MATERIAL PURSUITS

This weekend’s curated luxury trends

THE WHITE CONTINENT

If you love to ski and are craving a luxury journey like no other, consider Pelorus your adventure concierge. This bespoke travel company has introduced a new golden age of travel with its yachting, skiing, and heli-skiing expeditions. One of its most sought-after offerings takes you heli-skiing through the remote white continent of Antarctica. With itineraries running December through February, you can join the next generation of polar explorers to ski in remote areas where no one has skiied before. Thanks to Pelorus, skiing to untouched peaks in the Antarctic Peninsula is now possible with the deployment of two helicopters that will drop you off at one summit and take you to the next. With long days stretching between 18 and 22 hours of daylight during the summer months there’s ample opportunity to enjoy multiple descents down snowy Antarctic slopes and experience life on Earth’s final frontier. Curate your trip-of-a-lifetime at pelorusx.com.

POETRY IN MOTION

For aficionados of fine timepieces, news of the H. Moser x MB&F Streamliner Pandemonium watch coming to the market is like music to their ears, literally and figuratively. The harmony of H. Moser & Cie. and MB&F’s second collaboration is not only a “sonic fusion of poetic sophistication and technical excellence,” it’s also for a noble cause— Only Watch 2023. The biennial charity auction raises funds for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy research by offering exceedingly rare, one-of-akind watches for sale. This visually enticing, acoustically captivating timepiece features a minute repeater complication starting a miniature DJing panda. The complex chime mechanism graces the dial, so you can hear the passage of time while admiring the choreography of the hammers and gongs. The case middle has been hollowed out to hold the movement and create a sound box, which amplifies the chiming of hours, quarter hours, and minutes. Prices start around $300,000 Find out more at h-moser.com/moser-x-mbf-pandamonium.

HEIR(LOOM) JORDAN

Remember Fleer trading cards? Not only was this 1885 company the first to manufacture bubble gum, but it also paired that decadent childhood indulgence with cards sporting the faces and stats of American sports heroes—starting with baseball in 1923 and then branching into football and basketball. A card featuring one of Chicago’s most famous sports legends recently sold at auction for a whopping six figures and is back on the market. The 20th anniversary 2006 Fleer Buyback Michael Jordan (1986 Fleer Rookie) card is signed by Jordan himself, a signature that carries a certificate of authenticity. The edition number, "21/23," is applied at lower right corner of the image in the same blue ink. Offers are being accepted at over $396,000 for this piece of sports history. For more information, visit Heritage Auctions at sports.ha.com.