Hands-On With The IWC Chronograph Edition “The Last Flight”

IWC Schaffhausen has delighted fans of pilot watches with special editions dedicated to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, but has kept the best for last...

By Adrienne Faurote

Worn By Women: The Rotonde de Cartier L’Heure Mysterieuse

Haute Time's Worn By Women takes a look at The Rotonde de Cartier L'Heure Mysterieuse

Richard Mille RM07-01: My Fair Lady

Richard Mille expresses his feminine side with the RM07-01, writes Meehna Goldsmith...

Haute Time Ladies Watch of The Week: Piaget Rose Passion Timepiece

This week Haute Time has selected Piaget’s Rose Passion Timepiece in celebration of Piaget Rose Day. June 5th is the day one of the world’s most beautiful roses was named “Yves Piaget rose” – an evident inspiration of the Piaget collections. On this special Anniversary, Piaget also inaugurated the newly restored rose garden at the […]

Watch Review: Jaeger-LeCoultre Hybris Mechanica 11 Minute Repeater

This is the eleventh creation in Jaeger-LeCoultre’s haute horology Hybris Mechanica collection and, at 7.9mm thick, represents the world’s smallest minute repeater/grand complication with an automatic movement. The real feat of this watch is the ratio between the thickness of the movement and the thickness of the case. “People don’t know how we can place […]

Best Black Dials of SIHH

Despite the ascendance of the blue dial as one of the most visible trends in high watchmaking, the popularity of black dials does not look to be waning anytime soon. Instead, it has become a modern classic. The black-on-black, or “blacked out” theme does seem to be fading, possibly due to readability issues, but the […]

Metiers Monday: Piaget Altiplano Miniature Embroidery

Just when you thought you’d seen every material that could possibly be used to create a metiers dial – from straw marquetry to mosaics – Piaget surprises us by introducing a new one. At SIHH, it showed two new models with dials featuring the haute couture technique of silk embroidery using two methods: laminate couching […]

Haute Living Watch of the Week: A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Ref. 235

The new A. Lange & Söhne 1815 Ref. 235 honors the birth date of the company founder, Ferdinand A. Lange, whose philosophy of design was “Medèn ágan – nothing in excess,” a call for moderation and modesty, posted at the entrance to the ancient Temple of Delphi. This motto characterized the style of the brand’s […]

Richard Mille at the SIHH 2014

Among the new models introduced by Richard Mille at the SIHH in Geneva were three athlete-focused sports watches, two of which showcase the brand’s proprietary NTPT carbon case material. NTPT, or North Thin Ply Technology, is a type of carbon used for making racing sails, Formula 1 race cars and aeronautical components. The case is constructed […]

Carmelo Anthony’s Haute Time Watch of the Day: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Tourbillon Chronograph

The striking blue dial of this sporty, dual-complication Royal Oak Offshore is openworked, with freestyle-shaped windows at 6, 9 and 12 o’clock, on the dial.

Best Open Casebacks of SIHH

Today’s fine mechanical watches are as beautiful from the back as they are from the wrist-up side. In fact, just to qualify as a fine timepiece, the movement has to be decorated. This includes chamfering, which means beveling the edges of components; perlage, or circular graining, usually done on the base plate; Côtes de Genève, […]

Carmelo Anthony’s Haute Time Watch of the Day: Jaeger-LeCoultre Grande Reverso Night & Day

This is the first model of the Reverso – Jaeger-LeCoultre’s most iconic timepiece – to be equipped with an automatic movement. The Caliber 967/B has a 42-hour power reserve, and drives a 24-hour second time zone subdial that replaces the numeral 6 on the dial. The day/night indication is unique and ultra-subtle. It differentiates daytime […]

Carmelo Anthony Watch of the Day: Cartier Tortue

Like many luxury watches this year, the Cartier Tortue has been slimmed down. The new extra-flat version has been reduced in thickness, and the domed case has been replaced by a flatter, more elongated version. The Tortue, originally launched in 1912, has a case design inspired by the outline of a tortoise. It is one […]

Carmelo Anthony Haute Time Watch of the Day: Montblanc Meisterstück Heritage Pulsograph

Montblanc has created an entire watch collection as a tribute to one of the world’s most iconic writing instruments, the Montblanc Meisterstück. The movement, manual-wound caliber MB M13.21 is a monopusher chronograph, which can be seen through the back of the 18k rose gold case. It was inspired by the prestigious Caliber 13.20 of its […]

Ralph Lauren SIHH 2014

Ralph Lauren’s Sporting, Stirrup and Slim Classique collections are quickly becoming iconic, gaining a foothold for this power house brand’s watch division, a partnership with the Richemont Group. At the SIHH this year, it introduced several gentlemanly sports watches in its showcase Sporting Collection, beginning with the Black Safari Flying Tourbillon. It contains the Caliber […]

Carmelo Anthony’s Haute Time Watch of the Day: Richard Mille RM 63-01 Dizzy Hands

The Dizzy Hands is Richard Mille’s take on the notion of the suspension of time. When the pusher in the center of the crown is pressed once, the sapphire glass dial on which the numerals are printed begins to rotate counterclockwise, as the hour hand moves clockwise, both at different speeds. This serves to suspend […]