One-on-one with Christie's new Head of Watches for New York and the VP of the Private Sales Watches department...

A two-tone watch does not mean just any two tones. It means a white metal (usually steel), mixed with gold, either rose or yellow. Two-tone was originally introduced as a way of making watches, which were once all gold, more accessible, by mixing in steel. The look was prevalent in the early ’90s, as was […]

Today’s Watch of the Day is the 5960P Blue Dial Chronograph by Patek Philippe. This special timepiece, making a statement in platinum, celebrates the first collection of self-winding Chronographs developed and Manufactured entirely in-house by Patek Philippe. Part of the Men’s complications collection, this beautiful Platinum Annual Calendar Chronograph features a Caliber CH 28-520 QA 24H mechanical, self-winding movement, […]

The Patek Philippe Calatrava is the ultimate classic timepiece and the brand’s flagship model – the heirloom that you “never really own.”  The first model, shown here, was the Ref. 96, introduced in the same year the Stern family, owners of Patek Philippe, acquired the company: 1932. The watch is an obvious forerunner of today’s […]

Haute Time rounds up the best perpetual calendars of 2013 from Chopard, Antoine Martin and more...

A rare Patek Philippe Reference 2499 timepiece from 1953-60 headlined Auctionata's first-ever online auction...

As a part of Grand Complication, The Exhibition, the Aaron Faber Gallery in New York has several exquisite pieces on display, including a $1.5 Million Rare Patek Philippe. Edward Faber, the gallery’s owner and author of American Wristwatches: Five Decades of Style and Design spoke with Haute Time at the gallery and walked us through […]

Haute Time tracked down guitar legend Eric Clapton's Patek Philippe timepiece...

Father’s Day is a great opportunity to gift your dad with something that represents the one thing we all want more of: time. These five great timepieces are chosen for their special qualities of appeal to a diverse range of  archetypal fathers. The Omega Sedna, with its patented rose gold alloy, is for the alchemist […]

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 […]

Haute Time's exclusive interview with Aurel Bacs, the International Head of Watches at Christie's Auction House, about the historic Stephen S. Palmer Patek Philippe Grand Complication going up for auction this month...

Luxury watchmaker Patek Philippe has unveiled a new grand complication with the Ref. 6002 Sky Moon Tourbillon. According to the manufacture this timepiece is based on the Ref. 5002 Sky Moon Tourbillon, Patek Philippe’s most complicated wristwatch, with 12 complications on two dials. The new Ref. 6002, the Sky Moon Tourbillon also boasts impressive complications, […]

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day is a special piece created by Patek Philippe, its the ref. 5004T Split-Seconds Perpetual Calendar in Titanium. Patek Philippe has released this one of a kind piece in Titanium for the Only Watch 2013 Charity Auction in Monaco this coming September. All the proceeds raised from the Auction […]

This week Christie’s auction house hosted its Spring auction of jewellery, watches and wine in Geneva. With pieces from Patek Philippe and Rolex, as well as a stunning 101.73-carat diamond, the auction realized a total of US$128,773,791. Of the lots auctioned off in Geneva, the ‘Important Watches including A Gentleman’s Pursuit for Excellence, Part II’ […]

Like many people at BaselWorld, going to see the new Patek Philippe pieces was one of the best parts of the watch show for me.  This year, I was very excited to see that the brand upgraded the Nautilus chronograph line with an all rose gold edition (ref. 5980/1R), as well as a steel and gold […]

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day pick comes right from BaselWorld – it is the new Gondolo 8 Days by Patek Philippe. This mechanical, manually wound movement features an 8-day power reserve and day and date function, housed in a 37.4 mm x 46.0 mm gold case. The day appears in the aperture and […]