Hublot together with Bunter SA jewellery workshop created a watch for those who want to possess only the most magnificent things.
One huge brilliant or many small? It is difficult to tell, when you look at this watch, which costs 1 million dollars!
Jewellery company Bunter SA has designed Big Bang for Hublot which became the true sensation. In 2005 Big Bang manufacturers received the award for the best design on Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix. But they decided to go further and showered this model with brilliants. And in spite of the fact that the model is made of the white gold, brilliants hide the body of the watch.
The mechanism becomes also invisible under a layer from 493 Wesselton brilliants of different sizes. The wristlet is made of the classical for Hublot vulcanized rubber, the fastener is also decorated with gems.
Masters needed 2000 hours to create this masterpiece.
Google Internet - company brand, which costs about 66,43 billion dollars, is at the head of BrandZ Top-100 rating of the most expensive world’s brands, made by Millward Brown Optimor research company for Financial Times newspaper.
Cost of a brand has increased by 77 % during the year. In 2006 Google took the 7th place in a rating.
The second place in the list took American General Electric brand in cost of 61,88 billion dollars. On the third place - Microsoft (56,9 billion dollars). Coca-Cola has taken the fourth place, cost of this brand Millward Brown Optimor experts have estimated in 44,1 billion dollars.
The sixth place in the list is Marlboro (39 billion). On the seventh place is the brand of Citigroup - Citi financial group - 33,7 billion dollars.
The best of all brands growth rate has shown one of the largest British retailers Marks & Spencer: during the year cost of a brand has increased 192 percent and has made 9,5 billion dollars.
Cost of the Apple brand on a success wave of the company in sector of audio and video products has grown by 55 % - up to 24,7 billion dollars during the year, so Apple has taken the 16th place in the twenty of the most expensive brands of the world.
BrandZ Top-100 rating estimates brands not only on the basis of the current and future profit. It also takes into account the attitude of hundreds thousand of consumers, regularly surveyed by Millward Brown Optimor.
According to Hong Kong multi-millionaire Nina Vang`s will, announced these days, all her fortune should pass into the hands of her astrologer. Nina Vang dyed on third of April.
The richest woman of Asia bequeathed 4,2 billion dollars to the unknown to general public person, her personal astrologer doctor Toni Chan Chun-Chuen, nothing having left for the relatives.
Nina Vang nicknamed as a “sweetie” for her childish tresses, miniskirts and unusual manners of the cartoon character, has died in the age of 69 years because of a cancer.
The lawyer of the deceased, Jonathan Midgly, has told that Vang has left all her fortune to Chan, because he “understood her philosophy, and her life philosophy, and philosophy of her business”.
Relatives of multi-millionaire have appealed to the court, having declared their right to the inheritance; however Midgly informed that he didn’t emphasize such claims.
In the annual list of the Forbes billionaires the richest woman of Asia took 154th place. Local billionaires and representatives of the political Hong Kong elite were present at her funeral ceremony.
British company Luvaglio has created laptop which costs one million dollars. The portable novelty is full of the latest and most sophisticated doodads and is brilliants-encrusted.
Precious Luvaglio product has 128-GB HDD, 17-inch display with LED-illumination and Blu-ray drive with slot-hole loading. There is also some mechanism of display self-cleaning but it is not specified what it means yet.
According to the head of the company Luvaglio Roen Sinclair, jewels and expensive wood were used not only for decoration - they will also promote its consumer characteristics, being used everywhere, beginning from the keyboard up to the charger. Laptop’s design provides an opportunity of updating so it will not become outdated in due course.
Novelties will enter the market already this summer. And buyers can order design to their taste.
Luxury pen, that was sold in Harrods, London, for $265,000 was created by Swiss company Caran d’Ache made ‘La Modernista Diamonds’ a. The rhodium-coated solid silver pen has an 18-karat gold pen point and is decorated with 5,072 diamonds and 96 half-cut. It was made in memory of the architect Antonio Gaudi.
The most expensive painting ever sold went under the hammer at Sotheby Auction in New York for $104m. This piece of atr is Pablo Picasso masterpiece, painted by him in 1905 at the age of 24 years. The painting, Garcon a la Pipe (Boy with a Pipe) is one of the most important and precious early works of the artist, which have appeared in the art market.
All of us try to give our children the best. But some parents go too far. Granting all imaginable and unimaginable desires of the child, not everyone understand, that it can turn back by big problems at the mature age. But too many parents do not wish to understand that, especially if their financial opportunities allow to satisfy any whims of the baby.
Not always children’s expensive new things positively affect parent’s reputation. Especially it concerns politicians among whom it is not accepted to advertise their well-being. Let recollect the recent scandal with the car of Victor Jushchenko`s son. Last year Ukrainian tabloid correspondents paid readers attention on his vehicle. As it appeared, Andrey Jushchenko, as the gilded youth representative, likes expensive autos. To tell the truth, it is not clear, whether the BMW М6 for 133 thousand euro was a gift. Andrey has declared that he has borrowed the car from his friend.
The Ukrainian politicians are known for the generosity in relation to their offsprings. So, Mayor of Kiev Leonid Chernovetsky has presented the son for his wedding… Bank. A fascinating and developing gift! Truly “Monopoly”, but even more interesting. Now Stephan Chernovetsky - the “Praveks -bank” owner.
The head of the neighbor brotherly Belarus also does not save on gifts for his offsprings. Not so long ago the younger son of the president Alexander Lukashenko has headed specially created for him «Presidential sport club».
Modest enough gifts are received by English Prince William. His father prince Charles has congratulated him on attainment his majority mannishly. William has received a rifle in cost of 35 thousand dollars. 3 years later, in 24-th birthday, William has received from his father the necessary addition to a rifle - a telescope in cost of about 1000 dollars.
Do you happen to remember the delicate young man who about 8 years ago danced on a stage near his father Oleg Gazmanov? Today Rodion is the manager of fashionable Moscow club “Barmaley “. Club is daddy’s gift, the Honored artist of Russia. Besides Rodion, who is already 22 years, has received recently from father’s hands keys from a new apartment.
But even independent celebrities remain children for their parents. And continue to receive gifts from them - frequently useless, but all the same pleasant. Really, for example, Nikolay Baskov. For the last birthday the first golden Russia voice has received from his parents Victor and Elena Baskov a gold bar in natural stone form with an astrological map in it.
Editors of the leading world automobile editions have chosen the best automobile of 2007. Model Lexus LS 460 from Japanese Toyota Concern has gained this title in luxury class sector, having overtaken nearest German contenders Audi TT and MINI Cooper.
Competition World Car of the Year is carried out since 2004. The jury includes journalists from Europe, Asia and Northern America. All members of the jury regularly participate in the test - drives. Their task was to choose the best car taking into account sales volumes for the last year.
Initially 28 automobiles competed for the prize. This January jury has made short – list of 10 models created on the common platform: Audi Q7, Audi TT, Citroen C4 Picasso, Citroen C6, Fiat Grande Punto, Jaguar XK, Lexus LS 460, Mercedes CL, Mini, and also Suzuki SX4 / Fiat Sedici.
But only three applicants have left: Japanese Lexus LS 460 and its two German competitors Audi TT and Mini. Jury preferred Lexus LS 460 as their attention was attracted by Japanese automobile advanced electronics: new automatic parking system, a unique eight-step automatic transmission and high-powered hybrid motor (as in Lexus LS600h).
WCOTY organizers declare, that they estimated all parameters of the car, everything, that matters for consumers – and also Toyota`s enthusiasm for non-polluting production methods.
Japanese models replace American and European vehicles. This is the global tendency. The sales volume of the Japanese cars in the USA has grown almost by 50 % since the beginning of the year.
The buyer, wished to remain unknown, has got “beautiful†mobile network telephone number “Megaphone - Moscow” for the record sum in 105.000 roubles.
Beautiful numbers auction took place at the “sold out” notice in known capital club Dyagilev. Five exclusive numbers with repeating figures from Megaphone collection have been displayed for sale. The second in cost after the number - champion was beautiful federal number with 926 code. Lot displayed for 5.000 roubles, was sold by auction for 100.000 roubles. Money obtained from the auction will be directed by the mobile provider to the charitable purposes.
The tradition to sell mobile numbers with a successful combination of figures by auction exists in Russia since 2004. “Beautiful†numbers are also from time to time displayed for open sale through Internet - shop of “Megaphone - Moscow” network and provider’s offices.
At the top of the list is the most expensive, most powerful, and fastest production automobile in the world. It is well known Bugatti Veyron, which costs $1,700,000
This car has proven top speed of over 400 km/h (407 km/h or 253 mph). The car is produced by Volkswagen AG together with Bugatti Automobiles SAS and is sold under the legendary Bugatti trade mark.
The Enzo Ferrari ($1,000,000) the second number in the list, sometimes referred to as the the Ferrari Enzo and also F60 is a 12-cylinder Ferrari supercar named Enzo Ferrari after the company’s founder. It was created in 2003 using Formula One technology
The next Pagani Zonda C12 F ($741,000) first appeared at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show.
The Koenigsegg CCX ($600,910) is the latest supercar from Koenigsegg. This car is more intended to be suitable for the U.S. market and was made to comply with US regulations
The Porsche Carrera GT ($484,000) is a supercar, created by Porsche in Germany.
Then goes a sports car and supercar automobile produced by DaimlerChrysler and McLaren Cars together - Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren ($455,500).
Maybach 62 ($385,250) together with 57 were the first automobile models of the Maybach brand since the brand’s revival by DaimlerChrysler. They are derived from the Mercedes-Benz Maybach concept car presented at the 1997 Tokyo Motorshow.
World-known Rolls-Royce Phantom ($320,000) with its luxury saloon made by Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, a BMW subsidiary. It wasprodused in 2003 and is the first Rolls-Royce model made under the ownership of BMW.
Lamborghini Murcielago ($279,900) is a supercar automobile created by Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. and designed by Luc Donckerwolke. It was produced in 2002, the next model after Diablo.
The last supercar in the list is Aston Martin Vanquish ($255,000) manufactured by Aston Martin since 2001. Model became widely-known as the official James Bond car in Die Another Day. A special V12 Vanquish S was presented at the 2004 Paris Auto Show with the power upped to 388 kW (520 hp) and 577 N•m (426 ft•lbf).
