f r o m t h e EDITOR C H f r o m t h e EDITOR C H R I S T I A N S C H W A L B A C H THE CARVED BLACK This issue’s cover features the Centurion moniker superimposed on a wood inlay using timber hand-cut and polished by renowned Milanese furniture-maker Colombostile. To see how this and previous covers were created, visit centurion-magazine.com/ covercraft. Photograph by Andreas Achmann L ong-time readers of this magazine have come to expect the unexpected, inaccessible, quirky and contrarian featured within these pages. Whether that encapsulates the world of travel or that of design, the ateliers of artisans or the sketchbooks of creators, each quarter we strive to be both a showcase for the wonders we unearth and a repository for future referral. And this issue is no different. With our gaze focused on the art of craft, we do just that with stories on everyone from perfumers who create one-off fragrances and car manufacturers who fashion bespoke coachworks to a bijou German distiller, a Parisian jeweller on the rise and an art project in the French capital that shines the spotlight not on the painting but on those tasked with restoring it. The fascinating and remarkably skilled world of horology is highlighted in a feature that explores the latest minute repeaters, and our attention is also drawn, in a manner of speaking, to the mysteries of haute joaillerie as vibrant illustrations prove nearly as captivating as the exquisite stones themselves. Even our travel coverage touches on the artisanal, with a focus on a golf architect’s latest New Zealand masterpiece, the Helsinki chefs who are quietly causing a stir, the architectural conservation in Valparaíso and a South African safari showstopper of a lodge, as well as a host of other articles full of insight and information, which we hope you enjoy and benefit from. PHOTO © BULGARI 18 CENTURION-MAGAZINE.COM
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