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Orbita Bergamo 40 Watch Winder Furniture

The more automatic watches you get the harder it is to store and keep track of them. Serious collectors end up buying more and more watch winders, but at a point you just want a few massive winders to house your collection (versus dozens of smaller ones). The good news is that a few select companies make high-capacity watch winders, and they are serious invenstments unto themselves. New from US-based Orbita is the Bergamo 40 range of watch winder cabinets.

The Bergamo 40 starts with a very simple concept - a watch winder for 40 watches that can disguise itself as piece of fine furniture. The rear part of this cabinet can raise or lower and contains 40 individual watch winders (that have their own motors and are individually programmable). Via a remote or switch on the unit, the winders can lower into the cabinet - which from the front then looks like just a cabinet. If you want to showcase your watches in an office or room that might have people walking in it, it is a good idea to be able and "hide" your collection. The cabinet itself is made in Italy, and can be ordered in a variety of woods, finishes, and styles. Consultation with Orbita is required to get one, and each is custom made. Prices for the Orbita Bergamo 40 watch winder cabinet starts at about $60,000, and each takes about 3-4 months to make.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.

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LAS Haxial: Cycling's $200 Helmet

by Anne Metz (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Apparel

I'll admit it: I was opposed to bike helmets for a long, long time. After all -- especially given my vanity -- what says "I love freedom! (even if I didn't finish Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead)" more than the wind running through my hair? What says "I'm a style-deaf dork" more than a mushroom-shaped brain bucket on my dome?

Enter the LAS Haxial. Hailing from the northern Italian province of Bergamo, LAS helmets have been the Dolce & Gabbana of bike safety for more than 30 years.

Worn by cycling heartthrob Danielo di Luca (among others), the LAS Haxial boasts serious airflow, a removable interior with anti-bacterial treatment and -- if you want to pay a bit more -- a Ventilator in the colors of the Italian flag.

An American flag Ventilator is also available ... but ask yourself: WWDdLD? (What would Danilo di Luca do?)

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