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vol. 4, no. 1 - January/February 2008 Executive Living Executive Gift Portfolio A Time to Touch, Taste and Luxuriate By Evelyn Kanter and Erin E. Harrison It’s ‘that’ time of year—the time to indulge yourself, your loved ones and your business associates, with gifts that appeal to the senses. These suggestions, resonating with style and elegance, appeal to your life at the top. Road: Bentley Brooklands Feel the road, not to mention the admiring glances of other drivers, in this impeccable new model that is Bentley’s first coupe since the Continental R. The Brooklands is a stylish 2+2 grand tourer with the most powerful V8 the company offers—a twin turbo-charged 6.75-liter powerplant that kicks out 530hp and catapults from 0-60 in 5.3 seconds. The six-speed automatic transmission has a manual mode for stronger and faster acceleration in every gear. This is a driver’s car, with styling that is both athletic and elegant. Its wide stance and 20-inch wheels guarantee stability and comfort at any speed, whether cornering or gliding effortlessly and smoothly on a leisurely excursion. The Brooklands is being built on the same assembly line in Crewe, Cheshire, that also turns out Bentley’s ultra-luxurious Arnage and Azure models, with the same hand-built care and attention to detail that includes matched veneers and hand-stitched leather throughout the interior. To ensure exclusivity, the Brooklands is limited to a lifetime production of 550 cars, so the value of this most desirable Bentley will only increase as it becomes a collector’s classic, as did its predecessors, the Continental R and T coupes of the 1990s and the 1950s ParkWard Continental S1. Inside and out, this is the most bespoke Bentley of all, for a select few. Price: $450,000 U.S., www.millermotorcars.com Sound: Steinway Lyngdorf Model-D Music System The Steinway & Sons Model-D Music System is the first high-performance digital sound system for the home. Steinway & Sons, renowned for creating the world’s finest pianos, and Peter Lyngdorf, Europe’s preeminent developer and manufacturer of high-performance digital sound systems, have joined forces under the auspices of Steinway Lyngdorf, to produce the finest audio visual systems in the world. The Model-D Music System incorporates an advanced version of Mr. Lyngdorf’s revolutionary RoomPerfect technology, which enables the system to be adapted to the characteristics of any environment in order to ensure unsurpassed audio performance. At the time of installation, a highly-trained Steinway Lyngdorf service specialist will utilize RoomPerfect to ensure the system’s performance in any given acoustic environment. The Model-D body includes two seven-foot dipole loudspeaker towers with integrated digital amplification and pedestal control center and CD player. Steinway Lyngdorf manufactured less than 100 of these handcrafted systems in 2007. The Model-D is now available for shipment and installation in your home. Price: $150,000, www.steinwaylyngdorf.com Ink: Bentley Motors Brooklands Pen For more than nine decades, Tibaldi pens has brought exquisite craftsmanship and impeccable design in their creation of writing instruments. Now in continued partnership with world-famous British automaker Bentley Motors, Tibaldi presents the gorgeous Bentley Motors Brooklands pen. Handcrafted with peerless design with a special racing motif recalling past glories, the Tibaldi Brooklands pen celebrates the 100th anniversary of the iconic Brooklands track where Bentley Motors won some of its most heralded victories. The limited edition line of Tibaldi Brooklands pen designs are made to commemorate the worldwide launch of the Brooklands edition automobile. Tibaldi will produce two sets of 550 sterling silver Brooklands fountain and roller ball pens to match the car’s limited production numbers. The Bentley Brooklands pens bring never-before-seen features to bear in pen design with new patented technology, including a special ink filling mechanism for their fountain pens which is made to incorporate the precision process of a watch winding. Price: Sterling silver fountain pen is $4,500. The Sterling silver roller ball is available for $4,100. The white gold fountain pen is available for $12,750 and the white gold roller ball $12,300. www.tibaldi.it

vol. 4, no. 1 - January/February 2008

Executive Living

Executive Gift Portfolio

A Time to Touch, Taste and Luxuriate

By Evelyn Kanter and Erin E. Harrison

It’s ‘that’ time of year—the time to indulge yourself, your loved ones and your business associates, with gifts that appeal to the senses. These suggestions, resonating with style and elegance, appeal to your life at the top.

Road: Bentley Brooklands

Feel the road, not to mention the admiring glances of other drivers, in this impeccable new model that is Bentley’s first coupe since the Continental R. The Brooklands is a stylish 2+2 grand tourer with the most powerful V8 the company offers—a twin turbo-charged 6.75-liter powerplant that kicks out 530hp and catapults from 0-60 in 5.3 seconds. The six-speed automatic transmission has a manual mode for stronger and faster acceleration in every gear. This is a driver’s car, with styling that is both athletic and elegant. Its wide stance and 20-inch wheels guarantee stability and comfort at any speed, whether cornering or gliding effortlessly and smoothly on a leisurely excursion.

The Brooklands is being built on the same assembly line in Crewe, Cheshire, that also turns out Bentley’s ultra-luxurious Arnage and Azure models, with the same hand-built care and attention to detail that includes matched veneers and hand-stitched leather throughout the interior. To ensure exclusivity, the Brooklands is limited to a lifetime production of 550 cars, so the value of this most desirable Bentley will only increase as it becomes a collector’s classic, as did its predecessors, the Continental R and T coupes of the 1990s and the 1950s ParkWard Continental S1. Inside and out, this is the most bespoke Bentley of all, for a select few.

Price: $450,000 U.S., www.millermotorcars.com

Sound: Steinway Lyngdorf Model-D Music System

The Steinway & Sons Model-D Music System is the first high-performance digital sound system for the home. Steinway & Sons, renowned for creating the world’s finest pianos, and Peter Lyngdorf, Europe’s preeminent developer and manufacturer of high-performance digital sound systems, have joined forces under the auspices of Steinway Lyngdorf, to produce the finest audio visual systems in the world.

The Model-D Music System incorporates an advanced version of Mr. Lyngdorf’s revolutionary RoomPerfect technology, which enables the system to be adapted to the characteristics of any environment in order to ensure unsurpassed audio performance. At the time of installation, a highly-trained Steinway Lyngdorf service specialist will utilize RoomPerfect to ensure the system’s performance in any given acoustic environment.

The Model-D body includes two seven-foot dipole loudspeaker towers with integrated digital amplification and pedestal control center and CD player. Steinway Lyngdorf manufactured less than 100 of these handcrafted systems in 2007. The Model-D is now available for shipment and installation in your home.

Price: $150,000, www.steinwaylyngdorf.com

Ink: Bentley Motors Brooklands Pen

For more than nine decades, Tibaldi pens has brought exquisite craftsmanship and impeccable design in their creation of writing instruments. Now in continued partnership with world-famous British automaker Bentley Motors, Tibaldi presents the gorgeous Bentley Motors Brooklands pen. Handcrafted with peerless design with a special racing motif recalling past glories, the Tibaldi Brooklands pen celebrates the 100th anniversary of the iconic Brooklands track where Bentley Motors won some of its most heralded victories.

The limited edition line of Tibaldi Brooklands pen designs are made to commemorate the worldwide launch of the Brooklands edition automobile. Tibaldi will produce two sets of 550 sterling silver Brooklands fountain and roller ball pens to match the car’s limited production numbers. The Bentley Brooklands pens bring never-before-seen features to bear in pen design with new patented technology, including a special ink filling mechanism for their fountain pens which is made to incorporate the precision process of a watch winding.

Price: Sterling silver fountain pen is $4,500. The Sterling silver roller ball is available for $4,100. The white gold fountain pen is available for $12,750 and the white gold roller ball $12,300. www.tibaldi.it

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