Haute Time recently spotted country music star Keith Urban wearing an OMEGA Seamaster Planet Ocean while sitting on the judges panel on American Idol. It looks like Urban’s wife Nicole Kidman is a good influence! The actress and Omega ambassador is frequently spotted wearing the brand, including during a recent screening of her new movie Stoker, when she […]

For baseball fans, the T206 Honus Wagner is the stuff of legend. Known as the most famous baseball card in the world, the T206 depicts Johannes Peter “Honus” Wagner nicknamed, widely considered one of the best baseball players of all time. This week the Audemars Piguet flagship in New York welcomed “The Jumbo Wagner”,  one of the highest […]

This week Vacheron Constantin have thrilled fans of the brand with the unveiling of not one but two new timepieces. The Swiss manufacture unveiled the Patrimony Traditionnelle small seconds watch and the Patrimony Contemporaine pocket watch, and Haute Time has your first look at these timepieces: Let’s start with the Patrimony Traditionnelle small seconds watch, which […]

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day selected by Carmelo Anthony is the Ingenieur Automatic Carbon Performance by IWC. The Carbon case of the IWC Ingenieur Automatic Carbon Performance measures 46 mm and houses a Calibre 80110 mechanical movement with a 44 hour power reserve. The black dial features a carbon-fiber under and over technique, […]

In the quest for all things luxury, Haute Time is taking a look at a different kind of mechanical beauty with the help of Haute Auto. For all those who love a beautiful tourbillon, the new McLaren P1™, touted as the best driver’s car in the world on road and track, is certain to impress. […]

Actress Diane Kruger was spotted wearing her favorite Jaeger-LeCoultre Joaillerie 101 Art Déco Watch at the Los Angeles premiere of her new film The Host. The actress is frequently spotted wearing the white gold and diamond timepiece, which has held the title of world’s smallest mechanical movement since 1929, weighing in at just one gram. Photos […]

Luxury watchmakers Richard Mille have announced the opening of Proart, an ultra-contemporary 3,000 m2 factory in Les Breuleux, Switzerland. The factory is a major milestone for the manufacture, allowing Richard Mille to produce its own cases and certain movement components (including baseplates and bridges). The announcement comes in the wake of news that Swiss watchmakers are […]

Collecting watches is a great pleasure, but you can’t wear them all at once, so you need a winder. As counterintuitive as it sounds, keeping automatic watches constantly moving avoids unnecessary wear on the movement. Every time a watch is unscrewed to be wound and reset, it erodes the screw threads and wears down the […]

Today’s Haute Time Watch of Day selected by Carmelo Anthony is the Chronomètre Optimum by F.P. Journe. The F.P. Journe Chronomètre Optimum features a Calibre 1510 manual winding 18k rose gold movement with a 70 hour power reserve. The movement is housed in a 40mm or 42mm rose gold case. The beautiful dial is gold guillochè clous de Paris […]

Luxury fashion house Burberry are set to make their Baselworld debut next month. The British label, known for their iconic trench coat, recently expanded into the world of haute horlogerie with the Britain timepiece. Now the brand are set to unveil an updated version of the Britain watch, a timepeice inspired by the iconic Burberry trench […]

In this photo, American business magnate John Francis “Jack” Welch, Jr., is spotted wearing a Patek Philippe Calatrava timepiece. Welch, who served as the chairman and CEO of General Electric from 1981-2001, has a biweekly column at Reuters and Fortune. The executive recently appeared as himself on an episode of the NBC sitcom 30 Rock in a scene with Jack Donaghy (portrayed by Alec Baldwin), the fictional Vice President of East Coast Television and […]

The first campaign image from Girard-Perregaux’s partnership with the Academy of Motion Pictures has been revealed. Last year the luxury watchmaker teamed up with the Academy, the organization responsible for the Oscars, as the exclusive timekeeper and founding supporter of the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. To celebrate this partnership, Girard-Perregaux is launching an international advertising campaign featuring […]

Luxury watchmakers Hublot announced today that the manufacture has teamed up with the iconic band Depeche Mode in support of a good cause. The Swiss company and the British band are working together to raise funds for charity: water, a non-profit company founded to help bring safe drinking water to the developing world. Nearly 800 million people […]

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day selected by Carmelo Anthony is the Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph Ceramic by Audemars Piguet. This impressive Royal Oak model features a Manufacture Caliber 3126/3840 self-winding Chronograph movement housed in a 44 mm black ceramic case. The sleek case features a glareproof sapphire crystal and a titanium and glareproofed crystal case back, along […]

Luxury watchmakers IWC Schaffhausen are the official ‘Festival-Time’ partner of the Tribeca Film Festival, and this week they unveiled a unique tribute to this iconic event. In honor of the festival, IWC unveiled a one-off timepiece which will be auctioned off in support of their nonprofit affiliate, the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI). Antiquorum will auction off […]

Last year luxury watchmakers Patek Philippe opened their first Maison in China’s largest city, Shanghai. The Maison Patek Philippe, located in the historic Bund area of Shanghai, marks the Swiss manufacture’s continued growth in China with their local partner, the Melchers Group. In addition to their boutique in Beijing, the Maison was established to bridge the vast geographical distance […]