This weekend the horse Orb took home the title at the iconic Kentucky Derby race, and luxury watchmakers Longines were on hand to celebrate his owner, trainer and jockey. The Swiss manufacture, which is the Official Watch and Timekeeper of the race, awarded Orb’s team with watches from Longines’ Saint-Imier collection during the exclusive Winners’ […]

Today we’re taking a close up look at a Haute Joaillerie piece unveiled by Hublot at BaselWorld 2013. From its openworked dial to its strap, this skeleton tourbillon movement timepiece is covered with 1185 baguette diamonds specifically sourced from Yakutsk in Russia’s Eastern Siberia. The Classic Fusion Skeleton Haute Joaillerie watch was developed and produced […]

The Haute Time Watch of the Day today is another great piece Haute Time covered at BaselWorld, it is The Pilot Montre d’Aeronef Type 20 Tourbillon by Zenith. The latest addition to the Pilot family of timepieces by Zenith, is this impressive new Tourbillon chronograph, powered by an El Primero 4035 D Automatic movement. The […]

Among Breitling’s introductions at this year’s Baselworld is the Emergency II, the second in a series of watches that saves lives. The Emergency was first launched in 1995 and is the only watch with an antenna, sending messages through an international satellite alert system to search and rescue stations. So far, the watch has been […]

This is the year of the Carrera at TAG Heuer, as it celebrates the 50th anniversary of the brand’s iconic chronograph. The watch was created in 1963 by Jack Heuer, himself a brand icon, who retires this year as honorary chairman. To mark his retirement, as well as the anniversary, Heuer created a modern limited […]

This week Leonardo DiCaprio wore a TAG Heuer Carrera 1887 Rose Gold on the red carpet. The actor looked dapper while attending the premiere of the highly-anticipated movie The Great Gatsby at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.

The prestigious British department store Harrods is celebrating the 180th anniversary of Jaeger-LeCoultre in style. The windows at the Harrods store on Brompton Road in the tony Knightsbridge neighborhood of London will be devoted to the Swiss watch manufacturer. One window will be dedicated to the Swiss company’s most complicated sonnerie, the Hybris Mechanica à […]

Over the last two weeks at BaselWorld, we saw some incredible new timepieces. However, beyond the tourbillons and minute repeaters, we also saw a modern new take on incorporating watches into our gadget-obsessed world. Here, we have your look at two new iPhone watch attachments. WATCHe, a company based in Switzerland, unveiled the We5S Limited […]

Breguet, founded in 1775, is famous as the brand that invented the tourbillon and the raised terminal curve known as the Breguet overcoil, and you would think that would be enough. The brand has not stopped innovating, however, having filed more than 100 patents in the last 10 years alone. Some of the results of […]

I was excited to check out The Geo.Graham Tourbillon Orrery during BaselWorld, as this is one of the biggest creations to be developed by Eric Loth while running GRAHAM. The story behind this watch goes back to 1713, when renowned watchmaker and scientist George Graham created the first Orrery. Now, 300 years later, Graham and his Orrery […]

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day is The Tourbillon Carrousel by Blancpain. A new offering Blancpain shared with Haute Time at BaselWorld 2013. This amazing timepiece marries a tourbillon and a carrousel device into one extraordinary creation. Equipped with a new Caliber 2322 movement housed in an 18k gold 44.60mm case, Blancpain brings it all together in this spectacular timepiece. […]

BaselWorld2013 has officially wrapped, but if you’re anything like us, you’re still reeling from all the incredible reveals. Today we’re pausing for a close up look at Harry Winston’s Opus XIII, the brainchild of independent watchmaker Ludovic Ballouard. This mechanical timepiece boasts an astounding fifty-nine pivoting minutes hands, with eleven rotating triangles for the hours, […]

The El Primero is actually a movement rather than a particular model. In 1969, in the race to create the first automatic chronograph, only Zenith succeeded in designing a fully integrated movement, based around a column wheel. Noted for its high-frequency oscillations (and therefore greater accuracy), the 36,000 VPH mighty El Primero quickly became a […]

This year at BaselWorld, Chopard celebrated the 20th anniversary of its iconic Happy Sport model. The luxury watchmaker marked this jubilee year by presenting the new Happy Sport Medium Automatic, a mechanical interpretation of this famous model. To gain a true appreciation of the Happy Sport Medium Automatic, it is worthwhile going back to the […]

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day is The Skeleton Tourbillon By Ulysse Nardin, just introduced at BaselWorld 2013. This is the first timepiece created by Ulysse Nardin with a skeleton tourbillon caliber movement which also consists of UN’s latest silicon technology.  In addition the Skeleton Tourbillon’s movement is entirely developed in-house by the brand. The Skeleton […]

Girard Perregaux has been a visionary in the world of watchmaking, creating timepieces that represent the brands’ history and expertise while introducing stylish and avant-garde pieces.