Recent Luxury Articles
Steve McQueen's Hanhart 417 Gets a Titanium Makeover
Steve McQueen was many things — racing driver, Hollywood star, motorcycle enthusiast — but among watch collectors, he's remembered just as much for what he wore on his wrist as anything he did on screen. While most people know about his Rolex Submariner or the Heuer Monaco from Le Mans, there's ano
OpusX Rare Black Is Getting Three New Sizes
For years, collectors and smokers who followed the Fuente Fuente OpusX Rare Black line had only two sizes to choose from. That's about to change. Later this year, Prometheus will be shipping three brand new diadema vitolas to retailers, expanding one of the more sought-after lines in the OpusX port
Premium Cigar Imports Are Flattening Out
The numbers are almost all in, and the American premium cigar market is holding its ground in ways that would have seemed impossible just a few years ago. Through the first eleven months of 2025, imports of premium cigars — the kind made by hand, rolled by skilled torcedores in countries like N
Principle Cigars' Engagement: A Century in the Making
There's something going on in the premium cigar world that doesn't come along very often — a brand new release wrapped in history that's literally a hundred years old. Principle Cigars has officially launched its newest line, called Engagement, and the story behind it is just as interesting as what
The Watch the Military Trusts — Now Blacked Out
Marathon has been making timepieces for the United States and Canadian militaries since the 1990s. That kind of relationship doesn't happen by accident. It takes decades of delivering instruments that hold up when lives depend on them — not just looking tough, but actually being tough. The brand's
When Nostalgia Meets the Open Road: Citizen's Bold Comeback
There are watches that tell time, and then there are watches that tell a story. The reborn Citizen Ana-Digi Temp does both, and it does it with the kind of confidence that only something rooted in the early 1980s could pull off. Citizen has officially brought back one of its most talked-about t
Seiko Honors Shohei Ohtani With Two Special Watches
Seiko has announced a pair of limited-edition Prospex watches built to honor one of baseball's most dominant players right now. The two new Shohei Ohtani Limited Edition timepieces celebrate the Los Angeles Dodgers star's back-to-back World Series victories and his consecutive MVP titles — achievem
Five Years of Pledge: Casa Carrillo's New Purple
When Casa Carrillo decided to mark the fifth anniversary of their beloved Pledge Prequel, they didn't just slap a new band on an old cigar. They went back to the drawing board and came up with something that feels genuinely special — and the details back that up. The new release is called Pledg
Trump's New Tariffs: What Every Cigar Smoker Must Know Now
For cigar smokers across the country, the news coming out of Washington has been anything but relaxing. Just one day after the Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump lacked the legal authority to impose his sweeping April 2025 "Liberation Day" tariffs, Trump turned around and announced a n
Orient Just Changed the Bambino Game Forever
For over a decade, the Orient Bambino has been one of the most reliable entry points into the world of mechanical watches. It has never tried to be something it wasn't. No flashy complications, no celebrity endorsements, no inflated price tags. Just a well-built, good-looking dress watch with an in
