Today, while touring the leather workshop at La Montre Hermès watch manufacture near Neuchatel, Switzerland, I learned why it takes two hours to make one leather strap the Hermès way. After checking out the leather vault and witnessing the choosing, cutting and shaving of the leather (a one-hour process), I was led to a work […]

Last week I had the luxury of spending two days with Carlos A. Rosillo, CEO of Bell & Ross, and his team to do a company profile on the haute brand. On Friday, I had the luxury of spending most of the day in the Place Vendôme area, which is one of the most spectacular […]

  Ulysse Nardin launched El Toro, the direct descendant of the first Perpetual Calendar released in 1996, which allows forward and backward adjustment of all calendar functions over one single crown. The invention of the Perpetual Calendar was an extraordinary milestone set in the history of watchmaking.  El Toro is equipped with the iconic manufacturer […]

After 5 Weeks, and 32 Top Watches, Audemars Piguet has been named the Official Winner of the First Annual Timepiece Madness! The iconic AUDEMARS PIGUET EXTRA THIN ROYAL OAK LIMITED EDITION beat out the  THE GREUBEL FORSEY GMT to claim the inaugural honor.   Congratulations To Audemars Piguet! Like Haute Time? Join our Facebook page or follow us on […]

Esteemed watch manufacturer Officine Panerai announced its plans to build a new factory at Pierre a Bot in Neuchâtel, Switzerland to open at the end of 2013. The new production facility will aim to unify all activities of development, production, assembly and quality control in an astonishing area of 10,000 square meters. The facility will […]

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 […]

Watchmaker Hublot has teamed up along side of Alinghi to represent Swiss Made expertise on waters around the world and this weekend, at the Société Nautique de Genève, Ernesto Bertarelli and Jean-Claude Biver  unveiled a special the watch created in tribute to their partnership. Limited to just 100 numbered pieces, this is an ultra-technical watch designed to meet […]

Jaeger-LeCoultre has recently been bestowed with the honor as the Official Timekeeper of the Diamond Jubilee Pageant, celebrating Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Sixty Years on the Throne. This milestone event takes place in the UK in on the private grounds of Windsor Castle in the presence of The Queen May 10-13th.  To mark this momentous occasion Jaeger-LeCoultre created a […]

  Among the many things the Swiss do very well are two standouts: watchmaking and hospitality. The Swiss Jura, off the beaten track as far as tourism in this country is concerned, offers prime examples of both. Just as a trip to Neuchatel would not be complete without a watchmaking manufacture or museum visit, nor […]

Yves “Jetman” Rossy of the Breitling Jet team once again pushed the boundaries of aviation by completing an amazing flight above the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Jetman, who is the only man to fly with a rigid wing equipped with four jet engines, jumped out of a helicopter above the Rodrigo de Freitas […]

“King of Diamonds” Harry Winston celebrated the grand opening of its first retail Pavilion in Shanghai, the largest Harry Winston salon in the world. Highlighting the richly faceted history of the 80 year old luxury brand, the international jeweler and watchmaker hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by Leighton Meester & Ed Westwick, along with […]

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 iconic Swiss watch brand Girard-Perregaux recently announced the unveiling of the print and online journal: The New Face of Tradition, Eight Young Watchmakers and the Art of Making Time. The journal follows these young watchmakers from Girard-Perregaux  Manufacture, based in La Chaux-de-Fonds, in their own workshops and in their personal time with friends and family. From […]

I have been doing some research on Hermès, as I will be visiting the manufacture near La Chaux-de-Fonds and the design studio in Paris next week. Like many watch brands, Hermès only recently developed its own base caliber, but I was surprised to learn that, like most of the mor well-known top watch brands, Hermès […]