Bell & Ross Vintage Original Carbon Watches
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Carbon Design Group Domino Clock
Filed under: Timepieces / Watches
While the concept has the domino bricks mounted on a wall, they could just as easily be perched on a table. The electrical mechanism required to make the system work needed to engineered practically from the ground up. Carbon Design Group developed a new type of electronic magnetic coil motor, and the system can be adjusted for how fast you want the discs to turn over. The now working concept will be officially unveiled in 2011, with possible consumer versions of the Domino Clock available after that. Click below for a view of the clock in action.
Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.
DNA2Diamonds
Filed under: Jewelry
Would you rather have a diamond that has been mined or created from personal carbon sources from you, a loved one, or pet? DNA2 makes diamonds from a lock of hair or cremated ashes making your bling a little more special -- or for some it may just be creepy. Interestingly the diamonds that are created do get certified by the GIA (Gem Institute of America). The diamonds are available in three distinct colors: cognac, red and yellow-green. Each stone can be cut into a Radiant, Princess or Brilliant diamond ranging in size from 0.25 to 2.0 carats. I'm just not sure I would want such a personalized piece of jewelry -- it is one thing to choose to wear someone's birthstone or a family heirloom that has been passed down but sporting someone else's DNA is a bit strange to me.Oakley Debuts C Six Carbon Fiber Sunglass Frames
Oakley has been working on producing a carbon fiber sunglasses frame for some time now, and details have just emerged. They're calling it the C Six, and they teamed up with motorsport engineers Crosby Composites to create it. But rather than trying to lay it into the right shape, they've machined the frames out of solid billet blocks of carbon fiber using advanced CNC drills, spinning at 10,000 rpm for 24 hours to create just one pair. No wonder they're only making 250 of them, and charging $4000 for each pair.
Gresso Gets into the Race with Carbon-Fiber Grand Monaco
Filed under: Gadgets
Coming up a little short for the ten-grand Vertu Ascent Ti Carbon Fibre edition? Not to worry, the Russians have got you covered. Luxury electronics company Gresso has just come out with the Grand Monaco mobile phone, and it's jam-packed with racy goodness.
Named after the grand prix in the Mediterranean principality, the Grand Monaco features a case made out of titanium alloy, coated in black PVD in some places and in high-strength ceramics in others, with carbon fiber trim front and back. A sapphire crystal display prevents scratches, and the phone packs a 2-megapixel camera, GPRS and Bluetooth connectivity and more. But it'll cost you $2100, if you can get your hands on one.
Vertu Lightens Up With New Ascent Ti Carbon Fibre Collection
Filed under: Gadgets, Luxury Cars & Autos
The market for big-bucks luxury cell phones may be shrinking, but that isn't about to stop Vertu. The premium division from Swedish telecom giant Nokia comes out with a new motorsport-inspired special edition every year, and Vertu has no intention of letting a little economic hiccup derail their plans. So while others cancel theirs, Vertu has launched the new Ascent Ti Carbon Fibre Collection.
Comprised of four special edition phones with various applications of the high-tech and dazzling material, the collection tops out with the $9,800 Ascent Ti Carbon Fibre Edition. The latest collection follows the same path as the previous Ferrari editions and Racetrack Legends series, giving those with deep pockets and a penchant for everything automotive a new mobile phone to covet.
Cartier Santos 100 Carbon Chronograph Watch
Filed under: Timepieces / Watches
The Cartier Santos 100 Carbon Chronograph uses the Cartier automatic 8630 movement that is laid out with unique widely placed subdials - something you don't see very often. I like how the hands are relatively bold for a Cartier timepiece, as it is almost strange not seeing them in blued steel. It appears that Cartier retained the crown cabochon crystal - with maybe an onyx as opposed to a sapphire on this watch. Overall the style is a real hybrid between functional sport watches and the formal good looks that Cartier is so well known for. An interesting watch with 100 meters of water resistance that will appeal to enough people I am sure. Price will retail at 22,700 euros.
Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.
Gemballa Mirage GT Carbon Edition Proves that "Exclusive" is Relative
Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos
Some people just have way too much money on their hands. Those people tend to buy Porsches. But with rumors afloat of a new flagship supercar based on the German carmaker's RS Spyder race car, the last real exotic machine the company produced was the Carrera GT. Now discontinued, examples are still trading hands in seven-figure territory. For those few lucky enough to have gotten their hands on one, Gemballa has now released what could be the ultimate modification package for the ultimate Porsche. Called the Mirage GT Carbon Edition, the modified Carrera GT features a full array of carbon-fiber components to improve the car's aesthetics and performance. Gemballa has also tuned the engine to a whopping 670 horsepower, capable of pushing the supercar to sixty in just 3.7 seconds en route to a top speed of 208 miles per hour...perfect for a Sunday drive on the Autobahn. Of course this kind of performance doesn't come cheap: 300,000 euros is what the modifications alone will cost you, not including the cost of the car itself. At those kinds of prices, no wonder Gemballa only plans on building five of them.
Carbon-Fiber Briefcase by Schedoni
Filed under: Handbags, Luxury Cars & Autos
Schedoni. To most people, the name doesn't carry any meaning. But to those in the know, it's the marque of the finest craftsmanship. The century-old Italian leather-crafters make all the fitted luggage for Ferrari road cars, and even fabricate that little pad at the back of a Scuderia Ferrari F1 car to keep Kimi and Felipe's helmets from knocking against the carbon fiber bodywork. But when the atelier isn't too busy stitching together those tiny little cases for Maranello, or making a special line of driving shoes together with Puma, they make some of their own products, too, and this is one of our favorites: an exquisitely-crafted carbon fiber briefcase.
Made from the same materials used on the most exotic of sports and racing cars, the carbon fiber shell is painstakingly woven and baked in a kiln. It's such an intricate process that half the ones they try to make have to be scrapped. Inside, Schedoni lines the lightweight case with beautifully tanned suede for that look and feel which only Ferrari's own bag-makers could manage. Of course that kind of excellence comes at a price: $4,400 in this case. At least this way your wallet will be lighter, too.
Italian Watchmaker Mecchanice Veloce Collaborates with Brembo for Unique Carbon-Ceramic Watch
Filed under: Timepieces / Watches, Luxury Cars & Autos
Ironic as it may seem, there are so many watches, and so little time. Yet even in a business so simultaneously timeless and focussed on time, watchmakers are constantly racing to adopt new construction methods. Especially among automotive-inspired watches. But the latest seems to have come to a full stop: the Quattro Valvole CCM by Meccaniche Veloci. The Italian watchmaker has teamed up with Brembo, the biggest name in automotive braking systems, to produce this rare carbon-ceramic timepiece.This special edition is made of a blend of carbon-fiber and high-strength ceramics, the same material now being used in the most advanced racing and sportscar brakes. In brakes, they offer longevity, lightness of weight and incredible resistance to deformation. In the watch, they offer the same, along with a unique appearance. Each watch incorporates four individual automatic Swiss movements, compartmentalized like the four-valve cylinder heads first seen on the most sophisticated sportscar engines, available in four different colors, capped by titanium crowns and held on to your wrist by interchangeable rubber and alligator straps. But at $15,000 apiece, they don't come cheap.
The Beethoven Diamond
Filed under: Jewelry, Auctions
I've heard of LifeGem, the company that creates diamonds using extracted carbon from human or pet remains before but now they have done something different than turning a loved one into a gem, now you can buy a famous person's gem. Composer Ludwig van Beethoven is immortalized in a sparkling blue stone created from using tiny amounts of carbon in strands of his hair. The hair came from a collection of famous hair at the University Archives in Connecticut. The gem represents the first time a historical figure has been turned into a diamond. The .56 carat rock will be auctioned off on eBay and is hoped to sell for up to $1 million. The proceeds will be donated to various children's charities around the world.
[via Diamond Vues]
The $279 bike seat
Filed under: Gadgets
Remember the '80s?
Sure, you can reminisce about the Cyndi Lauper or Premier Gorbachev or Top Gun if you want, but to me the '80s were defined by the Pentagon spending scandal over the infamous $600 toilet seat.
600 dollars for a toilet seat, you say? How old-fashioned! It's a new millenium, and I'd like to present you with the $290 bike seat. Made by fi'zi:k (pronounced "physique"), the Arione Braided Carbon saddle is a combination of comfort, light weight, style and plain, old-fashioned bling. It uses braided carbon rails to absorb shock and "wing-flex" construction to free up thigh movement.
In other words: the saddle won't chafe you, even if the price does.
[photo via fi'zi:k]
Bikes We Covet: The Van Dessel Solstice
Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the bike lane, Van Dessel Cycles drops a black carbon compact on the world.Van Dessel's charge d'affaires, Edwin Bull -- himself a racer with a lot of kilometers pounded out on Belgian cobbles during his youth -- brings us the Solstice. It's a one-piece molded carbon frame, also known as a "monocoque" in bike circles.
To biker types, a black carbon monocoque means responsive, smooth, resilient, and stiff.
To people like me, it means a dope ride!
Van Dessel offers lots of options for building up your Solstice, but with top-of-the-line Campagnolo Record (why would you ever run anything less?), it runs $5999.
The Razor's Edge
Filed under: Gadgets
According to unconfirmed reports from my siblings, I missed Mother's Day entirely. With Father's Day looming menacingly on the horizon, I thank my lucky stars that Brave Soldier has commisioned this $149 carbon fiber razor by Razorkraft.I mean, whose dad is complete without a featherweight, indestructible, space-age, artisanal razor?
And with next year's Mother's Day squarely on my calendar, I'm taking heart in Brave Soldier's assurances that this razor is suitable for use by both men and women. Handcrafted in Silverado, California, each little razor takes the artist over four days to create. I, of course, took exactly nine months to create ... which is why I just may have to pony up $149 for the greatest artist ever: my mom.
Cerv?'s Soloist Carbon: the little bike that could
Filed under: Gadgets, Luxury Cars & Autos
As you probably know, the Giro d'Italia -- the Tour of Italy -- is in full swing. Today, the riders raced from Busseto to Forli, a jaunt of about 135 miles (227 km). It's mostly flat, and so a sprinter won the stage. But who will win the overall tour? Very likely Ivan Basso, the great hope of Italian cycling. He's got a great team (CSC), a great director (Bjarne Riis, a.k.a. "The Eagle"), and great teammates (American Bobby Julich, among others).
But most importantly, he's got a dope bike.
This year, Basso and the rest of Team CSC are riding Cervélo's Soloist Carbon. It may just be the dopest bike in the pro peloton.
Cervélo -- an innovative bike design company from deepest, nicest Canada -- has taken its bread-and-butter bike, the aluminum Soloist Team, and made it even better (and more expensive) by using carbon fiber.
It's a compact frame, and so, in comparison to standard bike frames, that means its stiffer, lighter and handles better ... if you care about those things. For the rest of us, it's just cool.
Can bikes bling? This one just might.
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