It’s often the watches at the top of the price range that get the most attention from writers and collectors. Yes, those incredible novelties deserve the ink! But attention should also be paid to the beautiful watches emerging today at less-than-stratospheric prices. The following five watches, all around $10,000, are produced by some of the […]

The 2013 Formula 1 season kicked off this month at the Australian Grand Prix, and while fans were watching Kimi Raikkonen take home a win for Team Lotus, the watch industry had its eyes on the sponsorship race. In December 2012, Rolex announced a major long-term partnership with Formula 1, bumping Hublot from the position of Official […]

It goes without saying, “you can take a lion out of the jungle, but you can’t take the jungle out of the lion.” This was my initial judgment when Land Rover elected to showcase the technological and adventurous capabilities of their all-new 2013 Range Rover — which voraciously manhandled the mountainous terrain of Utah’s most […]

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day selected by Carmelo Anthony is The ChronoLunar Officer by Ernst Benz. The newest addition to the Great Circle Collection by Ernst Benz is the ChronoLunar Officer, celebrating 10 years since it was first introduced by the brand. The ChronoLunar Officer features an Automatic Valjoux 7751 movement housed in […]

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day selected by Carmelo Anthony is the Circus Minute Repeater by Ulysse Nardin. This beautiful timepiece animates a circus scene on this adventurine dial with hand carved 18k white gold figures.  The figures include a clown, trainer, monkey, bear and tiger as part of the scene.  The trainer whip reaches out […]

Last month we told you about the Vertu Ti, a $10,000 smartphone popular with luxury watch collectors. Today, we’re bringing the two worlds together with a look at watchmaker TAG Heuer’s new Racer Prestige Gold, an Android phone that is a powerful luxury communication tool. Like their timepieces, TAG Heuer’s Racer is made in Switzerland, with the […]

Earlier this month, Hublot teamed up with Ferrari to help the luxury automaker celebrate their 25th anniversary in the United Arab Emirates. To mark the occasion, the Swiss manufacture announced it would produce a limited edition new timepiece, the Ferrari-stamped Big Bang U.A.E. Limited Edition. Now, we’ve got a close-up look at this watch, which is […]

Actor Adrien Brody was spotted wearing the Bvlgari OCTO watch in 18k pink gold at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. This automatic timepiece, which features a black lacquered dial and an alligator strap, retails for $28,300. Brody is the youngest actor to have won the Best Actor Academy Award, taking home the Oscar for the […]

Luxury watchmakers Omega welcomed Nicole Kidman to Vienna this weekend, where the actress helped launch the new Ladymatic collection. Kidman, who has been the “face of Ladymatic” for the last three years, introduced a new multi-media campaign during an events throughout the weekend. The festivities began with an event at the Gartenpalais Liechtenstein, a museum containing […]

Earlier this month we told you about speculation surrounding the iWatch following a “smart watch” patent filing by Apple. Today the race to bring this wearable technology to market is heating up even further with news that Samsung and Google are also developing high tech watches. When Apple filed their patent, we got an idea of what the […]

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day selected by Carmelo Anthony is the 7047BR Tourbillon by Breguet.  This impressive hand-wound mechanical timepiece comes from Breguets’ Tradition Collection and features a Calibre 569 movement housed in an 18k rose gold case which measures 41 mm.  The 4047BR features a 60-second tourbillon, 50-hour power reserve and is […]

Prices for pocket watches sold at auction have soared in recent years, partly because they are becoming more rare and therefore increasingly valuable. The production of pocket watches was surpassed by the production of wristwatches sometime around the 1930s, and few brands are still making pocket watches. (Note to collectors: the few pocket watches that […]

This week the troubling trend of high-end watch thefts continued when robbers in Virginia made off with approximately $609,000 in Rolex timepieces. Early on Tuesday morning, thieves targeted a Tourneau store located on the ground level of the upscale Pentagon City Mall in Arlington, VA. Four people entered the store wearing hooded jackets and masks, heading directly […]

This week, Haute Time got the chance to visit with Baume & Mercier to get a close-up look at the Maison’s new timepieces for Spring. The Swiss manufacture introduced new watches from the Clifton and Capeland collections, and we’ve got your in-depth look: First up is a Capeland 44mm timepiece, with a new manufacture movement with […]

If you’re impressed by the 10% spike in Swiss watch exports for 2012, then the action on the secondary market should really impress you. It should also clear up any question of whether or not timepieces are a lasting investment. Sotheby’s tallied an astounding 83% increase in watch sales in North America last year, blasting […]

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day selected by Carmelo Anthony is the Gerald Genta Octo Chronographe Quadri-Retro. This beautiful piece by Bulgari features an automatic winding, mechanical movement with 38 hour power reserve. The 45 mm 18k pink gold case meshes wonderfully with the black cloisonne dial showing retrograde minutes, date and chrono counters. […]