Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day is by Patek Philippe and features a minute repeater, tourbillon escapement and instantaneous perpetual calendar. The rose gold piece is 41mm and is shown on a black alligator strap. This impressive piece chimes with two gongs and features day, date, month, leap year in apertures as well as […]

Jaeger-LeCoultre has decided to use the “nuclear option” of haute horology; paving over its new Rendez-Vous Art with diamonds, literally canvassing every square millimeter of the case with them. Or, if one prefers a little color, a variant cast with blue sapphires and rubies is also available. The decadent new timepieces were conceived to pay […]

Luxury brand Hublot have announced the creation of a new watch called the King Power FC Bayern Munich. The watch was created to celebrate the partnership and team spirit between Hublot and  champions FC Bayern München. This stunning new timepiece is now on display at the legendary FC Bayern München club. This much-anticipated new creation […]

To reach designer Kara Ross’ studio and showroom, you make your way to a nondescript building in the still-pulsing heart of the beleaguered Garment District and ascend to the 15th-floor in an anachronistic manually operated elevator. The lift operators here may be the last of a dying breed, but Ross’ workspace hums with the energy […]

Officine Panerai will celebrate the tenth anniversary of its presence in Hong Kong this October with a retrospective in the company’s boutique in the city’s center. Located in the Prince’s Building on the southern end of Statue Square, the four-part exhibit will play on the qualities that have endeared Panerai to a loyal customer base: […]

Christopher “Ludacris” Bridge and The Ludacris Foundation have partnered with Soul by Ludacris headphones to present the 7th Annual LudaDay Weekend. In past years, celebrities from all over the world have taken part in the fun. This year the foundation will count ultra-luxury watchmaker Hublot among its sponsors. The festivities begin August 30th and run […]

Just as its moniker is a fusion of two names, BUBEN&ZÖRWEG fuses style with security in their new Grand Collector Inbuilt safe. Designed to be installed in walk-in closets, showrooms and safe rooms, the Grand Collector Inbuilt does its best to hide its presence behind what BUBEN&ZÖRWEG dubs “Spy Glass”, which is essentially a mirror […]

Haute Time Watch of the Day today is from Dewitt, and called WX-1 Luxury Watch Concept from Dewitt.  The amazing piece was launched in 2008 at Basel World, and then later auctioned at the Only Watch Auction sold for over $400,000 Euros.  We had to feature this watch, even though it is almost five years old, […]

Two prominent watchmakers are engaged in trademark disputes in the United States, in cases that are sure to set precedents for the industry of haute horology. Rolex is at odds with Melrose.com, an online buyer, seller and refurbisher of luxury watches that has been accused of using counterfeit parts to fix Rolex watches. Rolex is […]

While IWC is heralded for a long reputation as a premiere Swiss watch manufacturer, not many know that the brand was actually founded by an American, Florentine. And in honor of the 1868 creation of Ariosto Jones, the fine timepiece house has focused its expansion efforts on none other than the US. Good for us, […]

Luxury watchmaker Hublot’s worldwide expansion has turned introspective as of late, with the opening of a new boutique in its native Switzerland, in the posh resort town of Gstaad. Every August throngs of spectators descend to the base of Gstaad Mountain to watch the Hublot Gold Cup polo competition. This year Team Hublot was defeated […]

Today’s Haute Time watch of the day, is the Harry Winston Histoire de Tourbillon 1 Watch.  This piece is a powerful watch, with some of the most powerful components.  The watch has a double tourbillon on it’s dial, with the watch indications of Hours, Minutes, Seconds on the back.  The Histoire De Tourbillon 1 is […]

Swatch Group CEO Nick Hyek and the group United Against a Nuclear Iran (UANI) are at odds over Swatch’s continuing presence in Iran as conditions continue to worsen in the region. UANI’s position is that the only people in Iran who can afford an Omega or other Swatch Group watch are members of the oppressive […]

Michel Parmigiani has made no secret of his love for the aesthetics of Italian ultra-car maker Bugatti, with his company Parmigiani Fleurier having designed several timepieces in collaboration with the car company. Their most recent effort is La Parmigiani Fleurier Vitesse, an eccentric racing watch designed from the same palette as Bugatti’s new convertible Veyron […]

The elegant Chronograph WW. TC by Girard Perregaux is easy to read and simultaneously shows  you the time in each of the timezones.  In addition to its legibility, the dial also clearly shows the date, a small  second hand a chronograph function as well as a day/night indicator. This sophisticated piece by Girard-Perregaux is the  perfect […]