Daily Diogo Costa
Daily Diogo Costa is a journal about things made to last: watches, wine, art, cars, hotels, fashion and perfume. Written in the first person by Diogo Costa, with the history behind every name and where to find it in Portugal.
Watches
Haute horology, independents and the boutiques where you can see them in Portugal.
A. Lange & Söhne Datograph Perpetual, for people who assemble everything twice
Fifty pieces in platinum, a black dial with baguette diamonds and 556 parts. The new Datograph Perpetual arrives the same year Lange opened its own boutique on Avenida da Liberdade.
Watches · 3 minDominique Renaud, for those who can hear a heartbeat
The Pulse60 won the Horological Revelation Prize at the GPHG 2026. It beats once per second, like the old observatory clocks, and it is the most intellectually honest watch of the year.
Watches · 3 minBlancpain, for those who listen before they look
The Grande Double Sonnerie took the Mechanical Exception Prize at the GPHG 2026. It is the first wristwatch grande sonnerie that lets you choose between two melodies.
Wines
Champagne, great vintages, Port and the occasional cigar. Always with a table in mind.
Taylor's VVOP White, for people who never rush a white Port
More than eighty years in oak, with wines going back to 1896. Taylor's first Very Very Old White Port changes what I thought a white Port could be.
Wines · 3 minGraham's 1979, for those who let the angels take their share
Almost half a century in old oak casks in Vila Nova de Gaia, and about half the wine lost to evaporation. The new "The Artisan" completes Graham's Cellar Master's Trilogy.
Wines · 3 minDom Pérignon, for those who know how to wait
Damien Hirst has dressed the new Dom Pérignon limited edition, and the bottles have already reached Lisbon. The colour is the news. The waiting is the story.
Art
Portuguese modern masters, contemporary artists and the places where art meets craft.
The art market, for anyone who reads the room before the sale
Christie's London made £218.6 million in one October night. New York is next, with two houses expecting close to two billion dollars. Here is how I read the numbers.
Art · 3 minPatek Philippe Watch Art, for those who think a watch belongs in a museum
68,000 visitors in sixteen days. The seventh Watch Art Grand Exhibition in Milan was the largest Patek Philippe has ever built, and the GPHG jury noticed.
Art · 3 minFicus Interfaith, for those who look twice
For the TimeForArt auction in New York, Maurice Lacroix asked a New York art duo to turn a block of pearls and resin into a watch dial one millimetre thick.
Ferrari, for those who read the order book before the price list
Net revenues up 7 percent, an EBITDA margin near 40 percent and guidance raised again. Ferrari's third quarter shows why it is a luxury house first and a car maker second.
Cars · 3 minBMW 3.0 CSL "Batmobile", for those who never left the paddock
Forty thousand people went to Exponor for the 23rd autoClássico Porto, and the Best of Show went to a car born to win races. A look back at Portugal's classic car autumn.
Cars · 3 minFerrari Luce, for those who were told to wait
Ferrari's first fully electric car is sold out for 2026 and 2027 before most people have seen one on the road. The interior, designed with LoveFrom, explains why.
Hotels
Palaces, new openings and the rooms worth the journey. Portugal first.
Debrais, for those who check in for the kitchen
A new boutique hotel on Avenida da Boavista, 52 rooms, and a restaurant signed by Ramón Freixa, two Michelin stars in Madrid. Porto has a new address where dinner may come first.
Hotels · Finance · 3 minPortugal's hotels, for anyone who follows the numbers before the stars
September revenues up 6.1 percent, Lisbon still the most expensive room in the country, and a sector aiming at €30 billion in tourism receipts. What the figures say about luxury hotels in Portugal.
Hotels · 3 minQuinta das Lágrimas, for those who know the story
The Coimbra palace where Portugal's most famous love story was written celebrates 700 years of documented history with a new New Year's Eve in its historic wing.
Tiffany & Co., for anyone who can wait until 2027
Tiffany is coming to Portugal for the first time. Bulgari, Loro Piana and Celine are moving into the former BES headquarters. The LVMH era of the Avenida da Liberdade is about to begin.
Fashion · Finance · 3 minHermès, for those who never needed a good quarter
Hermès grew again, LVMH barely, Kering not at all. The third quarter of 2026 split the luxury industry in two, and the line runs straight down the Avenida da Liberdade.
Fashion · 3 minEleventy, for those who know what they buy
One year after opening, the Italian quiet luxury house on Avenida da Liberdade is still the best reason to walk into a shop without buying anything. Almada Negreiros is on the walls.
Perfumes
Perfumers, houses and the addresses where you can discover them.
Guerlain L'Heure Bleue, for those who wait for the blue hour
Created by Jacques Guerlain in 1912, reinterpreted in 2026 by Delphine Jelk with an exclusive iris tincture. A century old perfume is driving Guerlain's growth this year, and I understand why.
Perfumes · Finance · 3 minNiche perfume, for people who would rather smell rare than famous
Fashion slowed this year. Fragrance did not. Puig had a record third quarter with niche houses growing at double digits, and Guerlain grew strongly inside a flat LVMH. The numbers behind the bottles.
Perfumes · 3 minZielinski & Rozen, for those who prefer a notebook to a campaign
The perfume house from Old Jaffa has opened in Lisbon, in a former bakery in Bairro Alto. Its story starts with a notebook of formulas from 1905.
A consumer first. A collector always.
I started Daily Diogo Costa in 2016, not as an insider, but as a consumer. I buy what I write about, and I write about what I would buy.
For more than ten years I have collected watches, Portuguese modern art by Almada Negreiros and Manuel Cargaleiro, and fine wine. What connects them is the same thing: craftsmanship, patience and a quality you can feel before you can explain it.
Here I write in the first person. Every story starts with the news, goes back to the people who built the house, and ends with the address where you can see it in Portugal. Never a price list. Always my honest take.
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The week's stories, the openings worth your time and the addresses in Portugal. No price lists, no noise.
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