#1 TOAST TO THE TOP New York-based Employees Only, widely regarded as one of the best cocktail bars in the world, is opening its first overseas branch in Singapore later this year. Stay tuned for our review.

#2 VIVA VARIETY Wish you had more Swiss-made smartwatch choices? Mondaine has the answer with its Paychip, which enables mobile payments through NFC technology and may be swopped into as many as 10 Mondaine watch models.

#3 PRETTY IN INK Bespoke leather brand Malton & Kielman has released its Tattoo collection in partnership with Swedish artist Fredrik Thorsen. Thorsen transfers his drawings onto the leather with stencil, then “paints” over it with a tattoo machine to striking effect.

#4 LEAN MACHINE It’s time to point your living-room furniture at something new: the LG Signature Oled G6, the thinnest Oled TV in the world. It’s only four stacked credit cards thick, and comes in 77- and 65-inch screen sizes.

#5 A SLICK SHAVE An age-old tool gets a space-age upgrade, in the Discommon Aluminium Straight Razor. Crafted from aerospace-grade aluminium, each one requires three hours of machining to get the right satisfying texture for an easy grip in the wet.

#6 THE CLICK CLIQUE Luxury e-commerce is on the rise, and the latest to join the digital marketplace is Gleem & Co. It insures, appraises and sells secondhand items and, while the focus is on women’s highend jewellery, the company can also help source for rare timepieces.

#7 BEAUTIFUL BARRELS En primeur wine enthusiasts take note: Bordeaux’s 2015 vintages are looking to be the best since the illustrious 2009 and 2010. Besides the first-growth superstars, look out for wines from smaller estates such as Chateau Ducluzeau and Chateau Ducru- Beaucaillou.

#8 HAVE MONEY, WILL TRAVEL A study by Visa reveals that the top destinations for the affluent class (you driven, upwardly mobile lot with an annual income of at least $150,000) are Japan, Australia and the US. Get packing.