L’Enclume becomes the eighth Three MICHELIN Starred restaurant in the MICHELIN Guide Great Britain & Ireland 2022

Michelin Guide unveiled its 2022 selection of restaurants for Great Britain and Ireland. With a total of 1285 restaurants, including 194 MICHELIN Stars and 122 Bib Gourmands, the 2022 vintage is made even more momentous by the impressive number of new Stars in this year’s selection. With 1 new Three Star, 5 new Two Stars … Read more

For off-roaders looking to go further off the grid, Ford debuts new 2022 Ford Bronco Everglades special edition SUV

@2022 Ford Bronco Everglades special edition SUV

For decades, Bronco SUVs have traversed remote locations with G.O.A.T. – Goes Over Any Type of Terrain – mentality. 2022 Ford Bronco Everglades special edition SUV is made for customers who want to venture deep into the wild with the assurance of a factory-installed snorkel, integrated 10,000-pound ZEON 10-S WARN winch and Sasquatch Package.

Bronco Everglades packed with rugged off-road hardware

Bronco Everglades, available as a four-door model, takes the adventurous spirit to the next level with confidence-building, factory-installed features such as a snorkel, integrated front bumper-mounted winch, and all the off-road equipment in the Bronco Sasquatch Package.

“Bronco customers like to explore new places, but some want to go even further off the trail than others,” said Jolanta Coffey, Bronco chief engineer. “Everglades is specially equipped to enable these customers to tackle even more challenging terrains and trails – and with the front bumper-mounted winch, they can help others out of trouble while they’re at it.”

@2022 Ford Bronco Everglades special edition SUV

Bronco Everglades introduces a class-exclusive signature snorkel. Designed and engineered by Ford, the snorkel – which runs up the passenger-side A-pillar – optimizes vehicle performance in dust, snow and water by raising the engine air intake above nasty trail conditions. Its design uses two easy-to-swap plates to change the direction of the inlet based on trail and weather conditions.

“Bronco enthusiasts demand style as well as performance, so we challenged ourselves to create a snorkel with high-end function and a look that really suits the vehicle,” said Ryan Olsson, design manager. “What really sets the Everglades snorkel apart is the head and reversible intake. It completely changes the way a snorkel can look and function.”

Front and rear axles, transfer case and transmission also offer raised vents for improved water Fording. Combined, these design changes lead to water Fording capability of 36.4 inches.

@2022 Ford Bronco Everglades special edition SUV

For situations when Bronco Everglades or another vehicle needs extra traction beyond what the tires and engine can provide, a heavy-duty modular front bumper by Ford Performance with ZEON 10-S WARN winch – featuring 10,000-pound capability and a 100-foot synthetic line – is ready to help. Everglades also comes standard with a protective safari bar, rock rails and the same steel bash plates found on Black Diamond and Badlands Bronco models. A unique Carbonized Gray grille with gloss black Bronco lettering enhances its functional appearance.

The Sasquatch Package features 17-inch Carbonized Gray-painted alloy wheels with 35-inch Goodyear mud-terrain tires. Additional exterior appointments include rock rails to protect the lower sills, plus a molded-in-color hardtop and roof rack with crossbars.

The Bronco design team took advantage of the SUV’s patented off-road modular design in creating the Everglades edition, further underscoring how this user-friendly platform can be stripped to its base structure and reconfigured for another new adventure with a different body setup. The vehicle features unique squared front and rear wheel arches with matching Sasquatch-width fender flares.

@2022 Ford Bronco Everglades special edition SUV
@2022 Ford Bronco Everglades special edition SUV

 

Meet the world’s first watch with four faces and the most complicated Reverso ever made

@Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Reverso Hybris Mechanica Calibre 185 watch

Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Reverso Hybris Mechanica Calibre 185 is the first watch with four functioning display faces. The most complicated Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso watch is also one of the easiest to wear, says the manufacturer.

Jaeger-LeCoultre’s skilled artisans reproduce the beauty of Earth in only 4mm.

The Hybris Mechanica collection represents the summit of Jaeger-LeCoultre art: the complexity of watchmaking at its absolute best. It motivates the craftsmen to maintain what lies at the heart of the Maison: the creative spirit of Antoine LeCoultre. To create these limited-edition pieces, they have been given carte blanche. Each one requires years of research and development to use high-caliber watchmaking complications in radical new ways.

A grand oeuvre six years in the making — the Reverso Hybris Mechanica Calibre 185, is combining key areas of watchmaking expertise at Jaeger-LeCoultre with innovative new astronomical indications. As complex as it is meticulous, the Reverso Hybris Mechanica Calibre 185 is the ultimate expression of the luxury brand’s Manufacture’s key areas of watchmaking expertise: precision mechanisms, chiming watches and celestial complications, combined with extraordinary finishing from our Métiers Rares workshops, offering an exceptional timepiece.

Having a multitude of complications in a watch is pointless unless they can be legibly and comprehensibly displayed, and the watch can be reasonably worn.

If executed through conventional mechanical means, the 11 complications of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Hybris Mechanica Calibre 185 Quadriptyque would result in a timepiece far more suited for a desk than a wrist. Thanks to nearly two centuries of expertise and a thoroughly modern approach to innovation, Jaeger-LeCoultre tells the story of cosmic and terrestrial time within the confines of a 51mm by 31mm by 15mm case, a story told in four chapters of horological virtuosity.

@Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Reverso Hybris Mechanica Calibre 185 watch

The world’s first wristwatch to provide a deep reading of the cosmos

By incorporating three displays of lunar information on the interior face of the iconic Reverso cradle (the synodic cycle, the draconic cycle and the anomalistic cycle), the Hybris Mechanica Quadriptyque watch can predict the next global incidence of astronomical events such as supermoons and eclipses.

The Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Hybris Mechanica Calibre 185 comes in an exceptional presentation box with a built-in mechanism that allows the wearer to quickly and intuitively set all the calendar and astronomical displays of the watch after a period of being unworn.

A two-position crown on the side of the box is used to first set the number of days that have elapsed since the watch was last worn. With the Quadriptyque set within the correction support frame, the box corrector crown can then be extended to its second position and wound to rapidly bring the watch to the current date for all calendar and astronomical indications. There is no risk of overcorrecting the watch or damaging the movement, since the entire process is controlled by the box corrector mechanism.

@Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Reverso Hybris Mechanica Calibre 185 watch
@Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Reverso Hybris Mechanica Calibre 185 watch

Leica’s first watches expand and fine-tune the idea of the push crown

LEICA L1 and LEICA L2, the latest additions to the Leica family, are two remarkable timepieces with a patented push crown. The design of the LEICA L1 and LEICA L2 draws inspiration from previous engineering masterpieces made in Wetzlar. The watches’ exterior was conceptualized by Professor Achim Heine, who has designed numerous Leica products in … Read more

Smart Homes of The Future – What We Can Expect to See

This content is sponsored. When you think about what a luxurious home will look like in the near future, you can’t help but think of a smart home. Large mansions with historical art pieces and unique design is what we all expect by now. However, when you think of a home equipped with gadgets and … Read more

Kering’s Girard-Perregaux and Ulysse Nardin have new owners

Kering announces the sale of Girard-Perregaux and Ulysse Nardin to their management. Kering is selling its entire stake (100%) in Sowind Group SA, which owns the Swiss watch manufacturers Girard-Perregaux and Ulysse Nardin, to its current management. A global Luxury group, Kering manages the development of a series of renowned luxury Houses in Fashion, Leather … Read more