Four Seasons meets Orlando’s great Walt Disney World complex.

Why Go: A first-ever for the Walt Disney Company: The most visited theme park in the world now includes a Four Seasons resort. The project caps a 15-year matchmaking effort between the mass-media corporation and the renowned hospitality company. Among a 980-acre housing development within Walt Disney World, the Four Seasons offers the most luxurious accommodations among Disney’s resorts as well as a reprieve from its often very Disney themes. Ast…

One of the world’s rarest gems, the Blue Moon Diamond, will be on exhibit at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County from September 13 through January 6, 2015. The rough stone was originally sourced from the famous Cullinan mine in northeastern South Africa in January of this year. It was purchased by Cora International, a New York City manufacturer of diamond jewelry and a diamond supplier, for $26 million. Over the years, the Cullinan mine has produced numerous notable gems, including the largest-ev…

Four Seasons meets Orlando’s great Walt Disney World complex.

Why Go: A first-ever for the Walt Disney Company: The most visited theme park in the world now includes a Four Seasons resort. The project caps a 15-year matchmaking effort between the mass-media corporation and the renowned hospitality company. Among a 980-acre housing development within Walt Disney World, the Four Seasons offers the most luxurious accommodations among Disney’s resorts as well as a reprieve from its often very Disney themes. Ast…

One of the world’s rarest gems, the Blue Moon Diamond, will be on exhibit at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County from September 13 through January 6, 2015. The rough stone was originally sourced from the famous Cullinan mine in northeastern South Africa in January of this year. It was purchased by Cora International, a New York City manufacturer of diamond jewelry and a diamond supplier, for $26 million. Over the years, the Cullinan mine has produced numerous notable gems, including the largest-ev…

With a dramatic flair true to the company’s style, Icon Aircraft unveiled the first production copy of its A5 light sport aircraft in July at EAA AirVenture, the world’s biggest general-aviation air show, in Oshkosh, Wis. The company’s CEO, Kirk Hawkins, built Icon from the ground up to produce this one design (at least for the foreseeable future). He hopes the A5 will attract new pilots with its sporty style, easy user interface, and advanced aerodynamic design. The company has secured some 1,400 orders for t…

With a dramatic flair true to the company’s style, Icon Aircraft unveiled the first production copy of its A5 light sport aircraft in July at EAA AirVenture, the world’s biggest general-aviation air show, in Oshkosh, Wis. The company’s CEO, Kirk Hawkins, built Icon from the ground up to produce this one design (at least for the foreseeable future). He hopes the A5 will attract new pilots with its sporty style, easy user interface, and advanced aerodynamic design. The company has secured some 1,400 orders for t…

In honor of the brand’s origins as a travel-trunk manufacturer, the new Louis Vuitton Tambour Heures du Monde is equipped with a GMT function that lets a traveler track the time in two separate time zones. The watch’s satin-finished gray dial features an off-center subdial decorated with a map of the globe. Abbreviations of the names of 24 cities corresponding to different time zones—alternately printed in white and yellow for legibility—encircle the globe, with a yellow marker indicating the time zone current…

Perhaps the most significant timepiece ever created, the Henry Graves Supercomplication will cross the block on November 11 at Sotheby’s Important Watches sale in Geneva. Conceived and built by Patek Philippe for the New York banker Henry Graves, the pocket watch has the distinction of being the most complicated hand-built watch ever made.

Commissioned in 1925, the Supercomplication required three years of research and development and another five years for Patek Philippe’s technicians to construct it. The …

It is fairly well settled among all but the grimmest misanthropes and most grasping misers that it is better to give than to receive. But even better still is getting to do both at once. For seven years now, the Restaurant at Meadowood, in Napa Valley, Calif., has provided that opportunity with its Twelve Days of Christmas charitable dinner series. For this year’s event, the chef Christopher Kostow has invited 11 guest chefs to prepare holiday meals, each accompanied by wines from one of California’s finest vi…

 Haxby is a new breed of luxury, a menswear brand founded on the principle that skill, time, and dedication must never be compromised when mastering an art form. It is a collection of the world’s most celebrated menswear and accessories that combines artistry with precision, historical craft with ingenuity, and timeless refinement with contemporary edge. Through its elite group of artisans, designers, and craftsmen, Haxby embodies one common goal—to create the finest handcrafted pieces using only the high…