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For those who love to travel in style, the Hermès Orion suitcase makes for a great gift. The stylish luggage flaunts a brushed anodized aluminum shell, with the interior surface reinforced with carbon and Kevlar, which provides unparalleled resistance to wear and tear. The Hermès Orion suitcase is priced at a cool $13,000.

Bacardi Global Travel Retail Division has now launched the “Fortis et Fidelis,” the rarest ever Baron Otard Cognac. The special blend includes some of the rarest eaux-de-vie from the cellars of Château de Cognac, home of Baron Otard Cognac since 1795. The Baron Otard Fortis et Fidelis Cognac will sell at select travel retail outlets worldwide this month for US $4,500. Fortis et Fidelis, the motto of the Otard family meaning strength and loyalty, is a tribute to Baron Jean-Baptiste Otard. The tasting notes of the Fortis et Fidelis have been described as…

It is so tasteless that it actually creates a taste. The tastelessness is its own taste. It’s like drinking air. This is what Ron Stamp, founder of Iceberg Canada Corp., says about the company’s new product - Glace Rare Iceberg Water. The firm has plans to make available the water taken straight from an iceberg in Greenland very soon in the market.

This luxurious water is being estimated to cost between $12 and $15 for a 700-milliliter bottle. Stamp further said that the water is like a fine wine you wouldn’t drink every day but on special occasions. A crew of eight people aboard a 44-meter vessel will go to Greenland in a couple of weeks to harvest more ice.

Now instead of storing piles of magazines, you can have the entire archive in a pocket-sized 250GB hard drive from Bondi Digital Publishing (the same company that developed the Complete New Yorker DVD set).

The hard drive includes every issue of Playboy magazine from 1953 to 2010, over 650 issues and more than 100,000 pages covering a span of 56 years. The hard drive is a USB bus-powered portable device that allows users to search, view, explore and organize the entire archive of digital editions, no power cord necessary. The aluminum hard drive measures 3" x 5" and includes 200GBs of extra room on the drive to store other documents. It sells for $299.95.

BMW chose the LA Auto Show to release pictures of the restyled 6 Series convertible it will show in the flesh at January's Detroit Auto Show. The convertible is very much an evolution of the outgoing 6, with fresh exterior styling first shown on the four-door BMW Gran Coupe at the Beijing motor show last April. The car sports a roomier four-seat interior, as well as an advanced, multi-layered cloth roof developed with German-based roof specialist Edscha.


BMW says the automatic roof structure will open in just 19 seconds and close in 24 seconds at the push of a console-mounted button. As with the outgoing model, a separate glass rear screen, mounted vertically, can be opened separately from the cloth hood. At 192.6 inches in length, 74.5 inches in width and 53.5 inches in height, the new 6-series convertible is 2.9 inches longer, 1.5 inches wider and 0.4 inch lower than its predecessor launched in 2004. The wheelbase has been extended by 2.9 inches, to 112.4 inches.

The new 6-series convertible will be launched in North America next year with just one engine, in combination with either a standard six-speed manual or an optional eight-speed automatic gearbox. The 650i convertible runs a turbocharged 4.4-liter V8, delivering 400 hp and 450 lb-ft, sufficient, says BMW, for 0 to 60 mph in 4.9 seconds and a 155-mph top speed. Other engines will follow, including a turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six with 320 hp and 332 lb-ft of torque in a less-expensive 640i convertible

This isn't the first time Infiniti and Louis Vuitton have teamed up. The last time was on the bespoke fitted luggage to accompany the show-stopping Essence concept car unveiled at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show. Now the two have come back together for a follow-up.

This limited-edition resin sculpture is created by the same talents behind the concept car, and comes in a specially-crafted Louis Vuitton carrying/presentation case. Only 300 examples will be offered, each fetching $300. The sculpture and case will be unveiled at the upcoming Los Angeles Auto Show, after which it will become available via infinitilifestyle.com.

Money, they say, can't buy you happiness. That may be so, but it sure can buy you lots of things that will make you happy. Like a one-of-a-kind Ferrari named after you.

The latest product of Ferari's own customization program is called the 612 GTS Pavesi. It's based on the flagship 612 Scaglietti, and features a pair of removable carbon-fiber roof panels, unique two-tone paint scheme, a new front bumper, a custom exhaust system and a reported extra 20 horsepower for a total of 550. The name of the owner hasn't been revealed, but Pavesi is the name of an Italian manufacturer of go-kart engines.

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An extraordinary Rolex pre-Daytona chronograph worn by George Lazenby as James Bond in 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service is being offered for sale in Miami. It's extremely rare for an actual Bond movie watch, let alone a rare Rolex model, to come onto the market.

The stainless steel timepiece, ref # 6238, has been written about on many 007 fan sites and Rolex blogs. The Rolex was originally purchased by Bond filmmakers EON productions on October 23, 1968 for use by the underrated Lazenby in the film, and was later sold off among other props. It last surfaced at Christie's Film and Entertainment sale in London in 2003, where it went for $40,000. Recently acquired by Miami's Matthew Bain Inc., it's now being offered at an undisclosed price that could easily reach $250,000 or more.