Recent Luxury Articles
Ex-Audemars Piguet CEO Launches New Watch Brand N3W5
The Man Who Built a Billion-Dollar Empire Is Starting Over — and He's Calling It N3W5 There are very few figures in the global watch industry who can claim to have personally transformed a legacy manufacture into a cultural phenomenon. François-Henri Bennahmias is one of them. The man who spent a
Inside the Dominican Republic's New Immersive Cigar Museum
PROCIGAR and the Monument to the Heroes of the Restoration Launch a Permanent Immersive Experience Celebrating Santiago's Tobacco Heritage There is a building at the center of Santiago de los Caballeros that cigar smokers know by instinct. The Monumento a los Héroes de la Restauración — a towering
Premium Cigar Association Takes Aim at Asia-Pacific Market
The Premium Cigar Association Is Planting Its Flag in Hong Kong — and the Industry Is Paying Attention For decades, the center of gravity in the premium cigar world has been fixed somewhere between the tobacco fields of Nicaragua, the auction floors of Geneva, and the trade show floors of Las Vega
South Dakota Ends 16-Year Cigar Bar Ban with HB 1215
South Dakota Opens the Humidor: How HB 1215 Ended a 16-Year Freeze on Cigar Bars — and Why Washington Is Taking Notice In the world of premium cigars, the wins are rarely loud. They don't happen on national stages or in sweeping federal legislation. They happen in state capitals — in committee roo
Is Buying a Vintage Watch Actually Worth It?
Is a Vintage Watch Worth It? Here's the Truth Let me be straight with you. A few years back, I walked into a watch dealer on a quiet Saturday with a rough idea of what I wanted and about two thousand dollars burning a hole in my pocket. I walked out forty-five minutes later with a 1960s Omega Seam
CAA Fights Cigar Tariffs in High-Stakes Federal Hearing
The CAA Goes to Washington: Scott Pearce Makes the Case Against Cigar Tariffs Before Federal Trade Officials When Scott Pearce walked into the hearing room to face the Section 301 Committee, he carried with him the weight of an entire American industry — one measured not just in billions of dollar
Cigar Giants Sue U.S. Government for $10M in FDA Fee Refunds
The Cigar Industry Takes the Fight to Federal Court — Again The premium cigar world has never been a passive participant in its own regulation. For the better part of a decade, some of the most recognizable names in the business have spent enormous resources battling the federal government over wh
The Premium Cigar Market Is Booming and the Numbers Prove It
The Premium Cigar Market Is Booming — And the Numbers Prove It There is a moment in every serious cigar aficionado's evening when the world slows down: the careful selection of a stick, the deliberate cut, the ritual lighting. What was once considered a pastime belonging exclusively to boardrooms
Pricey Full Bodied Cigars For Special Occasions
Pricey Full Bodied Cigars For Special Occasions Image credit: Flux.1 There are cigars you smoke on a Tuesday evening just to unwind, and then there
Steel vs. Titanium Dive Watches: What Actually Matters?
Steel vs. Titanium Dive Watches: What Actually Matters? You've probably been there. You're standing at a watch counter, or deep in a rabbit hole online at midnight, and you're staring down two dive watches that are nearly identical on paper — same water resistance rating, same movement, same basic
