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Franck Muller: The Art of Making Time Personal
Technical ingenuity, unmistakable design and a willingness to challenge convention have given Franck Muller a distinctive place in Swiss watchmaking.
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Long-Range Private Jets: Which Fly the Longest Routes Non-Stop
The Gulfstream G800 and Bombardier Global 8000 fly furthest of the purpose-built business jets in 2026. We set the makers' ranges against four long routes from Zurich, Dubai and Hong Kong.
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The VIP Event Calendar 2027
The major luxury and sporting events of 2027 in date order, from St. Moritz in January to Abu Dhabi in December, each with the date its organiser has published.
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Patek Philippe: History, Collections and How to Buy One
Patek Philippe has been based in Geneva since 1839 and owned by the Stern family since 1932. This guide covers its 2026 collections, the Nautilus at 50 and how to buy one.
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Our View on Art: How Private Collectors Buy Today
Where private collectors buy art today, what an auction adds to the hammer price, how provenance is checked and what a Swiss freeport is, with Art Basel and UBS figures for 2025 and 2026.
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Luxury as an Asset Class
What separates a store of value from a hype piece, why the full set matters and how variants change prices: an essay from 2022, reviewed in 2026.
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Discovering Dubai: A Guide for Private Clients
When to go, how the Golden Visa works for property buyers, where Dubai's prime homes sell, where private jets land and which restaurants hold MICHELIN stars in 2026.
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Summer Camps in Switzerland 2027: How to Choose
Eight Swiss summer camps compared for 2027 by age, length of stay, language and dates, plus when registration opens and what to settle before booking.
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NEOM in 2026: What Is Being Built, and What Has Changed
Where NEOM stands in 2026: The Line, Trojena and the 2029 Asian Winter Games, Sindalah and Oxagon.
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Family Office Services: What a Family Office Does, Outsources and Costs
What a family office is, which services single and multi-family offices keep in-house or outsource, what running one costs, and what changed in 2025 and is changing in 2026.
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Watches and Wonders Geneva 2027: Dates, Tickets and What to Expect
Watches and Wonders Geneva returns to Palexpo from 5 to 11 April 2027, with 75 exhibitors and three public days. Here is what is confirmed, and what the 2026 rules tell visitors.
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Investing in Luxury Goods: What the 2026 Luxury Investment Index Shows
The Knight Frank Luxury Investment Index fell 0.4 per cent in 2025, with Impressionist art at the top and whisky at the bottom. Here are the figures for every asset over one, five and ten years.
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Relocating to Switzerland
Residence, home, schools, health insurance, banking and the household: the order in which a family's move to Switzerland has to happen, and how we coordinate it.
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Investing in Collector Cars: What Holds Value and How to Buy Well
Classic cars fell 3.7 per cent in 2025 yet led Knight Frank's luxury index over five years. This guide explains what sets one car above another and how to check, import and keep one.
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The Hermès Birkin: Sizes, Leathers and How to Buy One Safely
The Birkin began with a sketch on a flight in 1984. This guide covers its sizes and leathers, the 2025 record for Jane Birkin's own bag, and the checks and papers a safe purchase needs.
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Buying a Private Jet, or Chartering One
Hour counts alone do not decide whether to buy a jet or keep chartering. Our analysis of 240 European route prices shows why the length of each flight matters as much.
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Audemars Piguet and the Royal Oak: History, Collections and How to Buy
Audemars Piguet has been independent since 1875 and launched the Royal Oak in 1972. This guide covers the collections AP lists in 2026 and how buying, warranty and authentication work today.
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Switzerland, the Fountain of Youth? Health, Spas and Longevity
How Davos, the spa towns of Bad Ragaz, Baden, Leukerbad and Vals, and a clinic in Montreux gave Switzerland its reputation for health, and why longevity medicine is a concept, not a promise.
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The Best Ski Resorts for Christmas and New Year 2026/27
Where the snow is reliable in the last week of December, when each resort opens for 2026/27, what happens over Christmas and on New Year's Eve, and how to fly in.
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Luxury Winter Destinations for 2026/27
Seven places to spend the winter of 2026/27 well, from the Northern Lights in Lapland and Advent in Vienna to winter sun in Dubai, the Maldives and St Barths.
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A Family Office and a Lifestyle Manager Are Not the Same Thing
One answers what happens to the capital, the other what happens to the week. Where the two meet, where they collide, and when a family genuinely needs both.
Read MoreFrom the archive.
Reports, calendars and essays from earlier years, each with a note at the top on what has changed since.
Geneva Supercar Show 2024
A report from the second Geneva Supercar Show in July 2024, where our partner Gabriele Rossicarri presented the work of Rolf Lukaschewski, with an update on the editions since.
Read MoreLifestyle Trends & Report 2021
Our report from August 2021 on prices, waiting times and demand in the luxury market, with a note on where the market stands now.
Read MoreSummer Event Calendar 2019
The events we recommended for the summer of 2019.
Read MoreSuite Dreams in Switzerland
The Royal Residence at the Atlantis by Giardino in Zurich, as we found it in 2019. The hotel closed in 2020.
Read MoreArt Basel 2019: Notes from the Preview
Notes from the Art Basel preview in June 2019, which we attended with clients, and an artist we followed there.
Read MoreGeneva Car Show 2019: It’s a Wrap
Our report from the Geneva International Motor Show in March 2019.
Read MoreSpotlight: CVSTOS
An exclusive glimpse behind the scenes at CVSTOS, luxury watchmaker in Geneva.
Read MoreThe Secret of Lifestyle Management
What lifestyle management involves and how it differs from a hotel concierge, as we described it in 2019.
Read MoreSkiing in the Alps
How the Alpine resorts differed for our clients in 2019, from Gstaad and Verbier to St. Moritz and Courchevel, and why many chose a private chalet.
Read MoreThe 2019 Spring VIP Event Calendar
The events we recommended for the spring of 2019.
Read MoreThe Latest Watch News from SIHH 2019
Our notes from the 29th and last Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie in Geneva, in January 2019.
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