A wristwatch which belonged to a Italian count who won Grand Prix races and was president of Ferrari fetched a record £1.1million at auction today.
Count Carlo Felice Trossi’s large gold Patek Philippe timepiece sold at Geneva’s Sotheby’s sale for more than £200,000 than expected.
The “Trossi Leggenda”, described as “almost certainly unique” by experts, was the star lot among nearly 200 watches. World’s most expensive watch: The Patek Philippe and ex-owner Count Carlo Felice Trossi. Read the rest of this entry »
Even in the digital era, photos are much better when they are printed on paper. They feel somehow… material when they are printed, after a century of usual film cameras we are accustomed to a printed image.
That’s why many owners of digital cameras prefer to print their best photos. If you remember the days of mid 90s, then you will remember the boom of instant film cameras that produced an already printed image.
The main company behind that cameras was Polaroid. Now, film cameras look archaically, surrendering their position to digital ones. But Polaroid does not surrender - it comes with a similar idea, but adapted to the modern market. Read the rest of this entry »
Going into the weekend I’d like to put the high-technology gadgets on hold for a while, and talk about something fun and useful at the same time - the Nubrella.
As you can imagine by the name, the product is somehow related to an umbrella… With that being said, the Nubrella is a special kind of umbrella, because you don’t need to use your hands in order to use it.
The Hands-free-brella is suppose to be strapped to your shoulders, and since it only weighs 1,1kg it shouldn’t be a problem carrying it. For $60 it can be yours !
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