Pleasures unlimited: Sample these limited edition pieces
Special editions simply make the best available for a few. Here, we sample some such pieces
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Chopard, the official time partner for Porsche Motorsport at the World Endurance Championship since 2014, has come out with a 2016 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world’s oldest sportscar race. Several elements of high-speed racing are embedded in the 45 mm wide sporty watch; the chronograph hands, chrono pusher and 919 icon in the 9 o’clock sub dial are all bright red and mirror the Porsche 919 hybrid car. With a black rubber strap and a similar DLC (diamond-like carbon) titanium buckle, this watch, limited to 100 pieces, retails in excess of $14,300 and is sold exclusively at Chopard boutiques only
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In 2016, the Swiss watchmaker launched the Piaget Altiplano (high plane in Spanish) 38 mm 900D, marketed as the world’s thinnest manually-wound mechanical watch (5.6 mm), with the case, crown and dial set with diamonds. It is meant for those interested in high-jewellery watches and is the newer version of Piaget’s 3.65 mm thick Altiplano 900P introduced in 2013. The 18K white-gold case comes with an extra bezel structure which is set with baguette-cut diamonds, while the rest of the case sides are set with round-cut diamonds. This special high-jewellery edition retails at around 153,000 euros
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This is part of a new collection which comes from the legendary Mikimoto company, whose founder Mikimoto Kōkichi, a Japanese entrepreneur, is credited with creating the first cultured pearl in 1893. This set features 17.5x15 mm Baroque Golden South Sea Cultured Pearls on the necklace and 15 mm Baroque Golden South Sea Cultured Pearls on the earrings with 112.3 karat diamonds, set in 18K white gold. Price is available on request
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Part of Tiffany’s famed Blue Book collection (an annual showcase of Tiffany’s most artistic pieces), this 2016 piece comprises coloured gemstones (spessartites) and diamonds, which form a perfect trinity with an 18K white gold cuff. All three starfish are designed to mirror the movement of the marine animal and curve around the wrist to provide a unique fit. Price is available on request
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What started as an accessory in the celebrity world is now an essential. The clutch featured here is part of Jimmy Choo’s 20th Anniversary Memento Capsule collection that pays tribute to the brand’s red carpet legacy. This special edition metallic clutch is built with a gold-tone brass frame and marked with Swarovski crystals—each applied by hand—and topped with cascading 3D flowers. This clutch retails at around Rs 652,000 (approximately $9,700)
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Montblanc honours the famed English poet and playwright with this pen (others in the edition include Franz Kafka, George Bernard Shaw, Jules Verne and Leo Tolstoy). The octagonal design of the multi-coloured fountain pen is inspired by the Globe Theatre, the London playhouse associated with Shakespeare. There is also a clip ring which could relate to the golden earring which Shakespeare wore in his famous portrait. This edition, created in 2016, is limited to 1,597 pieces, relating to the year when one of his most famous plays, Romeo and Juliet, was first published. It retails at around £2,800
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This brand was part of a missing puzzle for the fashion house, which was one of the very few with almost no fragrance to write home about. The last time Louis Vuitton launched a perfume was 70 years ago. This year, the brand has launched seven fragrances, each based on different flowers. Louis Vuitton’s in-house perfumer is Cavallier-Belletrud, who is noted for well-known perfumes such as L’Eau d’Issey and Dior Addict in earlier years. The perfumes come in 100 ml ($240) and 200 ml ($350) bottles. The limited edition has a miniature set of all the seven bottles (of 10 ml each).
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From the world of Ermenegildo Zegna, the Italian fashion house, comes a new fragrance where incense combines with the freshness of citrus. Italian cypress and lemon combine in the fragrance, along with white flowers, jasmine sambac absolute, cypriol, sandalwood and lotus flower. This fragrance is also available along with two other fragrances (Amber and Musk) in the Essenze Gold collection. The price for a 125 ml
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