By Victoria Townsend Manually corrected only once every year, annual calendars count the total number of days in 11 months out of 12 and provide useful information on creative dials. With a quick glance at your wrist, you can see not only the time but also the day, date, month and (often) the phase of the moon. Here are three annual calendars that are so beautiful and user-friendly you will find yourself looking forward to February 28…or 29, just for the pleasure of resetting your watch on March 1st.

By Jordan Smith The two worlds of street art and haute horlogerie are crashing together in a big way. Famed graffiti artist Cyril Kongo and Richard Mille have teamed up for the brand new RM 68-01 Tourbillon Cyril Kongo watch.

By Christopher Beccan Learn how Last Drop 1967 and the Heuer Autavia 2446 go perfectly together in our latest Watches and Whisky feature.

Pooja Argawal The Hour Glass, one of Singapore’s foremost luxury retailers, partnered with Breitling to launch the Avenger Hurricane. On June 9, more than 150 guests attended an exclusive party, coupled with a 10-day aviation themed exhibition at Paragon, the high-end luxury mall on Orchard Road.

Over the weekend, former Governor of California and legendary action star Arnold Schwarzenegger helped raise $1,153,000 at a recent charity event at his home with the help of his non-profit organization After-School All-Stars (ASAS) and Westime. All the money raised will go to support after-school programs for underserved youth. This marks the fourth year that Schwarzenegger has hosted the event, and is its most successful year yet.

By Victoria Townsend As part of the international celebrations to launch the Zenith El Primero Chronomaster 1969 Cohiba Edition first presented in Havana on May 24, the Swiss watch brand from Le Locle recently hosted not just one but two prestigious events in Dubai, in collaboration with luxury retail partners Rivoli Group.

By Paige Mastrandrea The W Hotel South Beach hosted its “Gentlemen’s Night Out” event with a celebration of watches and whiskey, presented by Hublot. The Hilhaven Lodge Whiskey, Lou La Vie and Jetsmarter all partnered in the event with Haute Living as the exclusive media partner.

By Roberta Naas Those familiar with Formula One racing know the name Max Chilton and Team Marussia, which is now defunct. British racecar driver, Max Chilton, however, has started a new life … this time with the American counterpart to F1: IndyCar. He has joined the Gallagher/Chip Ganassi Racing Team, donned the blue, white and silver team colors and embarked on a new direction in time with independent watchmaker, Armin Strom. The driver, already familiar with the Armin Strom brand since his F1 days, approached Armin Strom when he moved to IndyCar and the brand quickly got behind him again as a sponsor. Now, the two take their partnership to a new level, unveiling the Armin Strom Max Chilton Edge Double Barrel Watch.

By Pooja Agarwal The CoutureTime exhibition made its debut at Encore at Wynn Las Vegas, where watchmakers created bespoke environments out of the hotel’s lavish ballrooms to showcase their latest timepieces.

By Roberta Naas The Breitling Jet Team - the largest civilian aerobatic aviation team -- is in its second year of American touring. The partnership between Breitling and the Jet Team underscores the attention, by both, to detail, precision, excellence and outstanding performance.Everyone who knows watches knows that Breitling is perhaps the brand most closely affiliated with flight and pilots’ instruments for the wrist. It therefore makes great sense that this is the company that would pioneer the way for aviation sponsorships. In fact, it was

By Victoria Townsend We all know the playful and multi award-winner Margot, Christophe Claret’s first timepiece developed specifically for ladies, launched in 2014 and based on the theme “He loves me…he loves me not” with a daisy in the centre of the dial. When pressing the pushbutton at 2 o’clock, 1 or 2 petals slide under the dial, and a degree of love (or not) with the French words for: “he loves me: a little, a lot, passionately, madly, or not at all” are selected, all at random and accompanied by a chime at each press.

With Father’s Day around the corner, we went out on a limb to find some unusual timepieces just right for dad. Just like we brought “lace and fabric” watches to the forefront for Mother’s Day, now we bring you a close up, comprehensive look at some wonderful luxury watches with wooden dials and bezels.

By Roberta Naas Fans of long-running television show, Grey’s Anatomy, know him as the steamy Dr. Derek Shepherd who was – to everyone’s dismay – killed off in an automobile accident. Avid racing fans, especially those following world endurance racing, know him for the Team that bears his name –Dempsey Racing. Either way, actor and racecar driver Patrick Dempsey – also a TAG Heuer brand ambassador – is a man with many passions – and right now, staying focused is one of them.

By Victoria Townsend No fewer than twelve new Panerai timepieces were presented at the “Panerai: Dive Into Time” exhibition at the Marino Marini Museum in Florence last month. Among them was the outstanding made on order Radiomir 1940 Minute Repeater Carillon Tourbillon GMT already detailed for you by Haute Time. Happily, not all of these new timepieces are made on order, and some have already started to arrive in stores. Here are six from the Luminor Marina family, updated with the new in-house automatic P.9010 movement redesigned for lighter, thinner watches.

By Paige Mastrandrea Jaeger-LeCoultre celebrated its Tides of Time exhibition in partnership with UNESCO on World Oceans Day.

By Victoria Townsend A. Lange & Söhne has reinforced its presence in the Middle East with the opening of a boutique in Beirut, Lebanon. CEO Wilhelm Schmid flew in to the Lebanese capital on May 26th for the ribbon-cutting ceremony at 153 Foch Street, Central District, where he was joined by Brand Director Middle East, Africa & India, Ramzi Nael.