THE 100 PEAK SELECTION The Peak FORTRESS STAY Fort Bishangarh boasts 59 stately Perched on top of a granite hillock rooms and suites designed for quiet in the midst of the Aravalli Range indulgence. Each suite is individually in Jaipur District, Alila Fort created to capture stunning views, Bishangarh was originally built with spacious interiors elegantly 100 during Rajasthan’s royal era as furnished with large bay windows an outpost guarding the kingdom and day-beds, expansive bathrooms of Jaipur against invaders from with footed bathtubs, and luxury the north. Having long outlived bedding and room amenities. While Our Selection Of The Year’s Best. its original purpose, the owners it is the perfect base from which to and Alila undertook the immense explore Jaipur’s innumerable tourist task of breathing new life into the attractions, do make time for Spa dilapidated fort almost a decade Alila, carved out between granite ago. Reincarnated into a boutique rocks in the old dungeon, offering a resort and yet maintaining its unique setting for relaxation. stark sanctity, the all-suite Alila alilahotels.com 01TOP MARK A Lange & Söhne is almost at the top of the line when you think about luxury timepieces and, within its 04 collection, the cream of the crop are the ones that bear the “Pour le Mérite” mark. This marvellous work of art that you see before you is the Tourbograph Perpetual “Pour le Mérite”. It is the fifth reference in the series and stunningly combines a fusée-and-chain transmission (the “Pour le Mérite” signature) with a tourbillon, a chronograph with a split-second function and a perpetual calendar. alange-soehne.com 06 CITY LIFE The newly opened Almanac 03 Barcelona is located on Gran Via JUST BAG IT! de les Corts Catalanes, just steps From London-based from Passeig de Gràcia, where you Anya Hindmarch comes a new can find the city’s best shopping, expression of personalisation that restaurants, bars and museums, as caters to fashionistas with discerning well as some of its most significant 02 FLY FISHING tastes. ‘Build a Bag’ is a unique online 05 PURE IMAGINATION Modernist buildings. With the beach At Ashford Castle in County Mayo, service concept which encourages Creative Director of Amouage and cafés of Barceloneta in close Ireland, take fly fishing lessons from customers to tap into their creative Christopher Chong’s seemingly proximity as well, Almanac Barcelona one of the most knowledgeable side by designing their very own boundless imagination has conceived is just the place to be to enjoy the experts on fishing. Lough Corrib, one bucket bag. Available in two sizes and the exuberant Figment fragrances. very best of this vibrant city. With of the largest of the three lakes near eye-catching leathers, customisation Inspired by the ethereal beauty of 91 luxurious rooms and suites, some Ashford Castle, sees excellent fishing options include a wide variety Bhutan, Figment Woman is a with Juliette balconies or terraces, with the same salmon returning year of elegant key fobs, quirky ruffs, floral expression of the nation Almanac Barcelona offers a richly after year. The hotel itself is a unique colourful leather key rings and fun with saffron, orange blossoms appointed yet discreet refinement, experience – this is your chance to stickers in fluffy mink. Decorative and patchouli notes. Meanwhile, while the wealth of textures and stay in a beautifully restored castle leather, shearling or fur handles as the majestic mountains of the materials throughout creates a sense dating back to 1228 and was once well as detachable shoulder straps Land of the Thunder Dragon of tranquillity. The Mediterranean home to the august Guinness family. with embossed leatherwork or are embodied in a woody musk brasserie Línia offers all-day dining, ashfordcastle.com glistening hand-beading can also be punctuated with lemon, while the rooftop terrace and added to enable your personalised sandalwood and labdanum, lounge Azimuth serves an inventive bag to be worn in several different and known as Figment Man. cocktail menu and the best views of ways. anyahindmarch.com amouage.com Barcelona. almanachotels.com 00 THE PEAK THE PEAK 00 THE 100 PEAK SELECTION DESIGN STATEMENT 11Marc Newson’s limited edition design of the signature Hennessy X.O decanter features a wholly CERAMIC unexpected twist. Once he had pared SURPRISE the bottle’s shape to its purest form, Introducing the new D Icon Carta da the designer chose to reprise its Zucchero, a gleaming new creation traditional decorative motifs – by Italian luxury brand Damiani. grapes and leaves – in a corrugated Named after a special blue paper relief. These striations are perhaps that was once used to wrap sugar the most daring design elements in Italy, the ring features a unique ever incorporated on the iconic light blue shade that has an almost Hennessy X.O decanter, ceramic-like appearance that gleams amplifying the blend inside 07 from any angle. Featured on the band – unchanged since 1870 – of the ring is the maison’s distinctive while placing one of the ALOHA CHIC logo presented in lustrous gold and world’s leading cognac on a After a USD115 million transformation, Alohilani Resort Waikiki Beach bedazzling diamonds. modern aesthetic frontier. launches this month, introducing an alluring aloha-chic vibe right in the heart damiani.com hennessy.com of Waikiki Beach. Located on Honolulu’s prestigious Kalakaua Avenue and 10 previously known as the Pacific Beach Hotel, the all-new resort is a stylish and sophisticated addition to Oahu’s iconic beachfront. Taking its name from the Hawaiian word for ‘the heavenly brightness’ and in honour of Hawaii’s last reigning monarch, Queen Lili’uokalani, Alohilani Resort welcomes guests through a grand porte-cochere entrance and into a sophisticated and modern lobby with soaring window walls and lofty ceilings. The lobby also features the 12 O Bar and a stunning 280,000-gallon saltwater Oceanarium that is home to DOG’S DAY more than 1,000 indigenous marine life and replica coral reef formations. The Just in time for the gifting season, dunhill London has 839-room resort also features three new culinary concepts (two more, set up in launching a new range of characterful small leather collaboration with Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto, will open in January 2018), a goods featuring an exclusive printed bulldog design from destination pool deck on the fifth floor that overlooks Waikiki Beach, the Island illustrator Mr Slowboy. The artist reinterprets symbols of Club and Spa, as well as a host of programmes and amenities inspired by the the dunhill heritage, such as the bulldog and the Motorities nearby ocean waters and Hawaii’s rich heritage. alohilaniresort.com in his own witty way. Constructed from supple, finely 09 grained Boston leather, the collection consists of a zip REAL TOUGH organiser, zip folio, coin purse, key fob and a billfold wallet. This is perhaps one of the best dunhill.com examples of how a brand can bring a classic design into the modern watchmaking landscape. The perpetual calendar is one of the 08FULL BLOOM complications that is strongly Drawing inspiration from a lotus in embedded into the core of 13 EASY CYCLE full bloom under the midday sun, Audemars Piguet’s origins. This Having done so well with both cars and motorcycles, it the diamond studded pieces from year, the manufacture offers the is not a complete surprise that BMW has brought its not De Beers’ Lotus high jewellery classic Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar inconsiderable engineering expertise to bicycles. The collection are designed in the image but with a case and bracelet in new Active Hybrid e-bike is the latest success story of the of the petals radiating from the a stunning black ceramic. Due BMW Bikes Collection, demonstrating how innovative flower’s centre in perfect symmetry. to the extremely hard nature of technology and sophisticated design can come together The exquisite Flourishing Lotus this material, Audemars Piguet’s flourish together. The e-bike comes with a removable necklace perfectly mirrors this bloom specialists required more than 600 504Wh battery that provides energy for the electric pedal with a 3.13-carat round brilliant hours of research to develop the assistance for over a range of up to 100 km. Cyclists can solitaire at the heart of a diamond wristwatch and even the process of adjust the degree of pedal assistance, choosing from four lotus flower medallion supported by a making the bracelet took five times different power modes, and there is even a micro USB chain of pear, marquise, princess and longer than if it was in stainless steel. socket and Bluetooth function that allows them to hook round brilliant diamonds. debeers.com audemarspiguet.com their smartphone up to the bike. shop.bmw.com 00 THE PEAK THE 100 PEAK SELECTION NEW HEIGHTS For a brand that puts a lot of time and energy into honing SPORTY the design element and aesthetic finishing of all its 19 VANGUARD 14 15 products, the BR-X2 Tourbillon Micro Rotor represents LADIES’ FIRST the next step for Bell & Ross – proving that it is capable For years, the pleasure of of technical innovation in addition to aesthetic beauty. exceptional haute horlogerie For this watch, the brand worked with an independent timepieces has been reserved for movement maker to create a unique timepiece where men’s watches, while female the movement is the case. The Calibre BR-CAL.380 watches were skewed towards movement with a micro-rotor sits in the middle of the simple movements and watch, sandwiched by two sapphire crystals to give it the precious stones. Breguet’s impression that it is floating in mid-air.bellross.com Tradition Dame 7038, however, breaks the mould by offering a watch with an aesthetic essence firmly rooted in mechanical horology.