This is the latest innovative design, the Bi-Axial Tourbillion, from Girard Perregaux. It incorporates an interesting implementation of the tourbillon complication, which in days gone past did increase accuracy, although now it is not really necessary. The Bi-axial Tourbillon, combining two concentric cages, enables the regulating part to make multi-dimensional rotations.
An internal cage bearing the balance, balance spring and escapement completes one complete turn on its axis in forty-five seconds. An external cage completes one revolution in one minute and fifteen seconds, enabling a rotation on its second axis. Hence a full revolution is completed in three minutes and forty-five seconds. The watch is made from pink gold and has a 72 hour power reserve. www.girard-perregaux.com
Laurent Perrier offer Pink Afternoon Tea at the Devonshire Arms
One of our favourite champagne companies, Laurent-Perrier have teamed up with Coutts & Co and the Devonshire Arms Country House Hotel and Spa to offer a Pink Afternoon Tea, in aid of Breast Cancer Haven Charity. It runs throughout July and August.
Emirates Palace now offers a Butler purely for IT
The Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi's most iconic hotel, felt that offering a butler for every room and suite was not enough. Now they offer an IT butler, purely available to help with any internet or computer issues a guest may have.
Hilton Maldives Iru Fushi Resort and Spa Opens
The President of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, opened the resort yesterday. The 52 acre private resort joins the nearby Conrad Maldives Rangali Island as part of Hilton's ongoing expansion in the Maldives.
Exclusive resort in Malaysian Borneo set to raise the luxury bar
The Kudat Riviera resort in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo will open this Autumn. The resort is spread along a six kilometre stretch of pristine, coral-fringed coastline. It combines the privacy and seclusion of an exclusive villa with sandy white beaches, crystal clear waters, secluded covers and miles of undulating hills and valleys.
Issue 16, Available April 2009.
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