Haute Time had the opportunity to be a guest of Jaeger LeCoultre, for the Venice Film Festival.  The big highlight of the festival in Venice, Italy was for JLC to announce the official launch of the Jaeger LeCoultre Rendez-Vous Collection, for women.  Jerome Lambert, CEO of the company announced the launch last night at the […]

The Gliterati lined up last Thursday at the 69th Annual Venice Film Festival to show their support for a maternal care center in Afghanistan. The center is being built by the charitable organization Emergency with the aid of luxury watchmaker Jaeger-LeCoultre, which has supported Emergency’s outreach to the civilian victims of armed conflicts since 1994. […]

The Gliterati lined up last Thursday at the 69th Annual Venice Film Festival to show their support for a maternal care center in Afghanistan. The center is being built by the charitable organization Emergency with the aid of luxury watchmaker Jaeger-LeCoultre, which has supported Emergency’s outreach to the civilian victims of armed conflicts since 1994. […]

The Patrimony Traditionnelle by Vacheron Constantin is an impressive automatic timepiece which has a 38mm case shown in 18k yellow gold with transparent case back on an alligator strap.  The indications on this classic design include hours, minutes, small second and calendar in the aperture.  This self-winding moverment also features a 40 hour power reserve and also comes with The Hallmark of Geneva Certification.  A […]

Luxury watchmaker Bovet has a history in Asian markets that dates back over 150 years, with founder Edouard Bovet selling his very first four watches in Canton, China for the equivalent of $1 million, adjusted for inflation. Today Bovet is retracing its historical roots by partnering with DKSH Market Expansion Services, a firm which provides […]

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, […]