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The Omega Seamaster Bond and Spectre Collection

The Omega Seamaster Bond and Spectre collection asks a question most watch collectors never expect to face: which version of yourself do you want to wear? This latest release presents both impulses within a single collection of six Seamaster Diver 300M timepieces.

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The Centre de Congrès in Rabat: Where Architecture Becomes an Argument

Bofill Taller de Arquitectura’s Centre de Congrès in Rabat pairs a circle and a square into a campus building that welcomes rather than confronts.

Glashütte Original 70s Collection: Slowness as Design

In an age of constant connectivity, mechanical watchmaking feels almost subversive. These watches make a deliberate choice about what time should feel like. They reject the frictionless, the algorithmic, the endlessly scrollable.

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The Barcelona Guide, Curated By Bruno Barbato

Bruno Barbato moves effortlessly between backstage, frontstage, and street culture: the spaces where Barcelona’s real creative heart pulses. A Barcelona-based creative, performer, and makeup artist with a sharp aesthetic eye and an intuitive connection to the city’s fashion and beauty underground, Bruno is a true insider.

The Medellín Guide, Curated By Giancarlo Bolivar

Giancarlo Bolívar is a Colombian publicist, fashion photographer, and visual artist who has spent years building a genuine connection with Medellín, going far beyond the tourist trail and into the neighbourhoods, spaces, and stories that most visitors never find. This is his city, curated.

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Seiko Turns 145 in Blue with the Astron GPS Solar Limited

The Seiko Astron line has always occupied an interesting position in Seiko’s catalogue. It’s not quite a dress watch, not quite a sports watch, and not trying to be either.

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Madrid’s Most Captivating Ceramics and Concept Stores

Across the city’s most characterful neighbourhoods, from the sun-drenched streets of Chueca to the literary lanes of Barrio de las Letras, a new generation of makers, curators, and collectors is breathing fresh life into one of Spain’s oldest crafts.

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Five Women’s Perfumes Worth Every Single Spray

View the five show-stopping women’s perfumes that will help you find your signature scent.

Liquidrom Berlin: The Ultimate Retreat For Your Mind

There are spas, and then there are experiences. Liquidrom Berlin, hidden away within the striking tent-like silhouette of Berlin’s Tempodrom, belongs firmly in the second category.

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The Standard, Bangkok Mahanakhon: Thailand’s Most Stylish Playground in the Sky

Bangkok has no shortage of luxury hotels. What it doesn’t have is another Standard. This isn’t just a hotel with a view. It’s a full-scale cultural microcosm: part design showcase, part food destination, part social club, part sky-high escape.

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Casa Geranio: The Rio Boutique Hotel Where Every Morning Feels Like a Gift

In the cobblestone hills of Santa Teresa, Casa Geranio is one of Rio de Janeiro’s most quietly extraordinary places to stay: a five-suite boutique hotel where neoclassical architecture meets considered modern design, and the city skyline unfolds from a hilltop pool.

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Lipsticks: The Only Five You Need to Consider

Not all lipsticks are created equal. These five, chosen for formula quality, wear, and look, are the ones worth knowing about. From an everyday balm to a matte that delivers without drying out, consider this your edit.

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Loto del Sur, the Colombian Brand Bottling the Power of Latin America’s Plants

Meet Loto del Sur, the Colombian brand bottling the botanical richness of Latin America. Drawing from rainforests, cloud forests, and coastal lowlands teeming with plant life, it’s a story about a country that has always known exactly what it was sitting on.

Marble, Mezze, and Rooftop Views: The Most Beautiful Boutique Hotels in Athens

Athens used to be a city you passed through on the way to the islands. Between the ruins and the rooftop bars, a wave of design-forward boutique hotels has quietly turned it into a destination worth staying for.

The World’s Best Infinity Pools: Where the Water is Incredibly Close to the Edge

Ten pools where the water disappears into the view: from a Bali clifftop to 57 storeys above Singapore. Here’s where to find the edge worth chasing.

W Bangkok: Where Design Meets Heritage in the Thai Capital

W Bangkok isn’t trying to be everything to everyone, and that’s precisely why it works. It knows its audience: people who care about design, detail, and a bit of drama.

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Tokyo: Where Elegance Meets Innovation

Tokyo is enormous and busy, yet it rarely feels chaotic. From bowing strangers and gloved taxi drivers to hushed streets and spotless parks, it’s the manners, the care and the calm that stay with you.

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23 Hotel Medellín: The Design That Turns a Building Into a Garden

23 Hotel is Medellín’s most celebrated design boutique: a tropical architectural statement in El Poblado where garden balconies, Colombian craftsmanship, and rooftop city views combine for an unforgettable stay.

Rodrigo Azanza

Rodrigo Azanza: The Artist Who Gives Broken Boards a Second Life

A painter, muralist, and artivist based in Baja California Sur, Rodrigo Azanza turns retired surfboards into one-of-a-kind works rooted in Mexican folk art, the region’s flora and fauna, and a lifelong relationship with the natural world.

The Top Colognes for Men: Six Scents Actually Worth Wearing

From enduring classics to hidden gems and new releases, each scent offers a unique olfactory experience that can evoke emotions, set the mood, and leave a lasting impression.

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