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DESIGN Bloomberg Pursuits August 20, 2018

systems for his safes was originally

masterminded for Swiss bank vaults.

Over the years, Hagmann has seen

tastes change among security-minded

cognoscenti. “More and more, they

want a good design, so when you see

this object, you don’t know if it’s a

safe or not,” he says. “It’s furniture.”

Sometimes clients have special requests

because they like a certain kind of wood

or leather. They’ll often show up with

pictures from their house or apartment,

and he’ll design somethingthat fits

in. Other options include chrome,

crocodile-grained leathers, carbon iber

details, or high-gloss lacquer.

The Solitaire Vision (at left, from

$263,800), one of the company’s most

high-end base models, takes this hiding-

in-plain-sight trend a step further. Its

doors are made of bulletproof, two-

way mirrored glass more than a half-

inch thick. Push a button on a remote

control, and—voilà—the mirrored efect

dissolves to reveal what’s inside.

A mechanical key opens the doors

for quick entry to 38 watch winders,

arranged vertically. Below, a dial lock

with keypad entry guards a separate

smaller section roughly 2 feet tall and

20 inches deep—enough for eight more

watch winders and three drawers.

Compartments on either side can be

conigured to hold wine or liquor bot-

tles as well as a makeshift bar or humi-

dor. And an integrated audio system

connects to your phone via Bluetooth,

in case you want to use it as a very

expensive entertainment hub. Because

what fun is having rare timepieces if you

can’t show them of?

Customization options are end-

less, Hagmann says. He once designed

a safe for an American client to hold

one of Jimi Hendrix’s Gibson guitars.

“They asked for it to be temperature-

controlled,” he says. Others send

drawings of guns, such as a vintage

Winchester rile, and he’ll make a safe

speciic to those dimensions.

For these types of clients, a quarter of

a million dollars isn’t too much to pay for

peace of mind. One customer, Hagmann

says, bought a safe for a single antique

rarity. Its value? $40 million.

A worldtimer

clock comes

with your choice

of a rotating or

nonrotating

flying tourbillon

on the minute

hand

The Solitaire

Vision includes

an integrated

thermometer

and a

hygrometer

The interior

is lined with

velour and

Italian nappa

leather

A redundant

locking system

includes a

seven-digit

keypad and an

emergency key