Majestically magnanimous is the most appropriate phrase to describe the abundance of grace and elegance embodied in this piano. With authentic ostrich feathers covering its legs, over 4000 shining Swarovski crystals detailing the precious curves replicate the magnanimity of a star-studded sky in a dark room.

On March 18, at the Baselworld watch show in Switzerland, a vaporous French company called Celsius X-VI-II will unveil the Papillon, a $300,000 mobile phone that is packed with the most advanced micro-mechanics of any gadget ever created. Forget digital. The phone of the future will be mechanical. As flat, touchscreen slabs like the iPhone make our lives more virtual, a half-dozen guys from the luxury watch world are trying to drag mobile phones back onto the physical plane with the first completely micro-mechanical mobile phone, in which every function would operate mechanically through human energy.