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 […]

To counteract the escalating strength of the pound against the Swiss Franc, Breitling has reduced the price of their watches by 10%. On March 1st the price drop was applied to new and existing stock with recommended retail prices and trade prices both being reduced. Breitling stockholders will lose margin on the watches already in […]

High end traditional makers of haute horlogerie are expanding their luxury goods lines, according to the New York Times. Broadening the brands give their followers the chance to become repeat customers without having to pay four or five figures for a watch. A few examples of these innovative spin-offs created by the luxury watchmakers include; […]

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. […]

The Swiss watchmaking industry is starting to design complex watch movements for the discarded female market that has customarily been dominated by timepieces for men looking to show off their position with a Rolex or Omega, In recent times the women’s market has mostly focused on simple, low-cost quartz watches or luxury diamond pieces with […]

Rolex, a supreme leader in the luxury world, has always been a little behind in the social media world. They finally made the move into this century by creating an official YouTube and Twitter account for fans to follow. The brand has always taken a traditional approach to marketing, but decided it was time to […]

As TAG’s newest promoter for their latest line of Link Lady Watchers, Cameron Diaz was one of the most talked about secrets at this year’s Baselworld watch fair. Nobody knew who would be representing the line until TAG’s launch party on March 7, when Cameron Diaz appeared on stage wearing one of the latest models. […]

The Antikythera watch was recently presented by Hublot at Baselworld 2012. Offered in a small square-like Titanium case, to keep all the focus the mechanism, the Antikythera watch has combined a link between Hublot and their futuristic designs and manufacturing techniques, representing an era that predates current technology. The Antikythera’s secrecy lies within the traditional […]

Women who like to make fashion statements with the style of their watch might have to re-consider the present fashion movements that have long embraced the use of tourbillons in timepieces.

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 […]

Haute Living: Tell us some of the most exciting developments at LINDE WERDELIN today? Jorn Werdelin: In the last five years, while developing The Reef, LINDE WERDELIN has established itself as the only company boasting the widest knowledge and know-how in manufacturing high quality dive instruments. Certainly like no other watch manufacturer retains. This skill and […]

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 […]

Combining femininity with Grandes Complications, Patek Phillipes’ has created the Ladies First Perpetual Calendar. Equipped with the prominent ultra-thin 240 Q calibre, this first perpetual calendar for ladies blends technical elegance and aesthetic style with a graceful case that offers a remarkably slender profile, adorned in pink gold and delicately set with diamonds. Technical Details: […]

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 […]