Kobe Bryant creates Swiss Watches

Nubeo is a company known for jellyfish-shaped watches. In collaboration with the basketball star Kobe Bryant, this luxury watch brand creates a limited-edition line.

Composed by high-tech sport watches, the collection’s prices start at about $21,000 and topout at $285,000. The Black Mamba series, in honor of Mr. Bryant’s nickname, will be launched at Baselworld 2009, in Basel, Switzerland, and will go on sale this fall.

Ivan Castro, the jewelry designer who co-founded Nubeo in 2004, is a huge basketball fan and reached out to Mr. Bryant’s agent and marketing manager.


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New Beetle “Blush” special edition

Volkswagen of America, Inc. has released a special edition model of the New Beetle convertible, titled “Blush”.  As its names suggests, a red leather interior combined with a red ragtop is an exclusive to this version.

On the outside, it features  an elegant metallic “White Gold” paint. The “Blush” edition  also  includes a red boot for when the convertible top is down and unique17-inch alloy wheels.

Like the New Beetle standard versione Blush gets a 2.5-liter engine that produces 150-horsepower, and 170 lbs.ft. of torque.

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Dunhill Anniversary Edition Cigars

Dunhill Anniversary Edition, made to celebrate 100 years of the Dunhill cigar brand, will be available this fall and limited to 20,000 cigars.

Made in Nicaragua by the Toraños, the cigars will have a blend much like the Dunhill Signed Range which uses Nicaraguan and Dominican filler tobaccos aged three years, but should have “a little more finesse and sweetness,” according to Dunhill brand manager Bruce Lewis. Via cigaraficionado

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Richard Prince Louis Vuitton Limited Edition Jamais Bag

Louis Vuitton collaborated with Richard Prince for a spring line of handbags and they are now offering a limited-edition style to celebrate the artist’s first major UK solo exhibition from June 26 to September 7, entitled “Continuation,” at the Serpentine Gallery.

Only 50 of the ostrich and canvas Jamais bags are available, each numbered and signed by the artist. They will be sold exclusively at Vuitton’s Sloane Street store in London during Prince’s solo show and will be priced at about $17,800.

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Limited Edition Ferrari Segway

Segway have teamed up with Ferrari to release a special limited edition version of their i2 Personal Transporter.

The Segway PT i2 Ferrari edition is characterized by the Scuderia Ferrari logo in metal coated in enamel and it features the unmistakeable red colour. Moreover this special Segway PT i2 edition is equipped with an handlebar bag made in Genuine Leather.

Ferrari have used Segway’s as a transportation method around their Maranello factory for sometime now.

The i2 can take you 24 miles/38 km or up to 480 city blocks on a single charge*, powering itself smoothly up and down stairs and curbs, and keeping you in control as it handles steep grades.
It has a range of almost forty kilometers off one battery charge and can be easily stowed in the trunk of a car for longer journeys.

All yours for just €8,429 or $12,000. available on ferraristore.com

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Monarch Billiards’ Robb Report $72,000 Limited Edition

Lovers of contemporary design who nevertheless harbor beneath their streamed lines a fondness for tradition will find this innovative billiard table the perfect postmodern twist on that time-honored centerpiece of the well-appointed game room.

A 21st-century interpretation of that centuries-old staple, Monarch Billiards’ Cherry Hill Table is a stunning composition of brushed and polished stainless steel, African teak wood, and leather that not only imbues its surroundings with an air of elegance and dynamic energy, but provides hours of entertainment for guests and hosts alike.

One of the table’s most striking features (and its most challenging, from an engineering standpoint) is its pyramid-shaped base.

you can order it on robbreport

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