Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day comes from Blancpain’s Villeret Collection, it is the Squelette 8 Jours.  The Villeret Squelette 8 Jours is a perfect combination of Blancpains’ watchmaking history and hand finishing techniques in which the brand takes great pride.  This beautiful timepiece displays its skeletonized, openworked movement which features incredible detail and engraving on the […]

Remarkably, diver’s watches did not exist  in 1953, when Blancpain CEO and diving enthusiast Jean-Jacques Fiechter set out to create a reliable instrument capable of accompanying him on his underwater adventures. It was christened Fifty Fathoms after the British measurement corresponding to around 91 meters, then considered to be the maximum depth divers could reach […]

If you’re planning to pull on one of those uncomely wetsuits and don a scuba mask this summer, you should at least make sure you’re wearing an attractive watch. And a great dive watch not only serves a style function, it is essential equipment for divers who want to survive their plunge in the ocean. […]

Baselworld is nothing short of the world’s largest watch fair, where watchmakers from every corner of the globe gather to reveal their newest creations and receive valuable feedback from watch collectors, retailers and journalists.

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day is The Tourbillon Carrousel by Blancpain. A new offering Blancpain shared with Haute Time at BaselWorld 2013. This amazing timepiece marries a tourbillon and a carrousel device into one extraordinary creation. Equipped with a new Caliber 2322 movement housed in an 18k gold 44.60mm case, Blancpain brings it all together in this spectacular timepiece. […]

As someone who has covered the ladies’ watch market since it exploded in the early 2000s, I have never been so inspired by the previews so far of ladies’ pieces being introduced in Basel later this month. Ladies watches went through three stages: first came smaller versions of men’s watches; then came hyperfeminine colors, including […]

Last week luxury watchmakers Blancpain doubled their presence in Hong Kong with the opening of a new boutique at ifc mall in Central and a flagship store at 1881 Heritage in Tsim Sha Tsui. The Swiss watchmaker opened their new hubs on opposite shores of the prestigious Victoria Harbour, in the city known as the “Pearl […]

With just over a month to go, luxury watchmaker Blancpain has joined HYT in making a pre-Baselworld unveiling. The Swiss manufacture has unveiled the new Women’s Chronograph Large Date, a timepiece with a beautiful mother-of-pearl face and a self-winding heart with several complications. The Chronograph Large Date begins with a 38.6mm-diameter case in 18 carat red gold […]

On Wednesday evening, Blancpain held a special dinner recognizing 3 Michelin Star Chef Daniel Humm as a friend of the brand. The event was held at Chef Humm’s Eleven Madison Park Restaurant in New York, where guests were treated to a wonderful culinary experience while enjoying the Blancpain timepieces. Vice President of Blancpain Alain Delamuraz and […]

Blancpain is well known for its complicated and iconic men’s watches, including the celebrated Fifty Fathoms diving watches and the Carrousel tourbillons from the Le Brassus collection. But this has tended to sometimes overshadow the fact that Blancpain has also consistently introduced mechanical ladies’ watches, including several complications, with particular attention to metiers dial finishes. […]

Luxury watchmakers are fighting for market shares of the lucrative Swiss watch industry, which the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH pegs at a worth of US$23 billion. With growing demand in Asian, European and American markets, luxury watchmakers are scrambling to secure production means in order to maintain growth, but Reuters reports that there […]

This month luxury conglomerate Swatch Group released financial figures from 2012 showing that earnings are up a billion dollars over the previous year. The Bienne, Switzerland-based company, which is the world’s largest holder of watch manufactures, earned $8.79 billion (CHF 8,143 million), an increase of 14% over 2011. Although the company owns various holdings, the Watches & […]

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day selected by Carmelo Anthony is the Villeret Inverted Movement by Blancpain. From the classic Villeret Collection comes this special piece with an inverted movement with black ceramic. Blancpain uses the movement as a dial, by inverting it and exposing the beautifully decorated bridges visible through the sapphire crystal to create this […]

Haute Time had the opportunity to visit the Blancpain boutique in New York at 781 Madison Avenue, where Brand Manager Adam Bossi showed us some of the brands most unique watches. This piece is part of the Villeret collection and is Blancpain’s dress line. The dial is made from fired white enamel and features the […]

Haute Time had the opportunity to visit the Blancpain boutique in New York at 781 Madison Avenue, where Brand Manager Adam Bossi showed us some of the brand’s most unique watches.

Luxury conglomerate Swatch Group have released financial figures from 2012 showing that earnings are up a billion dollars over the previous year. The Swiss company, which is the world’s largest holder of watch manufactures, earned $8.79 billion (CHF 8,143 million), an increase of 14% over 2011. Although the company owns various holdings, the Watches & Jewelry segment […]