Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day is The Dream Watch 5 by DeBethune. This futuristic looking timepiece is an amazing machine which exhibits the creativity of DeBethune with its design and interesting shape. Powered by a DB caliber 2144 manual winding movement. The Dream Watch 5 features a small window on top of the timepiece […]

Results are in from this year’s OnlyWatch auction. This September at the Hôtel hermitage in Monaco, thirty-three watch brands each presented a unique timepiece to go under the hammer in support of research for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. The event is especially attractive to big collectors as all of the pieces are part of a limited […]

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day is the DB28T by De Bethune. This futuristic designed case is 42.6 mm, created in rose gold with anthracite zirconium floating lugs and a solid rose gold case back with a linear power reserve display. The DB28T is powered by a Calibre DB 2019 mechanical, hand-wound movement with a 5 day power […]

Lunar time was one of the earliest forms of tracking the hours, derived from the ancient astrolabe that plotted the movement of the planets relative to the stars. Today’s modern moonphase watches are a mainly decorative tribute to that ancient tradition, with practical uses limited to the tracking of ocean tides, a concern of serious […]

While we were in town for SIHH, we had some meetings off-site with brands. One of them is our favorites, Urwerk. We work with them a lot with Westime in LA, and was glad to be able to see Martin while I was in Geneva, and check out his latest watch launches, that he will […]

This amazing timepiece not only features a truly unique movement, but also a beautiful platinum and blued-steel sphere visible on the dial and rotates on its own axis to show the moonphase. This spectacular watch is also the Winner of the 11th Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix, De Bethune's DB28 was awarded the prize for Watch of the Year.

Haute Time Curator Seth Semilof sits down with Pierre Jacques, CEO of De Bethune timepieces at Basel World 2012

Today’s Watch of The Day is by DeBethune and it is the DB27 Titan Hawk. This technological breakthrough features a Calibre S233 mechanical self-winding movement with a self-regulating twin barrel, silicon white gold balance wheel and shock absorbing system. The distinctive case measures 43mm and is crafted from mirror-polished grade 5 titanium.  The DB27 is fitted […]

People often ask me how to buy a watch. I represent the fourth generation of my family in the watch business, and I quite literally grew up among the display cases of Westime with frequent visits to the workshops of Switzerland’s master watchmakers. Since watches are my past, my passion and my livelihood, I understand […]

Haute Time Curator Seth Semilof sits down with Pierre Jacques, CEO of De Bethune timepieces at Basel World 2012