Five beautiful things we love, including a watch made from a Battle of Britain hero's plane
Country Life's luxury editor Hetty Chidwick picks out some of her favourite things of the moment.


100th anniversary RAF watch
Christopher Ward have launched this beautiful C9 P2725 TM-B watch, a limited edition of 100 to mark the 100th anniversary of the RAF.
Quite fabulously, the watch is made using aluminium from the very fighter plane that defended Buckingham Palace during the Battle of Britain – a Hurricane flown by Flight Lieutenant Ray Holmes, who famously rammed a German bomber in order to stop it dropping its load on the palace.
£2,495, Christopher Ward – 01628 763040; www.christopherward.co.uk
Nikki Tibbles for Bloom & Wild
Bloom & Wild, from £40 – 020 7352 9499; www.bloomandwild.com
Double wicked candle
Victoria Cator, £50 – www.victoriacator.com
Antique silver horse buckle and belt
Elliot Rhodes, buckle £44.50, belt £95 – 020 7730 4000; www.elliotrhodes.com
Collarless linen shirt
Fitz & Fro, £75 (with 5% of sales going to the Miles Frost Fund – www.fitzandfro.com
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Hetty Lintell masterminded the launch of the magazine’s Luxury pages back in 2012 and has overseen them ever since. She also edits Gentleman's Life, Country Life’s annual men’s lifestyle supplement, and styles and art-directs all of the magazine's fashion and still-life shoots. Her real forté, however, is compiling top-notch goodie bags for any party the magazine hosts. The best-dressed member of the team, Hetty can normally be found darting between Bond Street and a photographic studio in East London.
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