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Linked In Parmigiani has made integrated bracelets a calling card of its new Tonda GT line, but the sporty timepieces still come dressed for success.

The Tondagraph GT in steel combines an automatic chronograph and annual calendar.

The sports-watch boom continues. Parmigiani Fleurier, best known for its well-finished dress watches, has rejoined the fray in a big way with its new Tonda GT line, composed of three new models: the Tondagraph GT annual calendar chronograph plus a pair of Tonda GT variants, one each in 18-karat rose gold and steel, and all available with integrated bracelets.

“I was not looking to make a sports watch,” says Davide Traxler, CEO of Parmigiani. “I was looking to get together a watch for daily use, the kind of watch you can enjoy all the time.” Traxler tapped external designer Dino Modolo, one of the pens behind the Vacheron Constantin Overseas, to help create the look of the new collection. The result is a more casual interpretation of the company’s codes that still maintains its rigorous attention to detail, as seen in the dial’s clou triangulaire guilloche and the Côtes de Genève decoration on the movement—the type of finishing you’d expect from a gold-cased perpetual calendar on a crocodile strap.

And, indeed, Traxler is banking on value being a selling point. All three watches are sized at 42 mm, have 42 hours of power reserve and are also available on rubber straps. In terms of pricing, the Tonda GT collection starts under $20,000 and tops out with the rose gold model—$49,500 on a bracelet and $24,900 on a strap—placing it just below the Patek Philippe Nautilus, Audemars Piguet Royal Oak and Vacheron Constantin Overseas.

As with some of those iconic sports models, the bracelet is not an add-on but an integral component of the overall design. The Tonda’s bracelet was redesigned multiple times from scratch before the desired weight and fit were achieved.

“Here we feel the bracelet is as good as the watch,” says Traxler. “A lot of classic brands, like ourselves, tend to design the watch and then add the bracelet, but you have to design the watch and the bracelet together. I was so satisfied that the integration was seamless. It just looks and feels right.” $13,500 to $49,500 Paige Reddinger

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FROM LEFT: The Tonda GT in steel and in 18-karat rose gold.

Mountain Time

Until recently, downtown Aspen had everything a luxury watch buyer could want—except a refined retail space dedicated to vintage and pre-owned timepieces.

“That’s one of the big reasons we saw an opportunity here,” says Elizabeth Smith, boutique director of Oliver Smith Jeweler, whose salon on Aspen’s Hyman Avenue is the new must-see destination for watch obsessives.

Elizabeth’s father, Oliver, founded the business in Scottsdale, Ariz., in 1981. Since 2018, the Smiths have owned and operated Aspen’s six-yearold Panerai boutique. When the second-story space above Panerai became available, they knew it was time to introduce their clients to the thrill of the rare find.

The added boutique will showcase timepieces based on summer and winter themes, with the current focus on “Iconic Sports Models,” which include sought-after pieces such as the Patek Philippe Aquanaut 5167, Rolex Daytona Ref. 116500 and Panerai Marina Militare PAM 202A. For remote clients, Oliver offers one-on-one Zoom appointments and even, in a sign of the times, Zoom-based watch auctions. Victoria Gomelsky

When Covid abruptly shuttered dine-in service for restaurants across the country, many of our favorites pivoted to offering their dishes as inventive, high-end take-away experiences. And even with restaurants now re-opening, the trend of luxury take-out seems here to stay. There’s just one problem: You can’t bring home the sommelier to suggest the perfect wine pairing. So we called Rick Arline, the dynamic wine director at dearly departed Los Angeles restaurant Auburn—he’s now preparing to open his own establishment in West Hollywood later this year—and asked him to choose the best bottles for six superlative take-out meals from award-winning restaurants across the country. Yolanda Evans

CHIRASHI Kato, Los Angeles ($125) INGREDIENTS: Vinegar rice, toasted nori, uni, chive, pickled daikon, radish, cured sea bream, cured Shima-aji and abalone. PAIRING: Meinklang 2017 Graupert Pinot Gris, Burgenland, Austria ($29) • “Orange wines have been all the rage lately. I’m a huge fan of this skincontact Pinot Gris from an organic, biodynamic estate in Austria. Savory and earthy, with a touch of brininess to match perfectly with seafood.”

BOILED SEAFOOD TOWER Ina Mae Tavern, Chicago ($54) INGREDIENTS: Boiled snow crab, Gulf shrimp, clams and mussels served with corn and potatoes. PAIRING: Gaston Chiquet Tradition Brut Champagne NV ($48) • “This menu has a lot going on and looks delicious, so only one thing will do: Champagne. Gaston Chiquet is one of the best grower-producers in the region, and the wine is equal parts delicious, decadent and versatile.” BIRD BOX FOR TWO Le Pigeon, Portland ($70) INGREDIENTS: Butter-lettuce salad with artichoke ranch, bread-and-butter zucchini; salt-and-pepper brisket with cheddar corn grits, beans and blistered tomatoes; caramel-matcha latte cups. PAIRING: 00 Wines 2017 EGW Chardonnay, Willamette Valley ($75) • “For Le Pigeon, I wanted an Oregon wine to reflect the unique terroir. This is a newer winery but an absolute showstopper. It’s 100 percent Chardonnay but one with tension,

FOR TWO elegance and sensuality.”

THE ULTIMATE STEAK FEAST AT HOME FOR TWO Cote, New York ($84) INGREDIENTS: Chef’s selection of four premium cuts with two Korean stews and ssam kit. PAIRING: La Rioja Alta 2010 904 Gran Reserva ($60) • “One of Spain’s best and most beloved wineries and a classic producer known around the world. This wine is perfect for steak, with brambly red fruit and just enough oak to please both Napa Cab and Bordeaux drinkers.”

THREE-COURSE MEAL KIT Nightbird, San Francisco ($60) INGREDIENTS: Charred peach salad, burrata and focaccia; roasted chicken roulade with romesco and squash; nutty banana bread. PAIRING: Château Carbonnieux 2016 White Bordeaux ($48) • “This meal kit just screams ‘summer’ to me, and that means Sauvignon Blanc. White Bordeaux has the texture, weight and acidity to work with the dishes here. Bonus points if enjoyed outdoors.”

PIRAMIDI D’AGNELLO Rezdôra, New York ($23) INGREDIENTS: Stuffed pasta with braised lamb, spring pea, asparagus puree and black-truffle butter. PAIRING: Petterino 2008 Gattinara Riserva ($40) • “Most wine drinkers are aware of Barolo and Barbaresco, but the wines of Gattinara are as long-lived and beautiful as their more famous cousins. This is Nebbiolo in its purest form: rustic, elegant, finessed.”

Arline has the knack for creating wine lists that keep both the nerds and the neophytes happy.

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Jon Yao has applied the same focus to take-out that made him one of America’s youngest Michelin-starred chefs. During normal times, the 28-year-old’s seafoodcentric Los Angeles restaurant, Kato, serves a tasting menu inspired by the Taiwanese dishes he grew up eating. For his most elevated take-out, he also found inspiration in

Japan: Each night, Yao creates 8 to 10 boxes of chirashi, a style of sushi that’s more free-form than maki or nigiri, for $125 each. The labor-intensive process begins with the wooden boxes that Yao had custom-built for takeaway. Atop toasted nori and sushi rice seasoned with akazu —a sweet and malty red vinegar—Yao curates a selection of delicacies from the sea, such as kombu-cured sea bream and Shima-aji, raw bluefin tuna, abalone cooked between leaves of kelp, lightly poached spot prawns and trout roe marinated in dashi, chives, radish and pickled daikon. The meal is finished with a generous portion of Japanese uni .

“I wanted us to do something detail-oriented,” Yao says. “And I wanted to do something that would keep our restaurant on people’s mind when they had a special occasion.” Jeremy Repanich

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THE WILD BUNCH

at the base of the Paardeberg Mountain some 50 miles north of South Africa’s famed Cape Winelands lies the Swartland, a harsh and arid region home to a number of independent wineries producing some of the country’s most distinctive and sought-after bottles. But with around 40 percent of Swartland wines never traveling beyond the country’s borders, one has to wonder if South Africa is happy to let the rest of the world quaff its more renowned Pinotages and Sauvignon Blancs while keeping the best stuff for itself.

Unlike the tidy Cape Winelands vineyards of Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and Paarl, lined with rows of pristine vines, the Swartland has unkempt, un-trellised old-bush vines carrying less familiar varietals such as Sémillon Gris, Carignan, Cinsaut and Tinta Barocca. The harsh climate—hot and breezy by day, cool at night— is ideal for Rhône varieties and Chenin Blanc. And despite their rugged, unfussy beginnings and general lack of high-dollar marketing offensives, Swartland wines (and winemakers) have racked up numerous awards in recent years.

“The combination of extreme climate and an abundance of old vines and ancient viticultural soils gives us healthy grapes that have a natural concentration of flavor and a perfect balance of texture and freshness,” says winemaker Chris Mullineux, of Mullineux & Leeu, the winery he runs with his wife, Andrea. In 2016, Andrea was named the top winemaker in the world by Wine Enthusiast, and if you want to get your hands on one of the duo’s more acclaimed labels, such as the mineralforward Granite Chenin or the spicy, intense Schist Syrah, be prepared to do some legwork: Mullineux & Leeu produces only 100 and 200 cases a year, respectively.

The Swartland’s harsh climate and au naturel vineyards result in flavorful and distinctly balanced wines. No wonder the locals want to keep the best bottles for themselves.

“We only choose the absolute best barrels for the final wines,” says Chris, who forgoes releasing a vintage at all when the product is not up to his rigorous standards. And many of the independent winemakers in the region are similarly scrupulous about quality and seemingly unconcerned with scale; a few thousand cases per year could be considered a typical release. Eben Sadie, founder of Sadie Family Wines and winner of the 2017 Winemakers’ Winemaker Award from the Institute of Masters of Wine, produces just 6,000 cases annually. The public allocation of his bottles—including the layered and earthy Columella, made with Syrah, Mourvèdre, Grenache, Carignan, Tinta Barocca and Cinsault, and the textured Palladius, with notes of apple and pear from a blend of Chenin Blanc, Sémillon, Grenache Blanc, Viognier and several others—sells out within 48 hours, mainly into private cellars.

Like much of the South African luxury industry,

OUMANSKI PETER MAP: ALAMY; SWARTLAND: Swartland wines represent a tremendous value at the moment, and in-the-know exporters are beginning to take notice, with sought-after bottles landing Stateside both on shelves and online. Astor Wines & Spirits, in Manhattan, offers both the 2017 Sadie Family Columella ($160) and the Mullineux Family 2017 Granite Old Vines Chenin Blanc ($165). Even priced in dollars, they’re an absolute steal. Mary Holland

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If You Lived Here, You'd Be Healthy by Now

The newest advances in smarthome technology mean wellness can be a feature of any room.

Thermasol’s ThermaTouch shower system lets you have a bona fide spa experience at home, with sound therapy to really help you unwind. A mericans spend about 90 percent of our time indoors, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, so it’s no wonder an entire industry has cropped up to make our interior spaces smarter, more connected and futuristically convenient. But the cutting edge in smart-home innovation has gone beyond auto-adjusting photochromic glass and music that follows you from room to room: The high-tech home of the present can actually make you healthier. From kitchens that clean using ultra-sanitizing UV light to steam showers with integrated sound-therapy sessions, the result is a home that rebuilds you. Helena Madden

PURIFY A man’s home may be his castle, but it’s one that’s surprisingly bad at defending against air and water pollution, which over time can contribute to respiratory, digestive, endocrine and cardiovascular issues. The Darwin system by Delos uses an array of air- and water-quality sensors, filters and purifiers to reduce or remove airborne particulate matter and volatile organic compounds, like excess carbon dioxide, and remove heavy metals, viruses, bacteria and other contaminants from drinking water. You can track just how clean you’re breathing— and washing and drinking—in real time via the wall-mounted interface or an app.

The high-tech home of the present can actually make you healthier. The result is a home that rebuilds you.

REJUVENATE Your bathroom should be for more than scrubbing up. Showering enhances blood flow and relaxes muscles (especially with the right hardware, like the massive Rainfinity shower head that took top honors at this year’s Kitchen & Bath Industry Show), and adding a steam bath can improve cardiovascular health. Thermasol’s ThermaTouch interface can orchestrate an entire shower-and-steam experience, allowing you to adjust everything from lighting and music to steam temperature and duration on a crisp 10-inch LCD screen. You can even choose from nine “tranquility scenes” with soothing sounds and images from nature. For the ultimate unwind, ThermaTouch will combine your steam session with sound therapy, which can propel brain waves into a state of deep relaxation.

REFUEL Many of life’s healthier choices start in the kitchen, but Vera Iconica, a Wyoming-based

Gaggenau’s 400 Series Combisteam oven has a built-in vacuuming drawer, which lets you quickly and easily seal away fish, meat and veggies for sousvide cooking, or for extended storage.

LEFT: Vera Iconica’s hydroponic kitchen gardens use bright LED lights and sound to help improve crop yields. BELOW: The Darwin system tablet lets you monitor the air quality of your home in real time. ART & DESIGN | The Goods

architecture firm that specializes in what it calls “wellness architecture,” pushes that notion to the extreme. Innovations include integrated hydroponic window gardens for growing pesticide-free greens at home; cellar-like storage for root vegetables and fall produce; temperature- and humiditycontrolled cabinets with running water to preserve food; and surface sanitization via ultraviolet light, to eradicate any viruses lurking on your countertop.

When it comes time to cook, a combisteam oven is the go-to appliance for the wellness set. Researchers have found that steaming helps retain foods’ vitamins, minerals and nutrients. Models like Gagganau’s swanky new 400 Series combine elements of steam and convection cooking to allow the use of steam on a wider range of foods than ever—even steak—for healthier (but still delicious) results.

RECOVER Exercise is only half the battle: For optimal health, proper recovery is key. And while plunge pools are all the rage, there’s a far more aggressive (and high-tech) way to get your chill on. Cryotherapy systems expose users to intensely frigid temperatures, down to negative 200 degrees Fahrenheit, for short bursts of two to four minutes; the extreme cold is thought to reduce muscle soreness and inflammation. Manufacturers like Juka, in Poland, now offer these wholebody systems at home for single or multiple occupants.

At the other end of the thermometer are infrared saunas, which increase circulation using light to warm the body from within, rather than an external heating unit—a method that’s not only more efficient but far more hygienic (traditional saunas are highrisk for mold). A three-person Clearlight Sanctuary infrared model from Northern Saunas comes in furniture-grade basswood or cedar cabinetry with glass doors, fullspectrum infrared and chromotherapy lighting, for around $6,000.

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THE HEALING ART

where else but Southern California would you encounter the idea of fusing art with wellness? And while Compound, the new cultural space opening in Long Beach in September, was designed with that very mission, the 15,000-square-foot destination is unlike anything the area has seen before.

Philanthropist Megan Tagliaferri, an heir to the Scripps newspaper fortune with a background in hospitality design, has spent five years building a multidisciplinary creative hub that will feature everything from a sculpture garden and yoga classes to hands-on gardening, musical performances and poetry readings—even a farm-to-table Italian deli—all tucked into a retrofitted Art Deco building from the 1930s designed in collaboration with BOA Architecture and CH Design Studio.

Tagliaferri, 40, is a Long Beach local who says she wanted “to create a place for people to share their gifts,” calling Compound “a different way to commune around art and education—warm and hospitable.” Indeed, Compound’s central tenet is its Policy of Belonging, intended to bridge social divisions and embrace, quite simply, everyone.

But the art—fueled by Tagliaferri’s passion and overseen by Lauri

FROM TOP: The new Compound, with a commission by Tavares Strachan, You Belong Here (Blue #1), 2019; Compound founder Megan Tagliaferri; Eamon Ore-Giron's Infinite Regress LXXIV, 2019.

COMPOUND EXTERIOR, MEGAN TAGLIAFERRI: LAURE JOILET Firstenberg, founder of the nonprofit LAXART—takes center stage. Rotating exhibitions (the first will include works from Billy Al Bengston and Helen Pashgian, among others) will be combined with site-specific works by the likes of Tavares Strachan, whose blue neon artwork You Belong Here will welcome visitors to the space. According to Firstenberg, Compound “has the scale, tone and feel of Ballroom Marfa and the heart of the Underground Museum” in Los Angeles.

“A lot of the work has this tranquil, sublime, peaceful tone,” says Firstenberg, a consultant and adviser who has worked with Tagliaferri on her collecting. “Megan has a desire to support artists over time. She’s not just about acquiring the stunning artwork.”

The marquee piece for the debut, and the first in a series of Compound commissions, will be Tidepools by LA artist Glenn Kaino. A triptych of sorts, it comprises a cloud chamber, a sound bath and a wishing well with the surprise element of bioluminescence.

“Glenn has so much energy and ambition. He was a great fit for the first commission,” says Tagliaferri. “When I was in his studio, we talked about how we both want to create healthy connections.”

While Covid predictably delayed the Compound project, it also underlined the crucial need for wellness in all areas. For the opening, Tagliaferri will institute social-distancing measures, like timed entry, where needed, and emphasize Compound’s outdoor aspects, adding more features and ways to gather together as they become feasible.

“Humans are hard-wired for connection,” Tagliaferri says. “That is not going to go away.” Ted Loos