Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day is the Dressage by Hermes. This beautiful 18k rose gold limited edition timepiece, marks the 175th anniversary of the house of Hermes with the Dressage Limited Edition rose gold model. Limitied to 175 pieces, this Anniversary piece features a mechanical self-winding Vaucher Manufacture H1837 movement, with hour, minute […]

Millions of tourists visit Switzerland every year for its famous Alpine ski resorts and five-star spas on pristine lakes, but watch lovers know another Switzerland that combines the thrill of horological discovery with breathtaking scenery. Instead of the resorts and casinos of Lugano or the glamour and excitement of St. Moritz and Gstaad, they are […]

Hermes presents: Arceau Pocket Amazones. This new Hermes timepiece was designed based on ties with a painted dial and was created by Henri d’Origny. The points of the watch were placed by hand on the lower dial and are made of gold while the belt and the mounting system used previously by d’Origny in 1978 pay homage to […]

Haute Time curator Seth Semilof sat down with Hermes Commercial Director Bruno Dard for an exclusive video interview at JCK 2012 in Las Vegas.

Today, while touring the leather workshop at La Montre Hermès watch manufacture near Neuchatel, Switzerland, I learned why it takes two hours to make one leather strap the Hermès way. After checking out the leather vault and witnessing the choosing, cutting and shaving of the leather (a one-hour process), I was led to a work […]

I have been doing some research on Hermès, as I will be visiting the manufacture near La Chaux-de-Fonds and the design studio in Paris next week. Like many watch brands, Hermès only recently developed its own base caliber, but I was surprised to learn that, like most of the mor well-known top watch brands, Hermès […]

La Montre Hermès has presented its two first manufacture movements which, alongside the “Grandes Heures” and “Le temps suspendu” complications, stays with the divine craftsmanship and excellence commanded by a House with a watchmaking tradition that dates back to 1912. One calibre has given rise to two elite movements measuring time in both the feminine […]

Falling snow makes incredible imagery, especially when the cold white powder falls from the sky to blanket the ground. And though this white shroud completely covers our environment, it still allows us to recognize structures via their silhouette. The Hermès Sertie Neige watch, which roughly translates into “snow setting” watch, is very reminiscent of the […]