Welcome to Haute Time Timepiece Madness! Our Haute Time curators have carefully selected the hautest timepieces shown at this year’s Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) and Basel World 2012. In our haute spin on March Madness, 32 of the most luxurious and technologically advanced timepieces from the finest watchmakers will compete against one […]

The Hour Glass in Singapore will be displaying the latest addition to their collection of fine pieces at the Marina Bay Sands location. A $5 million diamond encrusted watch was recently purchased from Hublot and can be seen while on tour throughout Asia at one of the 25 boutiques in nine cities owned by The […]

During Basel World I got the chance to sit down with another powerful man in the watch industry, Maximilian Büsser. Maximilian Büsser is the creator of Maximilian Büsser & Friends, also known as the MB&F watch brand. My meeting with him was one of the most exciting all week. His company is very unique and all […]

At Basel World, I got the opportunity to sit with Michele Sofisti, CEO of Sowind Group. As Haute Time readers know, PPR recently purchased a controlling stake of Sowind Group and Michele is now in charge of running the brands Girard-Perregaux, JeanRichard, and Gucci Timepieces. Haute Time wanted to take the opportunity to sit down […]

I was very excited to see Bobby Yampolsky and his team in the Ulysse Nardin Chairman Phone Booth during Basel World. For the past three years they have been investing a lot of time and money into launching one of the most sophisticated and truly fine timepiece phones on the market. Well, hard work pays off. […]

My next meeting at Basel World was with DeLaneau, a very interesting watch company that has stores in Moscow, London (inside Harrods) and New York City on Madison Avenue. These watches are considered a work of art. Each watch is hand painted by artists in their studio in Geneva and they take a lot of […]

I was very excited to meet Franc Vila for the first time. I am a huge fan of the watch brand and an owner of the Franc Vila Cobra myself. He immediately realized that I was a client and fan interviewing him to understand his vision and where he planned to take the company in […]

My last meeting of the day was by far the coolest. It was with Buben & Zörweg and I must say, WOW. For anyone that owns watches, you know you need a good place to store them. Harald Buben, part owner/partner of Buben & Zörweg, took me around his showroom at Basel World and showed […]

My next meeting on Sunday was with one of the biggest rock stars of Basel World, Vincent Perriard, the creator of the HYT Watch. His first launch is the H1 Hydro Mechanical Watch. On the website, they describe the piece as an encounter between Fine Watchmaking and fluid mechanics. Basically, the watch performs and works on […]

On Saturday I was able to get a first look at Rolex with our watch writer Carol Besler. All I can say is, what an opportunity to look and capture on video the Sky-Dweller. This is one of the most amazing pieces from Basel World and a huge honor that Haute Time was able to […]

The introduction of Harry Winston’s Opus timepieces are always awaited with great enthusiasm at Baselworld and this year’s Opus has puzzled those passionate about high complications like never before. Opus 12 rebels the conformist rules of watch making, creating a most improbable mechanical concept. This exceptional timepiece intentionally throws out the perception of time by […]

My last appointment on Saturday was with legendary Fawz Gruosi of de Grisogono. It was a pleasure to meet him personally. He is a legend in the diamond/jewelry business and in showcasing some of the most expensive pieces in the world. He has a beautiful store on Madison Avenue in New York City. The purpose […]

  Chopard, the Swiss based luxury watch leader had previously impressed their female clientele with a 201 jewelry watch, which is close to the most expensive watch in the world with a price tag of $25 million. The watch manufacturers have recently come up with an exclusive haute horology piece “Imperiale Tourbillon,” which combines their […]

My next meeting after Urwerk was with Christophe Claret. Wow, is all I can say! He gave me a first look at his watch that is a huge talk of Basel, the Christophe Claret X-TREM-1. The watch is next level and he is pushing complete boundaries with this creation. The watch is a flying tourbillon […]

My next meeting after Zenith was with the creator of Urwerk watch, Martin Frei. He builds watches that are next level and range from $95 to 110K Swiss Francs, along with a special tourbillon pocket piece that is over $350k Swiss Francs. Only eight of these were made and all are sold out. The UR-1001 […]

My first stop of the day was to check out my good friend Alain Huy at Zenith. They have an amazing location at Basel World and I am very impressed with the new watches that are coming to the market. It was a improtu meeting. I just came in and he showed me some cool […]