Cuba Libre
THE PHRASE pre-Castro Cuba conjures images of debonair Rat Pack-ish high rollers puffing magnificent cigars while draped with leggy cubanas. Such is the inspiration for Blancpain's Havana dial watch (www.blancpain.com). Part of the company's Le Brassus line, the piece features a brown 42-millimeter dial with a perpetual calendar that tells the month, date, day and moon phase. It's packed by hand into a platinum case with a double sapphire crystal. There are only 150 of these babies, and Blancpain sweetens the deal with a walnut humidor, as well as a desktop cigar cutter crafted to resemble an antique watch lathe -- all peerless conversation bait. It'll run you $64,100, but consider that Castro won't be around much longer: After he goes, you'll be right on time when Havana beckons once again.