The Italian luxury fashion house of Brioni is expanding their offering of select gentlemen’s leather goods with an incredibly stylish new watch box.

Featuring gold-plated hardware it holds six watches in removable compartments, along with a separate slim portfolio to hold additional watch straps.

Crafted of the world’s finest genuine alligator skin and lined with suede and glove-soft leather, the box is priced at $5,000 and comes in classic brown, black and red.

Brioni was founded in Rome by Gaetano Savini and Nazareno Fonticoli in 1945 and upholds the best Italian sartorial traditions.

The Pagani Zonda Tricolore, which was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, is intended to honor the Frecce Tricolori, the Italian air force aerobatics team.

The squadron is a demonstration team composed of nine planes and is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

Based on the exclusive Zonda Cinque, the Tricolore is constructed from a special carbon-titanium weave left bare but for a clear blue lacquer.

David and Victoria Beckham are reportedly keen to snap up George Clooney’s Lake Como villa after he put it up for sale.

The 48-year-old actor has put his Italian home on the market because of harrassment by paparazzi.

Italian bicycle manufacturer Milani is teaming up with Maserati to produce some high end two-wheelers.

The Maserati bicycle is made of carbon fiber and aluminum and is painted in Maserati’s signature dark blue paint.

It comes in two models, the Veloce racing bicycle inspired by the Maserati GranTurismo and the Turismo city bicycle modeled after the Quattroporte.

Exclusive in this week’s Italian edition of Vanity Fair is the worldwide preview of Dolce & Gabbana’s new S/S 2010 campaign featuring pop icon Madonna.

The ad campaign, which is inspired by Italian Neorealism cinema, shows a very domesticated Madonna washing dishes and preparing food at a dining room table.

Italian police have crashed their most valuable patrol car, a $235,000 Lamborghini.

The front end of the Lamborghini was crushed in the accident, near Cremona, and the driver and a passenger were injured, although not seriously.

Reports say the car swerved to avoid another vehicle which crossed into its path, ploughing into two stationary cars. It was damaged beyond repair.