski crystal Elements in crystal and black hematite. They will also make the headphones available with chrome or gold plating. No pricing details just yet, but if you want one, contact sales@crystalroc.com

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Luxury Gadgets/Nokia Oro – 18 Carat Gold Plated Smartphone

The most striking thing about the Nokia Oro is that it is plated in 18-carat gold, studded with a sapphire crystal home key, and lined with leather. Of course it’s a phone, smartphone. In fact it’s your good old C7 in the inside, but it has been beautified to make it the classy Oro.

The phone works on Symbian-based software and also has the most recent Symbian Anna update. The Oro enables users to enjoy HSDPA 3G and Wi-Fi support. The device comes with a 3.5-inch AMOLED display, pentaband radio connectivity and an 8-megapixel camera with 720p video recording to provide an excellent viewing experience.

This luxury smartphone is expected in the beginning of next quarter, but that is only in selected countries across Middle East, Europe and Russia. The Nokia Oro must be particularly eying Russia as the place is known as a successful market for such premium collections. The price is said to be upwards of €800 ($1,126), excluding taxes.

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Special Gadgets/Sonus Faber Fenice Loudspeaker

Forgetting the audio for a moment, the Sonus Faber’s Fenice Loudspeaker is absolutely stunning from a visual standpoint. Regardless of the finish, this massive speaker looks elegant and powerful. But, of course, the visual aspect is only a small piece of the system.

The Fenice loudspeakers incorporates three new patents in one system, further enriched by new technical adjustments in order make the product unique and inimitable, one of the most expensive in the world. Fenice is destined to change the audio world dramatically.

Sonus Faber’s Sound Field Shaper allows for moving the rear driver and adjustment of it’s output for optimum room integration and listener preference. On the rear of the unit are knobs that includes the ability to adjust four levels of Soundstage Depth, a knob for Soundstage Azimuth (right/left) and volume output.

Or, the internal treatment of the reflex ports with insulating material, an extremely astute technical expedient. In the internal construction of the loudspeakers, an opening toward the outside, is usually built by means of ports of various sizes. Now, these internal tuning ports, treated with the proper material, permit obtaining tune frequencies tied to a pure sound and an of the low frequencies better than ever. Finally, the suspension and decoupling system of the floor loudspeakers, which, combined with the innovative “mass-damper” system, permits avoiding the vibrations naturally created by every loudspeaker, by dissipating them inside this internal device.

Driver compliment includes a 25 mm hybrid Neodymium/Samarium-Cobalt Larsen/Goeller ring radiator. This tweeter is visco-elastically decoupled from the main baffle board. A 6.5-inch cone was chosen for the critical midrange frequencies and employs a blending of traditional cellulose pulp with Papyrus and other natural fibers . The powerful Neodymium magnet system keeps the 1.5-inch voice coil moving in a very linear fashion. The basket is optimized to eliminate resonance and is CNC machined from solid billets of Avional and Gun metal. For the lowermost frequencies, a pair of 10-inch woofers with innovative sandwich cone structure was chosen, This driver is made with syntactic foam core covered on the two external surfaces by coated cellulose pulp skins and uses a 3″ voice-coils on Kapton formers. Lastly, a 15-inch subwoofer also uses a sandwich structure with the main surface made of nano carbon fiber on the syntactic foam core.

The name means ‘Phoenix’, and the massive speakers, standing over 1.7m tall and weighing 305kg apiece (670 pounds), are being made in a limited edition of just 30 pairs, with each pair costing €140,000 (over $177,555).  So if you pick one up, make sure you bring a friend to help you carry it. And a truck.

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Luxury Gadgets/Spyder Supreme Diamond Cell Phone for Tonino Lamborghini 30th Anniversary

Tonino Lamborghini celebrates 30th anniversary of its Fashion and Accessories division by launching Spyder Supreme Diamond cell phone. The front case is covered with 7.8 carats of meticulously sourced American diamonds. The case back is 316L stainless steel and includes pearly white alligator-patterned leather. To top off the extravagance, Tonino Lamborghini’s Raging Bull icon is stamped in 18 carat gold on the case back. It also comes with an anti-scratch sapphire crystal screen.

The internal features of the phone include a 2.75g dual band operating capability on GSM 900 & 1800 networks, along with an external 4 GB memory support, 3.0 Megapixel camera with auto-focus, and a SOS signal button for emergencies. The display is a mini LCD screen with a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels, and is 2-inches in size.

Limited to 300 pieces, Spyder Supreme Diamond cell phone is available for $36,900 for pre-ordering in Hong Kong, Macau, Beijing and Tianjin. There are two less expensive models available: the S-650 for $10,000 and the S-660 for $16,400.

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Luxury Gadgets/Gresso Art Phone Lady Blanche with Diamonds and Swarovski Crystals

Gresso, the Swiss phone manufacturer, just announced yet another customized version of the Apple iPhone 4. They have revealed their ArtPhone Lady Black, a custom-made model of the phone which is currently offered in two versions.

The ArtPhone Lady Black Diamonds version is inlaid with black diamonds of 0.01 carat and comes with a hefty price tag of $30,000. For people looking for value and something affordable, Gresso offers the ArtPhone Lady Black Crystals, which is bejeweled with Swarovski crystals and is available for $7,000.

Three independent swiss clockworks with a ten-year movement reserve are located on the rear panel of the phone and indicate time in New-York, London and Moscow.

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Luxury Gadgets/Limited Edition Gresso iPhone 4 Black Diamonds for Lady

If you are looking for the perfect gift for your gadget loving lady this women’s day, Gresso has the best thing for you. The luxury mobile phone manufacturer, has now unveiled the new iPhone 4 Black Diamonds for Lady, in the case of the 200-year-old African Blackwood, combined with black and white diamonds, platinum and 18K rose gold.

The buttons on the panel feature 2-carats worth of black diamonds and an inside frame made of 18-carat rose gold with white diamonds. The iPhone 4’s back panel has been decked out with black diamonds in 6 carats, in combination with 13 carats of stunning white diamonds. The edging has been done with black diamonds. The Gresso iPhone 4 Black Diamonds for Lady is a custom-made limited edition available online or with the official Gresso dealers.

No word on pricing for now, but the version without diamonds is $10,000.

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