Don't let Watches & Wonders overshadow the diverse new releases from last month, including a stunner from Louis Vuitton. Plus: A euphoria-inducing driver’s car with room for the family and your budget? It’s rare these days, but as Subaru proves, not impossible.
While the glut of news from Watches & Wonders led to a slight delay in our roundup of the best March releases, we’re no less excited to revisit last month’s superb new offerings — everything from a relatively affordable Rado worldtimer to a can’t-touch-this limited edition from Louis Vuitton and Kari Voutilainen. Omega also dropped a new color of its beloved Seamaster Aqua Terra, while Hamilton offered up fresh takes on its vintage-inspired Intra-Matic Auto Chrono. Meanwhile, if it’s dive watches you’re after, you can spend a couple grand on one from Christopher Ward, or about 10 times that amount on a wildly cool, tech-forward Fifty Fathoms from Blancpain. So if the Watches & Wonders fare itself doesn’t suit your fancy, surely there’ll be something below that will.
If the Subaru WRX tS had hands, it would be giving the automotive industry the double bird as it tears out of sight on its next misbehaved roadtrip. In an automotive era of underpowered cars, on-again, off-again electrification, and driver-aid technology bordering on the intrusive, this year’s brand-new sport-tuned version of Subaru’s longstanding performance model is a pure driver’s car.
In my 20s, I always associated rum (and coconut rum) with poorly mixed drinks at house parties. There was a lot of Bacardi Coconut and Diet Coke or Malibu with Crystal Light lemonade. It was about as close to mixology as I was capable of in the days before my brain was fully developed.
But coconut rum has come a long way in the intervening years. For one, they are actually starting to taste like coconut, not the fake flavors I’d previously experienced. And, as several bar professionals I interviewed can attest, coconut rum can add a touch of sweetness and depth if done right, leaning more into the sugarcane or molasses. That said, do me a favor and pick up one of these elevated expressions.
