By Victoria Townsend Two living legends, ten football greats, a 17th century garden, and a check for a good cause. Hublot made history today, one day before the UEFA EURO2016™ kick-off, with the “Match of Friendship and Peace” organized by the Swiss luxury watchbrand in the heart of Paris at the Palais Royal.

By Victoria Townsend For a first address in Paris, it’s brilliant! Adding to its over 50 stores worldwide, Graff has just opened its first shop in the French capital at N° 17 Place Vendôme, adjacent to the legendary Ritz Paris Hotel that reopens this week after four years and 400 million Euros of renovations. And to mark the opening of this new flagship store, the luxury brand is launching the Graff Vendôme timepiece collection, for ladies and gents.

By Roberta Naas It was eight years ago that the United Nations officially recognized June 8 as World Oceans Day. Today, we celebrate globally our Earth’s seas and our working together to keep them clean and healthy. Not only are organizations around the world fighting for this cause, but so, too, are a host of watch brands. Among them: Jaeger-LeCoultre, Rolex, Blancpain, Omega, IWC and a few others who offer everything from creating timepieces with proceeds going to organizations, to sponsorships of projects and expeditions, and more.

By Jordan Smith Last night, Montblanc celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award last night at the legendary Sunset Boulevard Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles with an intimate and exclusive cocktail event attended by Hollywood's biggest and brightest.

By Jordan Smith Last month in Dubai, Swiss luxury watchmaker IWC Schaffhausen hosted an exclusive watchmaking class for its most devoted collectors. The event offered VIPs an exciting glimpse into the world of haute horlogerie with legendary IWC watchmaker Kurt Klaus. The event was held to commemorate the launch of the brand's new Pilot's watch collection at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) in Geneva in January.

This year Patek Philippe will have a grand unveiling of new Nautilus timepieces. We took a close-up look at the famed Nautilus, its birth and growth.

By Roberta Naas The revamp of the Vacheron Constantin Overseas collection was four years in the making, and the brand shared the process during an Overseas Tour with executives, designers and world-famous photographer Steve McCurry.

By Victoria Townsend First applied by Abraham-Louis Breguet in the 1780s, the art of ‘guilloché’ is perpetuated today by the House of Breguet through its apprenticeship programs, with the very detailed repeated patterns now visible on dials, cases, case-backs, and oscillating weights. Here are three outstanding examples from this year’s collection...

By Pooja Agarwal Graff has long been synonymous with the most fabulous jewels in the world. Founded in 1960 by Laurence Graff, the luxury brand launched the new Princess Butterfly watch collection at this year's Baselworld. The design of the secret jewelry watch is based on the butterfly silhouette.

By Jordan Smith How would you like to own a unique piece of footballing history? This month, a vast collection of 2,000 items of memorabilia owned by legendary Brazilian footballer Pelé will hit the auction block in London.

By Jordan Smith Rolex devotee and three-time FIA Formula One Driver's World Champion Sir Jackie Stewart is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his first ever Grand Prix de Monaco victory at the Circuit de Monaco in 1966.

By Roberta Naas Tucked away in the village of Le Sentier, Switzerland, lies one of time’s best providers: Jaeger-LeCoultre. The manufacture – with more than 200 watchmakers and various artisans -- has a rich history of watchmaking and innovative, cutting-edge pioneering that sets it apart from most others and flags it as a benchmark leader. Let’s face it; the brand is just about 17 years shy of its 200th birthday. Recently, I had the opportunity to visit Jaeger-LeCoultre and its rare handcrafts department. This is the heart of the artistic repertoire of the brand – the place where the masterful hand enameling, engraving and gem setting takes place. Here we share with you a little insight into how these incredible timepieces are hand crafted and brought to life.

By Victoria Townsend In management positions with Omega from 1968 to 1974 before joining Audemars Piguet, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Blancpain until 1999, Stephen Urquhart returned to Omega on June 1st 1999 as President of the company, where he has remained until today. We were happy to meet with him during Baselworld 2016, shortly before the official announcement of his retirement today, May 31st 2016.

By Natalie Stoclet Haute Time, in collaboration with Lala Anthony, hosted a very Melo celebration in honor of Carmelo Anthony’s birthday on May 28, 2016. The star-studded night took place at the brand new Cipriani club, Socialista, in New York City. As a debut dinner for the new venue, which was opened by Maggio Cipriani, 35 haute attendees gathered for an intimate birthday fete.

By Roberta Naas Ethical mining of emeralds and other gemstones is an all-important factor in today's jewelry. Gemfields not only complies with ethical mining and sustainability its emerald mines in South Africa, but also sets new standards.

By Victoria Townsend Haute watchmaker Bovet 1822, and Pininfarina - designers “per eccellenza” of airplanes, yachts, and more than 100 Ferrari cars to date - have joined forces again to create a new timepiece that is light and harmonious, transparent and powerful, with ten days of chronometric power reserve for a single barrel hand-wound movement with flying tourbillon.