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RONALD DE BOER'S MUST HAVES

MASTERS teamed up with guest editor-in-chief Ronald de Boer to list his 100 most favorite and unique addresses. Ronald now tells us about some of his must haves. Wondering which five products are on Ronald's list? Read along.Online Editor: Natasha Hendriks

Jeanne Opgenhaffen

Ronald: "She makes panels covered with hundreds, thousands of porcelain plates. I have one with a kind of rolled porcelain paper darts. Perhaps the artwork I am most attached to. Pictured here is the work Walking on White Lines, 2011, 60 x 60 cm."

Bentley GT

Ronald: "The Bentley GT has luxury, an insanely beautiful design and incredible power: you can drive it very quietly, but if you give it a little gas - wroemm! - then it's gone. It drives so comfortably. I used to think: if I make it to the Dutch national team, I'll buy a Porsche 911. Never did. My only real sports car has been the BMW 645 convertible. But a maintenance! I also drove a Mercedes SLK, the very first one in the Netherlands. A nice little car, but I prefer space and luxury. Like a BMW X6, which I had in Qatar, a Land Cruiser or the new Range Rover. Now I still have a BMW X1 from Qatar. It sucks nothing and you can't drive fast anyway. I've come back a bit from those fast cars. They cost you tons of money. So does that Bentley, which is why I don't have it. I can afford it, but I think it's a waste of my money. If you drive it out of the garage, it costs a lot of money. I have no appetite for that, I really think it's a waste."

B&W headset

Ronald: "Especially when I travel, I often have my headset on. No, it's not one of those big ones, I keep it modest - it looks almost ontrendy. I pay particular attention to the sound quality. And that is high with this headset."

Geneva speaker

Ronald: "It's a square box that produces a surround sound. So you don't need multiple speakers. It has a radio in it you can connect your iPhone to it... Good sound, also the deep bass sounds."

Garmin GPS Golf Watch

Ronald: "I'm standing on hole 10 of the golf course in Lochem, put that thing on and immediately see how many yards it is to the green. Great! Is so important with golf. If you know you still have 140 meters to go, you can adjust your club accordingly. I believe there are seven thousand golf courses in such a golf watch. I just happened to win two, one at the Charity KLM Open and one during a competition organized by UEFA in Windwood, with Cruijff and Platini, among others. I was in a flight with Gordon Strachan, the coach of the Scottish team. I had the neary, the ball closest to the flag - I got one of those Garmin for that, which was an individual prize. But so I had also won that the week before. Let's see who I'm going to make happy."