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What Makes The Sound Of A Minute Repeater So Magical?

The history of the minute repeater goes back to a time before electric light. As lighting an oil lamp was quite some work, watchmakers build repeating mechanisms in pocket watches so that they could sound the time on demand. The invention of the minute repeater was claimed by both Edward Barlow and Daniel Quare, but it was Quare who obtained a patent for it in 1687. Initially, watches equipped with a repeating mechanism used bells to chime the time, later to be replaced with wire gong, which took up less space. These weren't minute repeaters, at first, but quarter repeaters, chiming the time to the closest quarter.

By Martin Green

Sparkling Gem-Set Watches For 2018

Gem-set watches combine the artisanal skills of high jewelry with the craftsmanship of high watchmaking. Each of these watches below provides a different interpretation of the skills required to produce exceptional timepieces with master jewelry making techniques

Watch Brands Take Advantage Of Titanium’s Lightness, Strength And Beauty

Titanium is sought after for its low density and high strength. In addition, it is resistant to corrosion in sea water and chlorine. However, it requires different techniques than working with gold or stainless steel

Thin Is In! Bvlgari And The Battle For Having The Thinnest Mechanical Watches

Ultra-thin watches: not too long ago this was the exclusive territory of dress watches. Brands like Vacheron Constantin, Patek Philippe and Piaget, ruled in this domain. Yet as many things in the watch industry change, so also this. In more recent times having the world's thinnest mechanical watch (with or without a complication) seems to have turned into a showdown between Piaget and Bulgari, who put a distinctly different spin on things!

I’m Spinning Around! Top 5 Tourbillon Watches

The tourbillon is still the undeniable king of the complications. It is often the one that envokes the most feverish reactions from watch collectors and connoisseurs alike. Part of its magic is its undeniable ability to captivate through its mesmerizing motion and the technical complexity to achieve this. These are some of the most recent watches with a tourbillon that were able to capture, and hold our attention!

Five Watches For Mother

Mother's Day is almost there again, which means that florists are getting busy, restaurants are trying to keep up with reservations, yet many children are still contemplating what to give their mother. At Haute Time we are of course very biased and think that a watch would make the perfect gift, like one of these five for example!

Haute Time’s Favorite Baselworld Watches: Part II

After Part I of Haute Time's Favorite Baselworld Watches, there are still a few new watches that we would like to highlight, as they made strong entries to our wishlists, and perhaps those of yours as well.

And Some More Great New Watches From Baselworld

For a few days a year Basel, normally a modest provincial capital on the Swiss borders with Germany and France, is the capital of the world, the watch world that is. This year is particularly strong in terms of new offerings. The vast majority of the brands exhibiting at Baselworld introduced watches that are very pure in their DNA, while at the same time in tune with what the market currently desires, like these four watches:

Watch Brands Get Exposure On The Oscars Red Carpet

Male celebrities walked the Oscars red carpet in watches from Montblanc, IWC Jaeger-LeCoultre, Bulgari and Piaget

Watch Brands With The Highest And Lowest ‘Digital IQ’

One of the conclusions of the report is that large, well-funded companies that already have strong brand recognition are doing much better than smaller brands. That advantage is reinforced among luxury holding companies, which again benefit from having big pockets

Inside Watches & Wonders’ American Debut In Miami Design District

An inside look at the four-day Watches & Wonders event, which made its American debut for the first time ever, choosing Miami as its venue.

Bvlgari Diva’s Dream Minute Repeater, a dream indeed!

Rarely has a name for a watch been as appropriate as for the Bvlgari Diva’s Dream Minute Repeater, as this timepiece can only be categorized for what it name already tells us: a dream. This dream is pretty much a fairy tale as it describes the marriage of a beautiful case, and a stunning dial, with one of the Haute Horlogerie's finest, and thinnest, minute repeater movements in the world: the manufacture caliber BVL 362 which we can also find in the Bvlgari Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater.

Five Horological Novelties In Geneva

While the SIHH takes place in the Palexpo halls of Geneva, this is not the only place in the city where you can find the latest and greatest watches. In the downtown area, brands that are not officially part of the SIHH setup shop on boats and in the exclusives hotels near the lake. For them, Baselworld is often the main fair to introduce their new models, but that didn’t stop them to bring a few novelties to Geneva as well!

Haute Time’s Favorite Watches Of 2017 Part I

When the new year is coming closer people tend to look back at what the current year has brought them. During the course of the year, the tide turned, and many brands enjoyed, once more, increased sales. This was in part due to some incredible new models that were introduced, which worked up an appetite with watch collectors and connoisseurs. At Haute Time we also look back, with our favorite watches of 2017!

Some Of The Best Skeletons For Your Closet

Granted, these skeletons are not very scary, so that might make them even more perfect for your closet because they will complement a large range of outfits. Skeleton watches have always been quite a challenge to make, as you cut away what a watch so desperately needs: the stability of the main plate and bridges. That makes skeleton watches almost like a walk on the high wire for watchmakers, and so enticing for the rest of us!

Four Complicated Yet Understated Watches

It is somewhat of a contradiction: to create a complicated watch, and then make it look as simple and understated as possible. This not only requires technical prowess, but also quite a bit of skill from the designers, as nothing is as difficult as making a complicated watch look simple, yet these four watches do just that!

Bulgari Serpenti Secret: A Private Pleasure

Animals have always been a great inspiration for watchmakers. Surprisingly, a lot of designs based on an animal become iconic watches. This is most certainly the case of the Serpenti, once the favorite watch of Elizabeth Taylor.