In our weekly series, we bring you the latest in luxury news from around the world. This week’s highlights: Piaget celebrates the Christmas season, Bonhams opens new headquarters at Six Pacific Place, Hong Kong, and more.
Piaget Celebrates The Christmas Season With Seasonal Illustrations By Japanese Artist Yukiko Noritake
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Piaget has collaborated once again with Japanese artist Yukiko Noritake this festive season, featuring a series of winter-inspired illustrations to present their seasonal pieces. The holiday gift selections includes the Piaget Polo Date 42-millimetre timepiece in rose gold. The watch features an 18k rose gold case with a warm chocolate-brown dial, paired with a colour-coordinated brown alligator leather strap and a self-winding mechanical chronograph movement. The collection also showcases the Possession gold diamond jewellery range of items with Decor Palace gold engravings, which include rotational bands adorned with diamonds in the rings, necklaces and bracelets. For more information on Piaget’s Christmas gift selections, visit their official website.
Bonhams Opens New Headquarters At Six Pacific Place, Hong Kong
Bonhams—a privately owned international auction house—recently unveiled its new 19,000 square feet Asia-Pacific headquarters at Six Pacific Place, Hong Kong, featuring state-of- the-art galleries and a saleroom. To celebrate the new opening, the auctioneers had an inaugural autumn sale on 27 November to 3 December 2024, showcasing renowned dynasty collector Dr Shing-Yiu Yip’s collection of Ming dynasty furniture. This new headquarters reflects Bonhams’ commitment to growing the Asian market and offering a dynamic hub to host auctions and exhibitions that can help enhance clients’ experiences.
Bvlgari Expands Its Bvlgari Allegra Collection With Its Newest Luxurious Bath Products And Scented Candles
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Bvlgari Allegra expands its collection with the maison’s newest Art of Living Collection, introducing exquisite fragrances to its series of bath products and home scents. Blending Italian artistry with daily rituals, the collection reimagines the brand’s signature fragrances such as Baciami, Fiori d’Amore, and Riva Solare by infusing the scent into hand creams, soaps and candles. The bath essentials offer an unctuous smooth texture with signature scents such as gardenia-vanilla, rose-raspberry and bergamot-neroli. The scented candles feature a French ‘biscuit’ porcelain cup, coconut oil wax, and 24-carat gold accents, drawing inspiration from Bvlgari’s Roman heritage with ancient Roman motifs. This limited-edition Bvlgari Allegra is now available in Parkson Pavilion Kuala Lumpur.
Giorgio Armani Neve Introduces Their Autumn/Winter 2024/25 Collection With Seasonal Designs And A Renewed Partnership
Giorgio Armani Neve reveals their new Autumn/Winter 2024/25 collection, showcasing functional pieces for mountain getaways and the snowy season. As part of their initiative in the release of this seasonal collection, the maison has renewed their partnership with One Ocean Foundation, which aims to advance research on alpine glacier contamination and climate change. The collection features women’s garments in cool, pearly tones, whereas the men’s designs showcase rich navy blue and chocolate hues. These unique highlights are also complemented with specialised accessories such as helmets, skis and snowboards. Giorgio Armani Neve will also be showcasing the collection via an arctic-inspired store interior at selected boutiques, such as Milan, Tokyo, London and St. Moritz.
IWC Schaffhausen Expands Their 1970 Ingenieur Collection With A New Timepiece Featuring A Blue Dial
Swiss luxury watch manufacture IWC Schaffhausen recently introduced the Ingenieur Automatic 40. This timepiece is the new addition to the brand’s 1970 Ingenieur SL collection, which was designed by legenday watch designer Gerald Genta. This stainless steel watch comes with a blue dial, a 40mm case, an H-link bracelet with a butterfly folding clasp, and a round bezel with five screws. To enhance the watch’s overall looks, it features a stamped “grid” dial coated with a physical vapor deposition (PVD) blue finish, as well as luminescent rhodium-plated watch hands and markers. In addition, the watch is powered by the brand’s IWC 32111 self-winding calibre with a five-day power reserve and antimagnetic protection.
Golden Concept Debuts Its First Boutique In Malaysia With An Exclusive First-Edition Collaboration With Mansory
Swedish luxury tech brand Golden Concept, renowned for its premium Apple accessories, has launched its first boutique in Pavilion Mall, Kuala Lumpur, showcasing premium Apple Watch and Apple iPhone cases. The highlight of this launch is the release of the exclusive Apple Watch case collection in collaboration with automobile modification firm, Mansory. This limited-edition collection is the first of its kind to be released in Malaysia, with only 200 pieces available. It comes in two colourways of Noir et Blanc—black and white contrast—and Noir et Menthe—vibrant blue and black—with both priced at RM13,000 each. These luxurious watch cases are designed using a durable titanium body, gold-plated finishes and options like leather or carbon fibre accents. For more information on these limited-edition Apple Watch cases, check out Golden Concept’s official website.
The St. Regis Langkawi Celebrates The Holidays With Seasonal Activities And Lively Events By The Beach
The St. Regis Langkawi invites guests to celebrate this festive season in a tropically luxurious setting, from now until 8 January 2025. Highlights include a Christmas Tree Lighting Soiree at the resort’s grand lobby, a festive-themed Afternoon Tea with seasonal cocktails and handcrafted chocolate bites, and festive dining menus such as Christmas Eve Dinner and Christmas Day Brunch at the L’Orangerie restaurant, with buffet-style offerings. In addition, the resort is hosting a New Year’s Eve Celebration at Kayuputi restaurant, which serves pan-Asian haute cuisine, along with fun activities such as firework displays, bonfires and movie sessions by the beach. For more information on the festive schedule and holiday offerings, visit here or email diyanti.ahmad@stregis.com.
Lead image: The latest collection from Piaget made in collaboration with Japanese artist Yukiko Noritake.
