Design

Doxa’s Splash Gent is a good looking sport watch, with a nice masculine appearance that should win a lot of compliments — via Watches Watcher

The UK housing market is amazing. In some areas, a budget of just under £600,000 might struggle to get a semi-detached property. But if you move much further north, this 19th century 14-bedroom Craig Gowan mansion in Broughty Ferry, near Dundee could be had instead.

Nip outside and you’ll find a gravelled area for parking, along with extensive gardens. There’s also planning permission for another house in the garden, according to the listing. Talking of planning, the house is also being pitched as a potential three-apartment development, with planning already in place.

Or just keep it as a huge Victorian hangout. Either way, the price is around £590,000 — via WowHaus

The Hamilton Khaki Navy Pioneer is designed to resemble a vintage marine chronometer. The effect is even better when the watch is placed in the hevea wood presentation box that comes with the watch converting it to a table clock — via Watches Watcher

This 1976 Honda CB750 is owned by Jon Brindley, a champion of the Washington DC music scene. Jon also happens to be a friend of MotoHangarowner Pat Jones, which explains why the bike looks so good. It’s an interesting mix of sharp graphics and authentic patina, and it didn’t happen by accident — via Bike EXIF

Canadian designer D’Arcy Jones, designed the Mosewich House in Kamloops, BC, Canada — via CONTEMPORIST

Fancy the look but don’t fancy the upkeep? This four bedroom Art Deco-style property in St Brelade, Jersey could be for you. That’s obviously if you fancy a move to the Channel Islands.

Yes, unashamedly inspired by the art deco era, this house (one of two identical properties you can choose from) is all new, with all the latest additions, like underfloor heating and a smart home surround sound system for example, not to mention some top notch finishes throughout, as the images show.

If that sounds like your kind of thing, an offer in the region of £775,000 will probably secure it — via WowHaus

The latest motorcycle to roll out of Deus Ex Machina‘s workshop tackles the problem head on. Nicknamed The Mouse Trap, it’s based on a 2008 Yamaha Scorpio — a sprightly commuter bike with good handling and terrible looks — via Bike EXIF

Together with the client a brief was developed, but from the start it was obvious that a simple single story design [studio MWA] using natural materials, quality orientation to capture sun to take advantage of passive solar energy heating, rainwater and spring water collection, environmentally responsible sewer treatment, with a sustainable approach was ideal — via ArchDaily

The best of both worlds in more ways than one, this castle-based house blends subterranean and loft living as well as modern and historic architecture.

Redesigned by De Matos Ryan, it is somewhat amazing that the tower portion was left to weather, age and even burn for so long before someone adopted it as part of a new architectural project — via Dornob

The Technomarine Night Vision comes in green, white, blue, black and orange — via Perpetuelle.com Watch Blog

Curved houses can be at risk of being just a little hokey. But here is one from Sarasota, Florida, that carries it off. There is nothing hobbit-like about this confidently executed structure.

From TOTeMS, this guest-house is sited overlooking a wide river and it offsets a bold, modern curved roof with squared-up structure at the ground level — via Home Design Find

De Bethune tells us that the ninth step of the Bolon Yokte Ku, the cosmic pyramid of the Mayan civilisation, symbolizes the advent of a new world, the ninth underworld, according to which the evolution of consciousness is believed to reach its highest level. The brand marks the occasion of humankind’s symbolic passage into this new underworld predicted by the Mayan calendar with a 12-piece edition created in tribute to the scholarly traditions of this people — via WatchTime

The Cube is the final phase of Birmingham’s Mailbox development and one of Make‘s largest buildings to date. Comprising offices, an automated car park, apartments, retail units, a hotel, spa, restaurant and sky bar, The Cube was conceived as a building which would never close; crafted to open up routes and views to emerging neighbouring districts and permeable to both the users of the building and the community as a whole. Pivotal to the continued regeneration of the surrounding area,The Cube’s striking appearance has had a dramatic impact on the Birmingham city skyline — via ArchDaily

The Omega Seamaster Limited Edition James Bond 50th Anniversary Watch uses a 007 theme on the black lacquer dial with 50 filled in with red on the outer bezel. The watch also offers Omega’s caliber 2507 co-axial movement, with the winding rotor designed to look like a bullet. It’s also inscribed with 50 years of James Bond.

The limited edition Seamaster is being sold worldwide in an edition of 11,007 pieces, with a shelf date of some time early this year. No mention of price as yet, but as both a classic watch and a limited edition, this is unlikely be one of the cheaper watches on the market — via Retro To Go

The Arturo 1000 has been restored and upgraded by the Japanese workshop Ritmo Sereno; it’s a 1989 model, with modified bodywork and a meticulous mechanical restoration — via Bike EXIF

The JeanRichard Diverscope LPR (linear power reserve) has an the in-house movement and a respectable water resistance of 300 metres — via Perpetuelle.com Watch Blog

Australian designer David Giametta’s 1968 Vespa scooter was beyond restoration, but not beyond repurposing. He modded the back end into a laptop desk and the front end into a lounge chair — via reinventing wheels

The Panerai Luminor 1950 3 Days GMT Automatic Ceramica (PAM 441) has a 44mm black ceramic case, manual-wind mechanical Panerai P.9001 calibre, date, seconnd time zone, power reserve indicator on the back and 100 metre water resistance — via Perpetuelle.com Watch Blog