Officine Panerai: Setting Sail

This summer luxury watchmaker Officine Panerai dominated the regatta season. The Italian manufacture hosted the annual Panerai Classic Yachts Challenge (PCYC) 2013, an international circuit for classic and vintage sails. The North American Circuit of the PCYC brought the Florentine brand’s passion for sailing from Marblehead to Nantucket and Newport. Along the way, Officine Panerai […]

By Adrienne Faurote

Best of Baselworld 2013

Ten years ago, it would have been difficult to compile a list of five top tourbillons introduced at Baselworld, since so few brands were invested with the expertise or means to develop this prestigious complication. Today, compiling such a list is even more difficult, because so many brands are making tourbillons, some introducing several at […]

Jay Z and Hublot: Empire State of Mind

Flashback to 2011, Jay Z and Kanye West released the song Otis from the Watch the Throne album. Once the song hit, rumors circulated about Jay Z’s upcoming collaboration with a watch company for a new timepiece he was working on. The line Jay Z sang in the song that sparked so many rumors was, […]

Second Skin: Timepieces So Breathtaking You Won’t Want to Take Them Off

Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore 
Chronograph LeBron James, $51,500 Ulysse Nardin Black Toro, $55,500 Blancpain Fifty Fathoms 
Tourbillon With Diamonds, $188,000 Ralph Lauren RL67 Safari Tourbillon, $55,000 Chanel J12 Haute Joaillerie 
Watch in Black Ceramic
, $517,450 Vacheron Constantin Patrimony Traditionnelle 
Platinum Skeleton, $166,400 Cartier Ballon Bleu de Cartier Flying Tourbillon (price upon request) Hublot Classic Fusion 
Tourbillon King Gold, $92,000 Roger Dubuis 
Flying Skeleton Tourbillon, $164,500 HYT H1 Black DLC, $49,500 Richard […]

Around the World: Timepieces for Touching Down In Style

Wheels up! North, East, South, or West, Haute Time has the watches for touching down in style. With pieces from Blancpain to Patek Philippe, we have the hottest watches for… …an afternoon in Paris… Glashutte Original Senator Tourbillon, $118,600 Chanel Mademoiselle Prive Whirling Camelia, $38,500 Dior VIII Grand Bal Plume, $31,000 …yachting in St Barts… […]

Carmelo Anthony’s Haute Time Watch of the Day: Girard-Perregaux Chrono Hawk Hollywoodland – New Watch Launch

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day is the All New Chrono Hawk Hollywoodland by Girard-Perregaux launches today, November 4, 2013! This special timepiece celebrates Girard-Perregaux’s passion for the cinema and highlights GP’s commitment to the big screen as The Exclusive Timekeeper and Founding Supporter of the Museum of the new Academy of Motion Pictures, which will be located […]

Haute Time’s Ladies Watch of the Week: Blancpain Chronograph Grande Date

Haute Time Ladies Watch of the Week is The Chronograph Grande Date by Blancpain. This beautiful new timepiece is a wonderful representation of Blancpainss dedication to creating ladies watches with self-winding movements, since 1930. The beautiful Chronograph Grande Date features an 18k red-gold, 38.6 mm case, set with 40 diamonds. A sapphire case back gives us a view of […]

Jason Sarkoyan: Christophe Claret Manufacture Visit in Geneva

Part 3 of 3 from Haute Time author Jason Sarkoyan’s trip to Switzerland, with exclusive photos from the Christophe Claret manufacture…

Pablo Escobar’s Diamond-Crusted Rolex Auctioned Off

Valued at $70,000, the infamous drug lord's diamond-encrusted gold Rolex went under the gavel in Colombia...

Throwback Thursday: Ulysse Nardin Marine Chronometer

It's #ThrowbackThursday! Today we're looking back at the original Marine Chronometer by Ulysse Nardin...

Carmelo Anthony’s Haute Time Watch of the Day: Audemars Piguet Grande Complication in Pink Gold

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day is The Royal Oak Offshore Grande Complication by Audemars Piguet. This Grande Complication features just that! A self-winding perpetual calendar with indications for the day, date, week, month and leap years. That’s not all…it also indicates the moon phases and features a minute repeater, split seconds and small seconds. […]

Sweet Sound of Watchmaking

The aisles were alive with the sound of music at the Baselworld watch fair this year. Minute repeaters chimed to the antics of jaquemarts and music boxes tinkled out tunes ranging from classical Bach to classic rock, adding a new sensory component to this annual carnival of watches. Some of these watches are actually tiny […]

Haute Jewelry: Gilan Dreams Collections

Haute Jewelry brings us the hottest new collections from the world of couture. Today we're looking at two dreamy collections by Gilan...

Best Skull Watches of 2013

Haute Time rounded up the best skull-adorned watches, with pieces from Bell & Ross, Cvstos, Hublot, Richard Mille and Romain Jerome...

Salon QP to Auction Off Prince Harry’s Bremont Supermarine S500

The Bremont timepiece that will accompany Prince Harry to the South Pole is being auctioned off for a good cause...

Carmelo Anthony’s Haute Time Watch of the Day : Breitling B06 for Bentley

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day is The Breitling B06 for Bentley. This exclusive Breitling Chronograph represents the Breitling for Bentley spirit and sophistication. The B06 features a Manufacture Breitling Calibre B06 self-winding, high frequency movement,officially chronometer-certified by the COSC. With a 70-hour power reserve, 1/8th of a second chronograph, 30 second, 15 minute and 6 hour totalizers and a calendar, […]

Haute Auto of the Week: 2014 Porsche Panamera, The Great Gatsby

The underlying mission in most sports is to advance against opponents as quickly and effectively as possible without compromise. Dominant players and teams have no qualms lighting up scoreboards with exuberant highlights and fancy play.