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$12,000 Pilot's Watch Made from Fighter Plane Parts


British luxury watch brand Bremont's new pilot's watch, the EP120, is made with parts of a famous RAF 1942 Spitfire Mk V fighter plane which shot down six enemy aircraft on a single day during WWII. Original pieces of the Spitfire, which has been featured in films such as The Battle of Britain, salvaged during restoration, are incorporated into the EP120's dial and movement. The limited edition timepiece, which has already been spotted on the wrists of Bremont fans like Orlando Bloom and Ewan McGregor, costs about $12,600 and will be available in September.

[via Men.Style]

Britain's Latest Pricey Home


Britain is no stranger to luxury real estate but a house in Belgrave Square is making news because it is set to go on the market for an astronomical £90 million early next year after a two-year refurbishment. The six-story home is owned by a Madeira-registered company, believed to be run by a Lebanese man. Property records show that the owner paid £6.87million for a 99-year lease in January 2005. In the past the substantial building has been used for offices. In order to turn it into a family home a basement swimming pool, gym and media room have been added. There are 12 bedrooms, garage space for four cars and the home measures more than 20,000 sq ft.

The area has had some relatively high-priced homes although this one is far and away the priciest. Saudi sheikh Walid Juffali and his wife Christina Estrada bought a home several years ago that had an asking price of £33million. Roman Abramovich's former wife Irina is also rumored to have checked out a on a £35million house there. If the house sold for the planned asking price it would only be the second highest sale in the country. Top honors go to the penthouse at One Hyde Park a development still in the planning stages.


[via Elite Choice]

Aladdin Floor Light


If British designer Stuart Haygarth is a packrat he has certainly made it pay off. Haygarth, who is also a photographic illustrator, creates design projects that incorporate the collections of objects. Case in point, his Aladdin floor lighting. He collected different colored glassware from flea markets and junk shops and then grouped them by size and color. The four collections: amber, green, purple and clear are housed in lightbox vitrines like museum showcases, giving these cast offs a luxury appeal. They are limited editions and come in four separate sizes. Prices range from $7,800 to $13,000.

Luxury Pancake for Pancake Day

Pancake Day - more officially known as Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday or Shrove Tuesday - was yesterday and diners the world over indulged in a plateful of the popular cakes. Lucky diners at the Earlsdon Cottage, in Warwick Street weren't stuck with just any pancakes. Instead, they ate some of the most expensive pancakes in the world at £95 ($185) per pancake. Chef Alex Lovell used a batter that contained Madagascar vanilla beans for the pancakes themselves and topped with with a jelly containing Dom Perignon Champagne, a fruit mixture containing black cherries, strawberries and raspberries that were flambéed in £100-a-shot Louis XIV cognac, and a scoop of amaretto ice cream. At £10 ($19.50) per mouthful, were the pricey pancakes worth it? "A few of our customers shared one and thought it was wonderful," reported Lovell.

Most Expensive Streets in the UK

Mouseprice.com, a property research site that is similar, in concept, to sites like Zillow, compiled a report on the most expensive streets in the UK based on average property values. The two top streets are in Kensington and Chelsea, with average home prices at over £5.5 million on Kensington Square and over £5.0 million on Chelsea Square. Fortunately for those buying into the market (but somewhat less fortunately for those selling), these areas have also exhibited some of the slowest gains in value over the last few years, meaning that those looking to purchase in the near future shouldn't worry about being priced out of the market just yet.

For a more specific look at various parts of the country, check out Mouseprice's full report, or read the full top twenty listing after the jump:

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Hunters & Frankau Cigar Sets

Two new cigar gift packs have been put together exclusively for the British market by a partnership between Hunters & Frankau and Habanos S.A.. Both of the companies are distributors of Cuban cigars, Hunters & Frankau in Britain and Habanos S.A. internationally. The Cohiba set (£79) comes with four individually packed Siglo IV cigars and the Trinidad set (£69) includes three individually packed Robusto Extra cigars. Each of the two limited edition sets comes in a varnished wooden box, and only 1,000 of each will be made available.

Why Real Estate Is A Good Investment

There are entire books written on the subject of what makes real estate a good investment, so we won't go into that here. Instead, we will simply give you an example of exactly how good it can be.

Seven years ago, 10 large, but run-down and abandoned, homes on Hampstead Road, North Benwell, Newcastle were put on the market for 50p. The area was a bit on the unsavory side (to say the least) at the time, but with a deal sweetened by a £26,000 grant, young families were moved in in no time at all. Today, the homes are all valued at over £145,000 ($280,000) - a 290,000% increase! With three stories, large and spacious rooms and up to five bedrooms per unit, it only seems like the value in the properties will be going up for the families who are staying, but you have to admit that those who are selling up now have done pretty well!

John Lennon's House For Sale


The musically-related real estate keeps coming. The latest is John Lennon's former home in Britain. The six-bedroom home outside Weybridge, Surrey, is where he lived as the Beatles rose to fame. Lennon, his wife Cynthia and son Julian lived at the house from 1964 to 1968. According to the article in Bloomberg, in1968, while Cynthia was in Greece, Lennon brought Yoko Ono to the house known as Kenwood. Cynthia Lennon returned home to find Yoko in her house and wearing her bathrobe. Oh if these walls could talk. The home, which also has a playroom, sauna and swimming pool is up for sale for 5.95 million pounds ($11.1 million).

[Thanks, Lana]

British Lighthouse For Sale

For around £1million you can have your own lighthouse in Britain. This round white lighthouse is a one-of-a-kind property located in Newport South Wales. The West Usk Lighthouse has been used as a bed and breakfast and has its own flotation tank, outdoor hot tub, life-size Dalek model signed by one of the Doctor Whos and a Rolls-Royce. The lighthouse has been run since the 1980s as a bed and breakfast by the same family who are moving on in search of a sunnier climate.

A Rare Rarebit

White Umbrian TrufflesA British chef has concocted what is, essentially, an incredibly expensive cheese on toast. Tom Bridge's version of the usually frugal dish known as rarebit, or cheese on toast, is dressed up with L'Aquila White Umbrian truffles and matsutake mushrooms on top of Warburtons Toastie white bread and Lancashire cheese. The toast and cheese are the ordinary ones that Bridges uses in his home. The asking price is £345, or about $600, and the chance to have Chef Bridge make it for you in your own home will be auctioned off on eBay.

Kate Moss in Art

Artist Stella Vine has a bit of a thing for Kate Moss. No fewer than three of her paintings feature the famous model and she actually describes it as an "obsession" on her blog. She's done paintings of celebrities like Princess Di, the Rolling Stones and even Frieda Kahlo, as well as many others, in addition to Moss and Pete Doherty. Her style represents a sort of post-pop nouveau British that some people really dislike. Quite a few of her pieces are available on ArtNet. This Kate Moss painting, titled "I only make love to Jesus" is acrylic on canvas and available via ArtNet, though you'll have to call for the price.

Christina Aguilera Buys A Banksy

The pop artist Christina Aguilera has just dropped £25,000 - that's about $43,500 - on a painting by the British graffiti artist Banksy.  The painting shows the late Queen Victoria, who passed anti-homosexual laws and "famously believed women were incapable of being gay", depicted as a lesbian. Victoria, clad in stockings and garter belt, is painted in a compromising position with another woman. Aguilera plans to display the controversial painting in her home.

The painting is after the jump and is possibly not safe for work.

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