Watch Of The Week: Zenith's DEFY Extreme Ultraviolet Is Mechanical Madness In Purple

16hJack Slade

F1 is heading back to Sepang this October for the first time since 2017, with Malaysia stepping in to host the 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix after geopolitical instability forced the original race to be relocated. It's an unexpected but welcome return for one of the sport's most beloved old-school circuits, with the 5.543km track set to slot between Azerbaijan and Singapore in October. Time to make a trip of it.

18hJack Slade

Rafa Nadal is bringing his tennis academy to Lombok, the first in Southeast Asia, laying down four courts (plus four for the padel crowd) at Samara, a 150-hectare mega-resort that also somehow crams in 12 restaurants, a football school, and 500 villas. It doesn't open until 2028 but Nadal's people call Lombok's potential "enormous" and I can see why. If Bali is getting a bit too crowded for you, Lombok is quickly becoming Indonesia’s next big thing.

Padel has finally reached Australia's biggest stage with a two-day tournament set to be played at the Sydney Opera House across 15–16 August. The Padel Invitational presented by UBS is the first time professional padel has been played in Australia at this scale, and against this backdrop, with a custom-built court rising out of the Northern Broadwalk.It’s a remarkable achievement for an ever-growing sport that, as of 2023, once had just five clubs across the country. Today there are 33, ten of them in Sydney alone, and the country's fastest-growing racquet sport is showing no signs of slowing down.

A very late lunch... 18 months late, in fact. I finally got around to Olympic Meats in Marrickville over the weekend. The Chicken Pitogyro ($21), served with all the essential Greek trimmings and a healthy side of chips, did more than merely hit the spot – it blew a pita-shaped hole clean through the centre of it.

A cracking reward for some truly world-class procrastination.

Getting hands on with Zenith's new DEFY Extreme Ultraviolet … and I couldn’t believe just how wearable this 45mm bright purple openworked chrono actually is in the metal.The violet isn't paint either; it's tinted sapphire, so you're looking through coloured glass straight into an openworked El Primero 9004, the same architecture Rolex quietly borrowed for Daytonas between '88 and 2000 without ever putting Zenith's name on the dial. For me, I don't know what's more impressive: the sheer dominance of this contemporary movement or having the audacity from Zenith to house it all in a David Beckham's wedding suit. Either way, it’s confidently taking the top gong with the BH boys this week.

1dJohn McMahon

Sydney's finally about to get a new luxe hotel within two hours of Sydney All Sydneysiders would be well aware of the starved and stale hotel offerings within two hours of the city.Excitingly, in spring, The Grand Saddles Lodge will be opening on the Central Coast as part of the Saddles Mount White precinct.How luxurious is it actually going to be? That remains to be seen. I’m just excited to see something new in the market, finally.