A Cool, Dry, Secure Place

Six-figure safes that don’t look like your typical strongbox.

- James Gaddy

Every August, like clockwork, millions of vacationers continue the long-held practice of taking off from work. They secure their windows, lock their doors, and maybe postpone newspaper delivery so there’s no pile at the door.

But for members of the 0.01 Percent, this also means properly stashing watches, jewels, paintings, and other rare goods by punching in the keypad codes to their safes from Buben & Zorweg.

Even in the relatively rarefied world of home security, Buben & Zorweg stands alone: Its safes are VdS-certified (the highest mark of quality available), come lined in velour and nappa leather, and are available in an infinite spectrum of colors. Its target customer has roughly $4 million in disposable income, according to the company, which hand-assembles each of its strongboxes at a factory an hour’s drive from Stuttgart in Olbronn-Dürrn, Germany.