By Roberta Naas This upcoming weekend (May 7-8) in New York signifies something incredible: America’s Cup racing returns to the city for the first time since 1920 in the form of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series races. With it, three top watch brands -- Bremont, Ulysse Nardin and Omega – get involved in a big way, each hoping their team sails to the win.

By Jordan Smith Continuing their fruitful partnership for a second year in a row, HYT and Alinghi have come together to release the H2 Alinghi, a new special edition piece with a number of new features.

By Roberta Naas It may be a mouthful to say, but it is also an earful and an eyeful. Panerai has just unveiled its most complicated watch to date: the Radiomir 1940 Minute Repeater Carillon Tourbillon GMT. The new watch – which is made to order only -- is remarkable for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the double repeater mechanism that enables the watch to chime either a local or a second time zone.

By Victoria Townsend Emmanuel Breguet is as polished and refined as they come. Welcoming us to the Breguet Museum in Paris, just above the recently inaugurated boutique at N° 6 Place Vendôme, this 7th generation descendent of the man universally considered to be the greatest watchmaker of all time begins by telling us he did not originally intend to become the custodian of the Breguet heritage...

By Victoria Townsend Last Saturday April 23rd Paris hosted its first Grand Prix race ever with 18 electric-powered cars competing in the 2016 FIA Formula E championship. The Paris Formula E Grand Prix, that followed its course around the Hôtel des Invalides right in the heart of the French capital in the 7th district was cheered on by 18,000 spectators eager to welcome this environmentally friendly race in a city that is becoming more and more “green”. Tickets had sold out almost overnight when they went on sale in mid-February. “Partner in time” of the e.dams-Renault team, Richard Mille was there to congratulate drivers Sébastien Buemi from Switzerland and Nicolas Prost of France who showed off their talent and proved their mettle in a tough, competitive race, finishing 3rd and 4th respectively just behind Brazilian Lucas Di Grassi and Frenchman Jean-Eric Vergne who took the first two places on the podium.

By Victoria Townsend Chopard will introduce its new high jewellery Red Carpet and Green Carpet Collections next month during the Cannes Film Festival from May 11 – 22. With exceptional stones and designs to match, the collections are soft and graceful, voluptuous and charming, paying tribute to women for their feminine touch. And for the first time in the industry, traceable emeralds from Zambia are featured in the Green Carpet Collection, already acclaimed for its traceable diamonds and Fairmined gold.

Check out some of the best designer haute joaillerie collectables seen at this year's Baselworld.

By Jordan Smith For the first time in Dubai, Vacheron Constantin hosted a global launch of its latest high complications that are a part of their renowned "Atelier Cabinotiers," a dedicated service for bespoke pieces for the brand.

By Roberta Naas It was an incredible year thus far at the world watch shows, with so many amazing new black-and-white watches for men and women making a strong appearance on the market. The new black/white look is on target with 2016 fashion trends, where black, white (and a lot of color) make strong appearances -- particularly in geometric patterns. Here we bring you a quick look at 10 Top black and white watches for the spring, summer and fall season.

By Roberta Naas In honor of Earth Day, we salute the watch brands that work to preserve our animals, our land and our seas. A host of watch companies take part – often on a behind-the-scenes basis – in the care and preservation of our Earth and its resources. From Rolex to Audemars Piguet, Omega, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Chopard and others – watch brands try to buy us more time with Earth’s treasures.

By Victoria Townsend Officine Panerai pays tribute to long-term Kuwait partner and distributor Ali Morad Behbehani with a new Special Edition LUMINOR 1950 SEALAND 3 DAYS AUTOMATIC ACCIAIO – 44mm. The Behbehani family is a name well known to watch aficionados in Kuwait and throughout the Gulf.

By Pooja Argawal In order to better serve guests staying at Singapore's many luxury hotels, Richard Mille has opened a new boutique in the lobby of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel.

By Roberta Naas At Baselworld 2016, Montre Hermes CEO Laurent Dordet celebrated his first year with the brand. He also talked at length with Haute Time about the brand’s watch direction, artistic craftsmanship and innovation.

By Roberta Naas To celebrate the opening of their newest flagship boutique on New York City's world-famous 5th Avenue and a number of other brand milestones, Hublot hosted a series of events throughout Manhattan.

Check out some of the best stories from the latest issues of Haute Time.

The Baume & Mercier Shelby Cobra watches pay tribute to those brave drivers, who put their lives on the line to prove that American gear heads with supercharged muscle cars could out-race Ferrari – and do it in style. Haute Time sat down with Allen Grant to discuss Carroll Shelby, Beating Ferrari and Joining Baume & Mercier.