Sixteen presents for Christmas

The ultimate toy for overgrown children: this train set (above) by Paul Smith doubles as a business briecase. Price: £1,000. Contact: 0800-023 4006, www.paulsmith.co.uk.

Make your own distinctive scent by mixing from the selection of 12 within this limited-edition Ultimate Fragrance Trousseau (left) by Jo Malone. Price: £750. Contact: 0870-034 2411, www.jomalone.co.uk.

The Tabitha Satin Clutch Bag (right) is a small, stylish satin silk bag in a variety of colours with a contrast fuchsia lining and hand mirror included. Price: £40. Contact:020-8772 8777, www.tabitha.uk.com.

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The Sony DAV F200 (left) is an ideal buy for newcomers to home cinema. It's small and reasonably priced, and performs well in smaller rooms. Price: £350. Contact: 08705-111999, www.sony.co.uk.

The MechRC programmable robot (right) has more than 100 pre-installed motions and sounds it can dance and fight as soon as it's out of its box. Price: £399. Contact: 0844-573 7070, www.iwantoneofthose.com.

The Pure One Mini DAB radio (left) is compact enough for your hand luggage, but has all the essential features, including DAB radio and a line-in for MP3 players. Price: £40. Contact: 01923-277488 www.pure.com.

The Berg Moov 4-way bike (right) is the ultimate construction set for budding young engineers. It has 150 separate parts and can be made into four different child-sized vehicles trike, bike, go-kart and scooter. No tools needed. Price: £199. Contact: 0845-605 1234, www.harrods.com.

A limited-edition, hand-made pedal car recreating a racing legend, the Audi Type C of 1936, 1:2 scale (left). It has a hand brake lever with locking function and hydraulic double disc brakes. Price: £6,000. Contact:0800-699888, www.audi.co.uk.

Bespoke suits and shirts from Dress 2 Kill (right). A year's membership costs £150, which gives you money off purchases and a free bespoke shirt. Prices: shirts start from £65; suits for £475 (with membership). Contact: 020-7928 9558, www.dress2kill.com.

A tsavorite and platinum Marquesa Cocktail ring (left) with diamonds from Harry Winston. Price: £64,900. Contact: 020-7907 8849, www.harrywinston.com.

A USB-powered microscope (right) giving 20x to 200x magnification. It comes with software that allows you to save the images or videos directly onto your computer. Prices: £49.95. Contact:0844-922 1010, www.firebox.com.

La Prairie Exclusive Caviar Collection (left) is a leather-look vanity case contains a selection of luxurious La Prairie Caviar skin care products, a sterling silver mirror, and a pouch with three make-up brushes. Price: £1,800. Contact: 0845-605 1234, www.harrods.com.

A Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS3EB-K digital camera (right) that minimises image blur caused by shaky hands and will automatically detect and focus on a human face. Price: £99.95. Contact: 08456-049049, www.johnlewis.com.

A handcrafted Smythson travel case (left) made from raspberry crocodile-print leather and lined in soft caramel fabric. It has a large base to house all make-up essentials, long pockets for brushes and a large mirror. Price: £1,420. Contact: 0870-521 1311, www.smythson.com.

The Maxi Micro Scooter (right) is the ultimate scooter for children aged 6 to 11 years. It is robust, stable and easy to steer. Price: £79.99. Contact: 0845-258 7532, www.micro-scooters.co.uk.

You can carry around the complete works of Shakespeare in your back pocket with the Sony Reader PRS 505 ebook (left). The screen is 175mm high and easy on the eye. Price: £200. Contact: 020-7365 2947, www.sony.co.uk.