It is almost time for Patek Philippe's Grand Exhibition in New York City to open its doors, but what can you expect when visiting it?

By creating unnecessary grandeur, Ulysse Nardin shows what Haute Horlogerie is all about with the Marine Grand Deck, combining a visual spectacle with a practical personality.

Today, exactly 216 years go, Abraham-Louis Breguet was awarded the patent of the tourbillon. Little did he know that he had just invented one of the most prestigious complications in watchmaking for centuries to come, which was to him just a way to minimize the influence of gravity on the escapement of his watches.

Say the name Journe, and many watch enthusiasts will get instantly excited, as the Master-watchmaker from Geneva has built an impressive reputation based on equally impressive watches. It is however not always the complications that do the talking, as this Chronometre Souverain shows.

Diving watches are among the most popular type of watches these days, but what makes a diving watch a diver's watch is not too clear. ISO 6245 sets the standard for this, and we take a closer look at what that means!

It was one of the most talked about watches at Baselworld, the new Rolex Sea-Dweller. Many of these conversations focused on red text and a cyclops, but there is more to the new Sea-Dweller, who just happen also to celebrate its 50th anniversary this year!

Haute Time had the pleasure of talking with Guy Bove, Creative Director of La Chronométrie Ferdinand Berthoud. He gave us an insight into how it is to bring an old brand back to life, and how the design came together.

Omega gifted Speedmaster Moonwatch Professional Chronograph watches to the winners of the 2017 Stephen Hawking Medal for Science Communication to pioneer musician Jean-Michel Jarre, astrophysicist and author Neil deGrasse Tyson as well as the creators and cast of the hit series The Big Bang Theory.

While there are many rare watches, they cannot beat unique watches, especially not when we are talking chronographs by Patek Philippe, such as the Ref.530 Astrua Torino.

It seems that time makes us more appreciative of designs from the past. Maybe it is because we have seen them on multiple occasions, so we got more used to them, or maybe because they invoke a sentimental sense of yesteryear. A lot of watches that are introduced each year are based on, or inspired by, vintage models from the brand, and that is not a bad thing.

Many ladies watches, even more so than men's watches, are on the threshold of being watch or art. They combine their timekeeping function with intricate designs, gemstone settings, enamel painting, and in the case of the Lady 8 Flower: an automaton.

"Gründlichkeit" is a German word that can be translated as thoroughness. It is also one of the first words that come to mind when you examine the new Glashütte Original Senator Excellence Perpetual Calendar.

We Will Rock You! When it isn't the music, then it is the (life)style of the world's most famous rockers that is grabbing headlines. Watches are an intricate part of this, as these three examples show.

When it comes to explaining Hublot's "Art of Fusion," there is almost no better example than "Magic Gold." Hublot is the first and only watch brand that has created the impossible: scratch-resistant 18K gold.

When it comes to stainless steel Haute Horlogerie sports watches there is a lot to choose these days. Many are new entries, but some are part of an exclusive inner circle. Among them is the Vacheron Constantin Overseas. Revamped in 2016, the Overseas collection comes with something that many of its competitors don't have: a world time complication.

Exactly a year from the start of FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia, luxury horologer Hublot unveiled its new store in the historic Metropol building in Moscow.