October 2022

Robb Report Singapore

Luxury without compromise

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Robb Report Singapore
EDITORIAL KENNETH TAN ACTING EDITOR-IN-CHIEF (k.tan@imv.com.sg) HANNAH CHOO SENIOR EDITOR (h.choo@imv.com.sg) CELINE YAP EDITOR-AT-LARGE, WATCHES & JEWELLERY (c.yap@imv.com.sg) JACQUELINE DANAM CHIEF SUB-EDITOR JOEL CHUA WRITER (j.chua@imv.com.sg) EL
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Editor's Letter
THIS YEAR'S SPECIAL Thought Leaders issue represents our annual tribute – now in its fourth year – recognising personalities in Singapore across a broad swathe of industries. Each of them was selected to recognise their creativity, vision, perseveran
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New Horizons
The Macallan and Bentley Motors are driving innovation in an evocative collaboration called The Macallan Horizon. A first in the world of whiskies, The Macallan Horizon presents a remarkable vision by both brands, distilled into the bottle of a limit
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Royal Plush
Giorgetti's long history of adopting traditional woodworking techniques has made it synonymous with the finest craftsmanship. It's also true that the luxury furniture maker relishes its ability to wield the latest technology for constant innovation a
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Brimming Brilliance
Boucheron has captured a drop of sunlight in its latest addition to the beloved Serpent Bohème collection, the Solarité. Embodying the iconic Serpent Bohème's DNA, emblematic diamond droplets feature across the new line as beaded rays of gold outstre
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Aurélien Guichard
PERFUMER AURÉELIEN GUICHARD divides his time between a Parisian apartment overlooking Jardin du Luxembourg, where he spends much of the year, and Grasse, in the South of France, where he was born. The latter is regarded as the epicentre of the fragra
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Off The Block
Auctioned by RM Sotheby's in Monterey for US$3.6 million Adding a frisson of excitement to a packed bidding hall, the final winning offer from a telephone bidder broke the record for a new Porsche sold at auction. In this case, it was for the Porsche
Robb Report Singapore4 min readPolitical Ideologies
Yet Another Indecent Proposal
“WE ALL BELIEVE in democracy, my dear, but some of us are too well mannered to practise it.” I can't remember where and when I first heard this quote – I may even have dreamt it or made it up – but it's probably from an Oscar Wilde play. It must have
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The Ultimate In Luxury
Once again, Glenfiddich moves squarely into the ultra-rare, luxury whisky space with the launch of the Time Redmagined collection, the latest releasefromfamily-owned distiller and distributor William Grant & Sons. The release consists of three extrao
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Robb Report Singapore Thought Leaders
PERHAPS THE MOST precious and irreplaceable resource in life, is time – the relentless thief that slips through your hands like grains of sand, never to return again. The way we spend our time defines who we are, and well, if not now, when? The Robb
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Dream Machines
Water | Wheels | Wings | Technology
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Ferrari Fires Back
ENZO FERRARI ONCE stated: “I believe most things can be said in a few lines.” He could have been referring to the sweeping curves of the Daytona SP3, the newest addition to the marque's ultra-exclusive, invite-only Icona series. The 828hp coupe gives
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Inside the Bugatti Bubble
IN THE WEE hours of a balmy summer night in Molsheim, France, I view Jupiter glowing high in the evening sky from the grounds of Chateau St Jean, which has anchored these roughly 6.9 hectares for the past 165 years. I'm staying overnight in the shado
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Privacy And Exclusivity
AS A NEXUS of luxury yachting, the Monaco Yacht Club is no stranger to exclusivity. And yet, once a year, another gear is somehow found in this regard as the Ferretti Group reserves the entire locale to showcase its stable of brands in a harbour-fill
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Show Stoppers
The 378ft Ahpo, delivered to its Jamaican owner earlier this year, is among the most colourful gigayachts at Monaco, with a mosaic spa at the heart of its outstanding wellness area, four pools of various sizes and a standout beach club. Designer Nuvo
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Smooth Sailing
FROM FAMILY TIME at sea to a wild New Year's celebration with friends, the vessel that you commandeer for a trip out at sea can make or break the experience. However you want to experience moana, which is Hawaiian for ‘ocean’, there is a vessel tailo
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Harbours Of Influence
HONG KONG'S VICTORIA HARBOUR is a stunning sight in the evening, especially when the city's famed skyline is viewed from a large wooden tourist junk under three blood-red sails. But for years, yacht owners wanting to cruise the city's harbour – and i
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Can E-air Racing Finally Take Off?
A CENTURY AGO, a group of publishing magnates sponsored the Pulitzer Trophy Race, a 51km closed-course competition designed to headline the National Air Races series and highlight the rapidly developing technology of flight (not to mention sell newsp
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That Mid-range Magic
WHILE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE to stuff Carnegie Hall into a living room, a good stereo system is like opening a window to a convincing sonic landscape that stirs the listener's soul. But creating an accurate simulacrum of live music in one's home is an elusi
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Stepping Up
SINCE ITS FOUNDING in 1895, Parisian shoemaker Berluti has been known for balancing classical craftsmanship with an irreverent streak. Alessandro Berluti, the brand's founder, made his name with a sleekly sculpted whole-cut oxford featuring minimal s
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Elements Of Style
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Ceramic Colour
WITH ITS PREDISPOSITION to the art of fusion, Hublot is a reliable source of coloured executions, especially when it involves exotic materials such as sapphire and ceramic. This time, it is the latter, with four new limited editions of the Big Bang I
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Summer Time
Jacob & Co is perhaps the only high horology brand that has embraced the cryptocurrency boom with such gusto. Bitcoin may have lost a bit of its lustre, but the Astronomia remains an arresting timepiece: a 44mm case, here in black DLC-coated titanium
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Black Beauty
FLORALS IN TIMEPIECES are usually there for aesthetic reasons – and why not, since they're gorgeous – but in Franck Muller's Vanguard Rose Skeleton, there is much more to the inimitable rose than its ambrosial beauty. Blossoming verdantly within the
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Inside Out
NO MATTERHOW lauded and glorified by the beholder, enduring beauty has always been more than a matter of skindeep – an enfolding, palpable warmth, radiating deep from the inside out. Yet one need only conduct a cursory sweep of the local hair and sca
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Realty Check | What's New
SINGAPORE Located 72m above sea level, the recreational deck that connects Amber Park's three 21-storey towers certainly deserves its name. Called The Stratosphere, this distinctive feature has an area of 3,020sqm and provides a 600m jogging track, a
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Art And Seoul
WHEN FRIEZE ALIGHTED in Seoul last month for the first time, the hip international art fair's imprimatur officially anointed the buzzy Asian city as the next great global art centre. But the cognoscenti have been onto Seoul for a while. Gallery Hyund
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Up, Up And Away
THE VERTIGINOUSLY CHALLENGED might want another place to call home. But if you're not afraid of heights, this brand-new sky-high palace, on the 114th floor of the pencil-thin Central Park Tower, makes the perfect perch. At US$63 million and soaring m
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Just Another Day In Paradise
It's a clear, breezy morning and I'm on a yacht cruising the azure waters of South Ari Atoll – one of the rare places in the world where the majestic, yet elusive whale shark can be spotted year-round. Suddenly, the captain points ahead and the boat
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Close To Heart
WITH ONLY A handful of ultra-niche resorts scattered across the globe – 12 to be exact – One&Only's reputation for captivating discerning travellers with once-in-a-lifetime experiences in exotic locations precedes itself. Get close to free-ranging mo
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Busy Doing Nothing
THE AMAN GROUP has always been ahead of the curve. This is probably because, in a sense, it didn't subscribe to the existing one and set out to create a curve of its own. This will always be a bold move in the hospitality industry which, for quite a
Robb Report Singapore2 min readDiet & Nutrition
This Month's Feed
MANY HAVE TRIED giving a fresh twist to a country's culinary classics, but few have accomplished the task quite as successfully as Whitegrass. The restaurant, situated near the drop-off at Chijmes, reminds you what a happy marriage ought to be, with
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The Other Ageable Wine
MANY SERIOUS WINE collectors focus their attention solely on reds, which is a shame. Not only are there many white styles that deserve praise equal to that currently lavished on first-growth Bordeaux, riserva Barolo and Napa Valley Cabernet, but, lik
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The Modern Palate
A STORY OF origins unfolds at Flour in Kuala Lumpur this season as chef Yogesh Upadhyay marries an introspection of his motherland and rigorous attention to provenance. The northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan, where the chef's parents still live,
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A-listed Bubbly
CHAMPAGNE TELMONT RECENTLY welcomed Academy Award-winning actor and dedicated environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio into the company, not as a run-of-the-mill celebrity spokesperson, but as a shareholder with an equity stake. The A-lister has long been
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Brave New World
Robb Reader CALL HER AN idealist, but Manila Di Giovanni has grand ambitions to change the world: by redefining what it means to straddle the virtual and the real. At only 21 years old, she's the youngest technology entrepreneur based in Monaco, and
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Stockists
Malmaison by The Hour Glass #01-01 270 Orchard Road 6884 8484 www.akrivia.com #B2M-220/221/221A The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands 6688 7148 www.bally.sg 45 Leng Kee Road 6378 2628 www.bentleymotors.com #B1-91/92 The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands 6509 119
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Who's The Better Restaurateur?
Located in the garden of the White 1921 hotel in the heart of SaintTropez, Mory Sacko at Louis Vuitton keeps things simple, with manicured green hedges, elegant couches and chairs, and hanging leather lanterns (US$9,350 each) from the brand's elite O

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