A name carved from strength

“OCTA” is not just a badge.

It comes from octahedron, one of the strongest geometric structures in nature, also found in diamonds. A subtle reference to rigidity, resilience, and ultimate performance.

Everything about this Defender has been engineered to handle more:

• more speed
• more impact
• more terrain
• more intensity

635 horsepower of controlled brutality

At its core, the Defender OCTA is powered by a twin-turbo V8 pushing around 635 horsepower.

Zero to 100 km h takes under 4 seconds, a figure that feels almost surreal for a vehicle of this size.

But raw power isn’t the story.

It’s how that power is deployed.

The OCTA introduces advanced 6D Dynamics suspension, a system designed to eliminate pitch and roll while maintaining full contact with the ground, even in extreme conditions.

This is not traditional off road engineering.

This is high speed off road thinking.

Imagine crossing a desert at over 140 km h, the terrain constantly shifting beneath you, and yet the vehicle remains composed, precise, almost effortless.

It doesn’t just go anywhere.

It goes anywhere fast.

The rise of performance off-road luxury

Inside, the story shifts.

This is no longer a utilitarian cabin.

It’s a performance lounge.

New performance seats, more sculpted and supportive, hold you in place whether you’re carving through asphalt or flying over sand.

Materials remain true to Defender DNA: robust, tactile, built to last. But everything feels sharper, more focused, more intentional.

Luxury, here, is not softness.

It’s control.

Built for impact

The OCTA is engineered for extreme environments:

• reinforced structure
• increased ground clearance
• wider stance
• optimized geometry for durability

Every element has been reconsidered for one purpose:

Absorbing punishment without compromise.

This is a Defender that expects to be pushed.

Hard.

A new kind of status

The OCTA does not follow the usual codes of automotive luxury.

It doesn’t try to blend in. It doesn’t try to reassure.

Where others filter the world, the OCTA embraces it ; in its rawest, most unpredictable form.

It doesn’t promise a softened experience.

It promises control.

This is not a city SUV. Even if you can…

Gentleman Jungle verdict

Some SUVs are built for the city.

Others for the image.

This one is built for reality. Extreme reality.

The Defender OCTA is what happens when luxury stops trying to protect you from the world
and starts giving you the tools to conquer it.

A machine that doesn’t soften the experience but amplifies it.

A Michelin star that cruises the Seine

Don Juan II is not just a dinner cruise.

It is the only boat in the world to hold a Michelin star, awarded in 2022.

Each evening, a limited number of guests board near the Eiffel Tower for a 2.5 hour cruise through the heart of Paris. The Louvre, Notre Dame, the Grand Palais glide by but the real focus remains on the plate.

This is not just a setting.

It is part of the experience.

Frédéric Anton: precision meets elegance

Anton’s cuisine is unmistakable: technical, refined, and stripped of unnecessary complexity, yet executed with absolute precision.

The menu evolves with the seasons and unfolds like a carefully composed sequence:
langoustine ravioli with parmesan, poultry with morels, chocolate pistachio soufflé…

Each dish balances intensity and finesse, with a visual identity that is both elegant and controlled. This is author driven cuisine at its purest form where every detail matters.

An Art Deco yacht, intimate by design

With fewer than 40 guests per service, Don Juan II offers a rare level of intimacy.

The décor blends Art Deco influences with fine woods and bespoke textiles, creating a warm, almost cinematic atmosphere.

You dine in a cocoon while Paris becomes a moving masterpiece outside your window.

And then comes the highlight:

stepping onto the deck, champagne in hand, facing the illuminated Eiffel Tower.

More than a dinner, a complete experience

Don Juan II is not just a restaurant.

It is a fully orchestrated expression of French art de vivre.

An evening here combines:

a Michelin starred culinary performance
a private immersion into Paris by night
a sensory experience that goes far beyond food

All conducted with the rigor of a great chef and the poetry of a river journey.

Gentleman Jungle verdict

In a city filled with exceptional tables, Don Juan II achieves something rare: it creates a genuinely singular experience.

Not just one of the finest restaurants in Paris,
but arguably one of the most spectacular dining experiences in the world.

Bernar Venet: rigor, chaos, and gravity

A major figure on the international art scene for over six decades, Bernar Venet has built a body of work that is instantly recognizable.

His vocabulary is intentionally minimal: lines, arcs, angles. Yet behind this simplicity lies a constant tension between order and entropy.

His monumental corten steel sculptures seem to capture a frozen moment of collapse. A fall. A controlled imbalance. For Venet, form is never decorative. It is the direct consequence of forces acting upon matter.

Gravity. Accident. Physics.

This is precisely the language ALTO set out to translate.

A watch as a micro sculpture

At the core of this piece lies an almost philosophical question:
how do you contain a collapse within a few millimeters?

The dial becomes a miniature sculpture. An entanglement of arcs, composed like a controlled fall. It may appear spontaneous, almost accidental. In reality, everything is precisely calculated.

Relief plays with light. Edges, hollows, intersections: each surface captures and reflects shadows differently. The hands do not simply move above the dial. They interact with it.

Matter as a living experience

Everything begins with material.

After extensive experimentation, a proprietary bronze alloy was developed. Its patina, stabilized yet alive, directly echoes the warm, evolving tones of Venet’s sculptures.

This is where the watch transcends its object status.

It lives.

Over time, it evolves subtly, adapting to its wearer. Like a sculpture exposed to the elements, but scaled to daily life.

A movement against time

Beneath this wearable sculpture lies serious watchmaking:

• A01 automatic caliber with micro rotor
• 48 hour power reserve
• 4 Hz frequency
• 5 ATM water resistance
• 40 mm case, 68 grams

One detail stands out: a “back in time” seconds hand rotating in reverse.

A conceptual gesture, perfectly aligned with Venet’s universe, where time and matter are never fixed.

From monumental to intimate

This project emerged from a two year dialogue between Thibaud Guittard and Bernar Venet, alongside Raphaël Abeillon, ALTO’s Creative Director.

The challenge was simple to express, complex to execute:
reduce the scale without losing the intention.

The result is not a reproduction. It is a condensation.

A watch that does not imitate art. It preserves its tension, its logic, its force.

Absolute rarity

Ten pieces. No more.

Each one individually validated by the artist.

This rarity is not a marketing argument. It is the direct consequence of the technical and artistic precision required to master a living material and a sculptural dial of this complexity.

Gentleman Jungle verdict

Some watches tell the time.

Others tell a story.

This one embodies an idea.

A reflection on gravity, time, and transformation. A piece that lives, evolves, and asserts a rare presence on the wrist.

In a watch industry saturated with opportunistic collaborations, ALTO delivers something far more radical:

a piece that does not try to seduce