Robb Report Singapore May 2021

For many years, Robb Report has served as an indispensable resource for the ultra-affluent, captivating them with its uncommon insight into the best luxury has to offer. The magazine covers the gamut of extravagant living, from the most coveted automobiles and haute horology to high-end real estate and art collection. It’s a publication that connects its sophisticated readership to everything that is exclusive, prestigious and privileged.

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ROBB REPORT GLOBAL LUKE BAHRENBURG CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER & EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, ROBB REPORT AND HEAD OF LUXURY PARTNERSHIPS, PMC PAUL CROUGHTON EDITOR IN CHIEF CRISTINA CHEEVER SVP LIVE MEDIA DAVID ARNOLD VICE CHAIRMAN AD SALES REPRESENTATIVES PUBLICITAS LONDON EMILIA ERRANTE, SALES EDITOR emilie.errante@publicitas.com CHINA LIBBY CHEN, MANAGING DIRECTOR libby.chen@publicitas.com HONG KONG MICHELE LI, GENERAL MANAGER (SALES) michele.li@publicitas.com PENSKE MEDIA CORPORATION (PMC) JAY PENSKE CHAIRMAN & CEO GEORGE GROBAR CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER DEBASHISH GHOSH MANAGING DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL MARKETS GURJEET CHIMA ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL MARKETS FRANCESCA LAWRENCE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL BRAND & PARTNERSHIP OPERATIONS…

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Editor’s Letter

IN SUCH TIMES when one might rue lost time, it behooves us at least to try and make sense of the world in which we live. For this, we invite you to consider the words of popular English writer, poet and linguistic academician John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, who wrote: “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” Tolkien was orphaned by the age of 12, fell in love with Edith Bratt at the age of 16 and five years later proposed marriage to her. Despite Bratt’s prior acceptance of another gentleman’s proposal, she returned the engagement ring and accepted Tolkien’s offer instead. In a letter to his son Michael, he expressed his admiration for his wife’s “willingness to marry a man with no…

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OBJECTIFIED

Art In Horology What if we told you that you could erase time with H Moser & Cie’s new timepiece? In collaboration with Parisian artist Romaric Andre (alias seconde/seconde/), the Endeavour Centre Seconds Concept X seconde/seconde/is taking horological innovation to another level. With an hour hand in the shape of a pixelated rubber eraser, H Moser & Cie is taking the concept of erasing time rather literally. The disruptive element adds creativity whilst preserving H Moser & Cie’s class and elegance. It’s even more sophisticated beneath the hood, featuring the selfwinding calibre HMC200, which is visible through the sapphire crystal caseback. Limited to just 20 pieces around the globe, the watch retails for US$21,900 and is only available online. Mad For Metamorphosis Bulgari has reimagined its iconic Serpenti through the eyes of Mary…

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OFF THE BLOCK

Louis Vuitton LV I (RED) Trainer Prototype Auctioned by Sotheby’s online for US$44,100. Designed and signed by Virgil Abloh, the men’s artistic director at Louis Vuitton, this prototype LV Trainer pair of sneakers was auctioned to raise proceeds for the HIV/AIDS charitable organisation (RED). As the first model of what was to eventually become a staple menswear sneaker, the LV Trainer made its debut during Abloh’s spring/summer 2019 show, with nods to nostalgia, basketball shoes and Louis Vuitton house codes. This particular pair has an embossed monogram on white leather, a bright red unicoloured side grid and monogram flowers embedded across the sole. Hanyu Ichiro’s Malt-Diamonds Straight Flush Ace to Five Auctioned by Bonhams online for HK$1.2 million. The star of a highly successful whisky auction that saw 100 per cent of its lots sold,…

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Up, up and no way

I ESTIMATE THAT, between 2015 and 2018, I packed and unpacked a suitcase no less than 200 times. I was travelling a lot in those days, mostly for work, and when that particular stint ended, I was determined to retire my luggage and stay on terra firma for the foreseeable future, if not longer. My undertaking worked reasonably well for a couple of years – although I did manage a couple of trips: visiting family, eating Italian food, scratching ‘drink a pint of Guinness in Dublin’ off my bucket list – but I can honestly say that I didn’t miss the rigmarole of travel. While I have always quite enjoyed airport lounges and the seemingly endless stories and vignettes within them – from the nervous, soon-to-be passenger to the frustrated business…

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Weapon Of Choice

Gulfstream G700 WHAT? Dubbed as a rival to Bombardier’s Global 7500, Gulfstream says the G700 has the industry’s tallest, widest and longest cabin HUNTING PROWESS Its high-speed cruise is Mach 0.925, or 1,142km/hr LISTED PRICE US$75 million HOW BIG IS THE PARTY? Flies up to 13 passengers BEST PLACE TO BE The entertainment zone (below). Watching a movie on the 43-inch screen with surround sound is an other-worldly experience. WHO GOT IT FIRST? Qatar Airways ordered the jet for its Qatar Executive charter service and is slated to be in operations by 2022 FROM AFAR The G700 looks like a polished and narrower version of a fighter jet (left) WHY WE’RE SOLD ON IT Not having to suffer from jet lag thanks to circadian lighting, which mimics daytime at the destination’s time zone Sanlorenzo SX112 BEST PLACE TO BE The expandable beach club (below). This spacious area comes with…

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