Right On Schedule: Excellent Perpetual Calendars Released in 2019
The perpetual calendar complication has been around for several centuries and it is still going strong. In fact, most of the best luxury watch brands have perpetual calendar watches within their curre…
The Watch Before The Icon: Breguet’s First Ventures In Wristchronographs
With the Type XX is Breguet one of the very few watch brands that have an iconic chronograph in their stable. This watch did not appear out of the blue, as from 1935 on Breguet was already building it…
Haute Collector: Hall Of Fame Golfer Greg Norman Shares His Timepiece Collection
Haute Time goes one-on-one with Hall of Fame Golfer, legendary businessman and watch collector, Greg Norman.
Rolls-Royce Celebrates The End Of An Era With Memorable Ghost Zenith Collection
It is the end of an era—at least for the Ghost—a luxury icon that carried a rich and extraordinary past with Rolls Royce. After a remarkable ten year tenure, the marque is offering to collectors, an e…
Four Men’s Watches With Diamonds That Are Too Tempting To Turn Down
Diamonds on men's watches; some people love them, others can't stand them. But even those who are counting themselves among the last category might be tempted to at least, adjust their opinion with th…
A German Insight: Glashütte Original Senator Moon Phase Skeletonized Edition
For centuries the small town of Glashütte has been the epicenter of German watchmaking. While there are indeed plenty of similarities between their approach to watchmaking and that of the Swiss, there…
Four Grand Seiko’s Who Welcome Your Wanderlust
A remarkable number of watches in Grand Seiko's collection feature a second time-zone complication. That makes them a perfect companion to have around the wrist when you travel the globe. Even more so…
A Fleet of Auto-Inspired Watches In Honor of Monterey Car Week
For anyone who is into cars, today marks the start of one of the most exciting periods of the year in the automotive space: Monterey Car Week! It’s well established that a passion for high-end cars an…
Happy Birthday! Four Anniversaries In Watchmaking
2019 is a special year for quite a few brands, as it marks for them important events in their history. For some, it was the launch of an iconic model or important movement, while for others it was an…
The New 2020 Bentley Flying Spur Dazzles A Star Studded Audience
On July 24, during the Elton John AIDS Foundation Gala, Bentley announced the release of their limited-edition model, the all-new 2020 Flying Spur. At the gala, it was auctioned off to one of the gues…
Jacob & Co Opera Godfather: An Offer You Cannot Refuse
Few movies, if any, can live up to the status that The Godfather has achieved. This 1972 blockbuster, featuring Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone, also features one of the most memorable theme songs…
Cartier Privé Tonneau Skeleton Dual Time: The Ultimate Time-Traveller
The Tonneau is one of Cartier's oldest wrist-watch designs that are still in production today. It was launched in 1906, two years after the legendary Santos was introduced. Unlike the Santos, has the…
Patek Philippe Welcomes The 5172G As Its New Hand-Wound Chronograph
Introduced at Baselworld 2019, the Patek Philippe 5172G takes over the previous ref. 5170 family as the company’s manual-wound chronograph model. And since the hand-wound chronograph sans other compli…
Four Watches That Turn Complex Into An Understatement
Why do so many brands go all out and create watches that house several different complications into a single watch? Because they can and because we love it. While the research and development behind t…
Graff Stitches With Diamond Thread
Diamond-set watches come in several different varieties. Some are simply the luxurious siblings of similar watches which are not set with these precious stones, while others were created from the star…
Everybody Loves Rainbows
Watches that use a spectrum of colored gemstones to create a rainbow effect have become a modest trend in recent years. Most brands use sapphires to create this effect, often in addition with amethyst…
The New Roger Dubuis Excalibur Spider Carbon3; A Supreme (De)light
Carbon has become an increasingly popular material for use in watchmaking these days but no other brand has taken this as far as Roger Dubuis. With the Excalibur Spider Carbon3, they present a watch w…
