Recent Luxury Articles

One of the World's Oldest Tobacconists Just Launched Its Most Ambitious Cigar in Decades There are very few institutions in the luxury goods world that can genuinely claim a lineage stretching back to the eighteenth century and still be making news. James J. Fox, the storied cigar merchant anchore

Rolex Hits Collectors Twice: The Crown's Rare Second Price Hike of 2025 Explained Rolex has never been a brand that apologizes for the price of its watches — and it certainly isn't starting now. In a move that landed like a gut punch for gold-watch enthusiasts, Rolex raised the global price of its

The Nodus Sector Deep Pioneer NVG: An American Microbrand's Most Tactical Watch Yet There is a well-worn lineage in the watch world connecting military commissions to watches that later become icons. Many of the world's greatest dive watches, including the Rolex Submariner, Omega Seamaster, Blancp

The Smoke Clears: Premium Cigar Imports Down 5 Percent Through the First Four Months of 2026 The numbers are in, and they tell a story of a market that surged wildly during the pandemic years and is now finding its level. The U.S. market for premium, handmade cigars continues to cool, with import

Is a Luxury Watch Actually Worth the Money? Let me tell you something that happened to me a few years back. I was at a friend's retirement party — good guy, worked hard his whole career — and he showed up wearing a Rolex Submariner. Not flashy about it. Just had it on his wrist, under his cuff, th

Illinois Just Gave Cigar Smokers a Major Tax Break — Here's What It Means for Your Humidor and Your Wallet For years, lighting up a premium handmade cigar in Illinois has meant quietly subsidizing the state's budget at a rate that, by the time it filtered down to the retail counter, made an alread

Davidoff Closes Its 150th Anniversary Year in the Black, Posting $680 Million in Global Sales for 2025 A century and a half into the business of handcrafted premium cigars, Oettinger Davidoff AG has made one thing abundantly clear: the appetite for well-made, luxury smokes is not going quietly. Th

Alaska's Cigar Lounge Dream Dies on the Governor's Desk — But the Real Fight Was Never About Cigars For cigar enthusiasts in Alaska, June 2026 was supposed to be the moment things finally changed. After years of operating under some of the most restrictive indoor smoking laws in the country, they

The Bill Always Comes Due: How Luxury Watch Prices Reached Escape Velocity There is a number collectors no longer want to look up. It sits on the Rolex website, or on the Patek Philippe price list, or in the Audemars Piguet boutique on Fifth Avenue, and it is almost certainly higher than it was si

Escobar Cigars Drops the Nasty Esco: A New Chapter Rooted in Hip-Hop History and Nicaraguan Tobacco Craft When the worlds of premium cigars and hip-hop genuinely intersect — not as a marketing stunt but as something forged over years of real partnership — the result tends to be worth paying attent