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It shouldn’t come as a surprise when we tell you that Rolex watches undergo a scrutinous production process. The labour that goes into making each model is reflected in their price tag, along with the materials involved as well, of course. It’s a process that Rolex is all too happy to go through though, as the result is a collection of some of the most lusted-after timepieces on the planet.

But the majority of us will never see what actually happens behind Rolex’s closed doors in Switzerland. We just find the model we like, order it, wait for it and then wear it with pride on our wrist. But if you ever wanted to see what goes into making a Rolex, Instagram user Horologer is more than happy to oblige. He’s a WOSTEP (Watches of Switzerland Training & Education Program) watchmaker from Norway, who has a particular love for Rolex, and his account is essentially softcore pornography for any watch aficionado.

We’ve already shown you how a Rolex Daytona is put together, but this time around it’s the turn of the Milgauss to be put under the literal microscope.

The Rolex Milgauss was first introduced in 1956 and its name is derived from its anti-magnetic properties. At the time of launch, it was the first watch to be able to withstand magnetic fields up to 1,000 gauss (a unit of measurement of magnetic flux). ‘Gauss’ is combined with ‘Mille’ the French word for thousand.

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The Milgauss was discontinued in 1988 and then reintroduced in 2007. Today, it’s just made with a 904L stainless steel – known for its rust-resistance and ability to hold polishes well – but it retains the ferromagnetic alloy shield to give it superior anti-magnetic properties. And thanks to Horologer, we can now see exactly what that shield looks like. The shield causes the Milgauss to be thicker than other Rolex models such as the Submariner, but it maintains the same width and weight of 157g.

Another feature that sets the Milgauss apart from the rest of Rolex’s lineup is its lightning-bolt shaped second hand, a feature that has been carried over to the modern-day version. The hands to any watch require a steady hand, but Horologer shows us just how intricate a process the Milgauss hand assembly is.

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Each hand is applied individually and is pushed into place by a machine. Rolex uses humans in as many steps of the production process of its watches as possible. Even in cases where machines are employed – usually to sort and file various parts – they’re still human-operated. Otherwise they are all hand-assembled.

The current Milgauss features a green sapphire crystal which was first introduced on an anniversary model. It’s referred to as ‘Glace Verte’, French for ‘green glass’ (GV features in the reference number) and it’s manufactured in such a complex way that Rolex doesn’t even have a patent for it. It’s available exclusively on the Milgauss.

The dial also sports a few design tweaks compared to previous versions, chief among which are three orange baton markers at 3, 6 and 9 on the black dial variant. Previous (now discontinued) models used the same colour for all baton markers: white or orange, depending on the dial colour. It’s now only offered with a black or electric blue dial with all white baton markers.

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Anything goes on a private plane: sex, drugs, booze, you name it. But if your puerile fantasies don’t catch up with you, the police will – something a group of jetsetters learned the hard way when they were recently refused entry to Cannes.

That’s right: despite ample opportunity to indulge over the last few years, some of the world’s richest citizens can’t put their passports down for even a few months – at least that’s how it appears, judging by a CNN Travel report on Saturday the 11th of April.

As CNN Travel reported, “French border police were notified on April 4 by the Marseille Provence Airport that an English company wanted to fly a jet from London to Marseille, carrying 10 passengers of Croatian, French, German, Romanian and Ukrainian nationality.”

“The passengers, seven men between the ages of 40 and 50 and three women who were ‘around 25,’ were heading to Cannes,” an official with the Marseille Provence Air Border Police told CNN Travel.

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Not realising (or not caring) France is in lockdown, and that foreigners entering France need to have an essential reason to do so (such as medical personnel coming as reinforcements for hospital staff, or individuals transporting medical equipment), the group set off from London anyway.

“The police informed the airport that everyone but the French nationals (two men and one woman) would be denied entry, but the flight nonetheless landed at around 3 p.m. local time on Saturday.”

To add a gilded edge to proceedings, just before the group’s Embraer Legacy jet’s arrival, three helicopters from a luxury company from the region of Le Var also arrived at the airport, an official said.

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Who was at the head of this luxurious strike mission? According to an Air Border Police official, the trip was organized by a Croatian national working in real estate and finance: “the man had rented the plane and three helicopters, as well as a villa in Cannes,” (CNN Travel).

“He told authorities he had ‘a lot of money’ and wanted ‘to just pay a fine and go to Cannes,’ the official told CNN.”

It didn’t work: the seven foreigners were refused entry into France, and nine passengers returned to London, including the three French nationals. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian passenger rented a plane to go to Berlin.

The Air Transport Gendarmerie also issued a fine to the three helicopter pilots because they were travelling without a valid reason, as non-essential trips within France are currently prohibited amid the pandemic restrictions.

Though The Border Police could not charge the passengers or airplane pilots because they hadn’t yet legally entered French territory, the group sure wasted a lot of money in getting there and returning.

In the end, though, they can afford to burn it.

While, at first glance, this sucks, we’d argue you shouldn’t feel jealous; not only are these guys lacking in the human solidarity that keeps one going in rough times, but they also are probably not quite as cool as they like to think. While (we imagine) they think they look like this…

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We’d say it was probably more like this…

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Ever since the COVID-19 coronavirus took over the world, it has forced the vast majority of us to quit, be fired from or reduce the hours of our work. That subsequently means we can’t earn anything/as much as we normally would, although some governments are providing generous payouts for those eligible. It’s also meant that businesses have had to shut down or take a dramatic drop in sales too, sparking fears of a global recession once the pandemic subsides.

Or at least, that’s the thinking of poor people, because, for those with bank accounts that resemble phone numbers, not a lot has changed. That is at least, according to sales figures from Ferrari, which has seen an increase in its stock price of 21 per cent since March the 23rd.

Compare that to stock prices of Ford and General Motors – which owns the Chevrolet and Cadillac brands to name a couple – which have seen drops of 43 and 36 per cent respectively, and you can see that it’s the peasants of the world that have a stronger wish for the coronavirus to bugger off.

Ferrari hasn’t reduced the price of its vehicles to entice customers during the current financial climate either. Instead, Fiorano is seeing a surge in demand that more than outweighs the current supply. Some prospective customers have been told they’ll need to wait at least a year until they can get behind the wheel of their dream motor.

The upside of that long wait time is that the coronavirus should have shifted, and several people may have realised they can work from home, thus reducing traffic on the road and therefore freeing up more space to let the horses gallop, am I right?

Of course, the automotive industry as a whole can’t post such good news, as IHS Markit, a global market analysis provider, says the global pandemic is going to cause an unprecedented challenge for the automotive industry, and one that is potentially worse than the global recession of 2008/09.

It predicts that not only will worldwide car sales drop by around 12 per cent in March 2020 compared to March 2019, to 78.8 million units (10 million less than the forecast made in January 2020 before the virus hit), but that global demand will fall as well, once the virus has shifted.

As Wired says, global car events such as the Geneva and New York Motor Shows, have been cancelled because of the virus and factories have been closed temporarily. However, the publication also cites Navigant Research principal analyst Sam Abuelsamid as saying the automotive industry is in a better position to weather this current situation than it was during the global recession.

“They mostly have a reasonable cash balance, and the Detroit automakers in particular have done a lot of restructuring, including buying out a lot of older white-collar employees as they try to shift toward new skill sets to support electrification, automation, and mobility.”

The pandemic could also have a negative effect on electric vehicle sales, as not only are they already proving to be a hard sell to many consumers, but the pandemic has caused oil prices to tumble which in turn makes fuel cheaper to buy at the pumps. This will likely persuade consumers to continue to invest in non-electric cars, especially if many go down the route of buying used.

Abuelsamid adds, “There remains a significant price premium for an EV compared to an internal-combustion vehicle, and cheap gas only extends the payback time.”

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If 2008 was a jab to Australia’s nose, 2020 has been a right hook followed by an uppercut.

Such is the sensation when not just your finances but also your family’s health is at risk.

Not to mention the bushfires.

In light of that, and as we reported on Sunday, many Australians are now turning to self-indulgent habits.

But how much is too much? We spoke to Dr Lars Madsen, one of Australia’s top clinical psychologists, who sits on the board of the mental health charity The Mindshift Foundation to get the down-low.

“In terms of people cutting themselves slack in this extraordinary situation, I think we need to recognise that we need to be gentle and compassionate with ourselves, but also… useful.”

This means planning our time: “We need to have structure and productive things to do during the day.”

We also need to realise that giving yourself a break doesn’t mean giving up on your routine or goals, it means being forgiving: “People need to cut themselves some slack in terms of not giving themselves a hard time or blaming themselves for being in a situation we all find ourselves in at this point in time.”

“We need to accept what we can’t control, and try not to spend a great deal of time worrying about it,” Lars told us. We also need to do nice things for ourselves, which means finding a balance between “being self-indulgent and trying to better ourselves in a healthy way.”

This means engaging in proper self-care: “activities that relate to enduring and longer-term benefits, be that physical, psychological or emotional.”

This typically involves habits like exercise, meditation, maintaining a good diet, restricting the amount of alcohol and drugs you consume, getting a good night’s sleep, avoiding toxic people, reaching out to people back home and talking about your problems [with a trusted source].”

“These habits require a person to do some planning. It’s not something that happens automatically, and it also requires a degree of self-discipline. Say to yourself, ‘I’m going to exercise now because it’s good for me, because it’s good to manage my stress, even though right now I don’t feel like it.'”

“Self-indulgence is a much more short term focus. It’s the attitude of, ‘I just want to feel good right now.’ It’s uncomplicated and not really about any longer-term goals (think: eating the cake, getting drunk, having sex with someone you know you shouldn’t etc).”

“We can still do some of those things, but the consequences exist on a sliding scale – if you persist then the consequences are typically negative, and not in the interests of self-care at all.”

In other words: keep the bubble bath, but ditch the wine (or at least your excessive consumption).

How do you know you’re on the right track? The benefits will come after you’ve engaged in the behaviour, rather than right away: “the benefit you get is after you’ve done it.”

“Moderate to longer-term goals require self-discipline, planning and thinking it through.”

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It’s a subject that people don’t like to talk about, but at some point in the future, your existence on this planet will come to an end. When it does, any assets you own will be passed on to whomever you decide, just as long as you’ve written a legally binding Will.

We imagine the consensus is that you don’t need to think about writing one until you’re in your older years, but you never truly know when the grim reaper will come knocking. It’s with this is in mind we believe you’re never too young to write a Will, and it’s something you should consider doing in the not-too-distant future.

We spoke to solicitor and attorney Sandra Littlewood to get her perspective as to why you should start thinking about where your estate will go from an early age.

“Firstly,” Sandra begins, “for a Will to be legally binding it can only be written once you’re 18 years of age and it must have your full legal name – the same as the one on your passport – along with your address at the time of writing.”

She adds “you don’t necessarily need to see a solicitor, as you can get DIY kits that will help you with the process of essentially filling in the blanks.”

“You can write it on something like a napkin or a general piece of paper, and the Supreme Court will do its best to make sure your wishes are fulfilled, as long as it appears that the person has made a conscious effort to write a Will. But for any Will to be legal it must include two things”:

“It must appoint an executor, the person who will make sure your estate is appointed accordingly, and it must have signatures of two witnesses. Those witnesses cannot be any of the beneficiaries (the people receiving portions of your estate) or their spouses.”

“It doesn’t have to be that long either, people often assume it has to be several pages long, but it can be as short as a few lines. As long as it says who you want to administer your estate, has the signatures and says what you want to happen with your estate, then it’s a Will.”

As for why you should write one as early as possible, Sandra relays some unfortunate cases where people have been taken from the earth far too early. Every case is a freak accident, such as horse riding or being out on a boat, but they’re perfect proof that you can never plan for death.

“When someone dies, it brings with it a time of grieving. It shouldn’t have the teeth-gritting of legal issues as well.”

In her examples, the girl in question had a Will written, while the guy in another didn’t. She says, “you never know what’s going to happen tomorrow, so it’s important to make sure your estate goes where you want it to because otherwise, it will incur several legal issues down the line.”

“Young people always tend to think, ‘oh, nothing will ever happen to me while I’m young,’ but the grim reality is that just isn’t true.”

“I always tell people Wills are never written in sandstone. You can always make amendments and I recommend people revist their Wills every five years.”

“Circumstances constantly change. If you appoint your best friend for example when you write your Will at 25, they may no longer be your best friend when you’re 34.”

“It’s the same when it comes to children, if you write a Will when your children are five, by the time they’re older and have become adults, you can change your Will so they can become your executor(s)” As a sidenote, Sandra says there are two ways about it, if you have children, you have to write a Will.

“The assets you own will change over time, a house or a car for example, and your Super account will grow the longer you’re in work, so you’re going to want to make sure these are accounted for, which is why you must update your Will per your life.”

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It’s perfectly understandable to see celebrities forgoing their usual luxury outfits in favour of more laidback and relaxed garments instead during the quarantine period we’re finding ourselves in right now. After all, if they’re leaving the house less than usual, they’re less likely to be spotted by the paparazzi, so what they look like can take a back seat.

However, there appears to be one man who says “up yours” to no-cares fashion during the lockdown, and that’s Conor McGregor. The Irish MMA fighter always likes to go large when it comes to his outfits and accessories, and his latest is no different.

Fresh from showing us how to nail the perfect pull-up, McGregor made another post on his Instagram account to promote his own fashion label, August McGregor while collecting some firewood.

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It’s a great fit too, comprising well-fitting red/pink polo shirt – US$75 – tucked into a pair of skinny fit dark navy jeans and finished with a pair minimalist black sneakers with white soles. It’s certainly a stark contrast to some of the outfits we’ve seen some of Hollywood’s elite wearing when they’ve ventured out the house – Kanye West may be a slight exception to that rule, pulling out one of the most bouji facemasks we’ve seen.

But it’s Conor’s accessory game that’s particularly on point (although, no surprise there), with a Tom Ford belt and a Patek Philippe Nautilus watch. Conor’s belt is from the American fashion designer’s reversible range and comes in a variety of colours, you can view the range and grab one for yourself from Mr Porter.

The Patek Philippe Timepiece meanwhile is the Nautilus 5980/1AR-001, complete with a two-tone bracelet, which will set you back around AU$150,000. Conor has worn it before when he attended the Grammy Awards in January earlier this year, and it joins the all-gold Nautilus he’s been seen wearing on previous occasions.

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