By Roberta Naas Tucked away in the village of Le Sentier, Switzerland, lies one of time’s best providers: Jaeger-LeCoultre. The manufacture – with more than 200 watchmakers and various artisans -- has a rich history of watchmaking and innovative, cutting-edge pioneering that sets it apart from most others and flags it as a benchmark leader. Let’s face it; the brand is just about 17 years shy of its 200th birthday. Recently, I had the opportunity to visit Jaeger-LeCoultre and its rare handcrafts department. This is the heart of the artistic repertoire of the brand – the place where the masterful hand enameling, engraving and gem setting takes place. Here we share with you a little insight into how these incredible timepieces are hand crafted and brought to life.

By Victoria Townsend In management positions with Omega from 1968 to 1974 before joining Audemars Piguet, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Blancpain until 1999, Stephen Urquhart returned to Omega on June 1st 1999 as President of the company, where he has remained until today. We were happy to meet with him during Baselworld 2016, shortly before the official announcement of his retirement today, May 31st 2016.

By Roberta Naas Ethical mining of emeralds and other gemstones is an all-important factor in today's jewelry. Gemfields not only complies with ethical mining and sustainability its emerald mines in South Africa, but also sets new standards.

By Victoria Townsend Haute watchmaker Bovet 1822, and Pininfarina - designers “per eccellenza” of airplanes, yachts, and more than 100 Ferrari cars to date - have joined forces again to create a new timepiece that is light and harmonious, transparent and powerful, with ten days of chronometric power reserve for a single barrel hand-wound movement with flying tourbillon.

By Pooja Agarwal Launched at the beginning of this year at SIHH, the name of the new A. Lange & Söhne Richard Lange Jumping Seconds says it all. The watchmaker from Saxony added this latest model to a series developed by A. Lange & Söhne in 2006, wherein an integrated jumping mechanism facilitates the display of time in strict one-second intervals.

By Jordan Smith A purveyor of some of the world's finest cuban cigars, Cohiba is collaborating with Zenith watches for a limited edition of the El Primero Chronograph 1969 that features a number of design aesthetics influenced by the prestigious cigar maker.

By Roberta Naas For those who know MB&F (Max Busser and Friends), you know this is a company that is all about partnerships with the finest people in and out of the watch industry. That is why the newest launch, the Legacy Machine No. 1 Silberstein speaks volumes about the brand DNA. It is a collaboration with the well-known French designer, Alain Silberstein.

By Victoria Townsend The House of Jaquet Droz knows as much about traveling and the performing arts as it does about timekeeping. It was back in 1758 that Pierre Jaquet-Droz and his son Henri-Louis presented their clocks to the Spanish Royal Court, and in 1773 their humanoid automata, first in La-Chaux-de-Fonds and then to all the Royal Courts of Europe, capturing attention and admiration with creations noted as much for their beauty and charm as their exceptional mechanical qualities...

By Jordan Smith Learn why the Patek Philippe 5270 and Glenfiddich 40 go so well together in our latest watches and whisky feature.

By Pooja Agarwal Launched earlier this year at Baselworld, the new Diamond Ribbon Joaillerie Ref. 4968/400R-001 by Patek Philippe is a sparkling addition to the Swiss watchmaker’s Diamond Ribbon collection.

By Jordan Smith Swiss luxury watchmaker Richard Mille and tennis champion Rafael Nadal have teamed up to present the RM 35-02 Rafael Nadal. Like its predecessors in the "Nadal" line, it represents a leap in technological achievement for the brand.

By Jordan Smith Hublot launched it's third collaboration with Kobe Bryant, the Classic Fusion Kobe Bryant "Herovillain", at the newly redesigned Hublot boutique in Beverly Hills.

By Roberta Naas Throughout the past three days, Christie’s Auction House has experienced some record-setting sales of jewels, watches and wine in what may go down as one of the most successful auctions of the season. During the May 18 Magnificent Jewels Auction, the top lot sold was the Oppenheimer Blue Diamond, which reaped an incredible $57.5 million and set a new world record as the most expensive jewel sold at auction.

By Victoria Townsend Hublot committed to football back in 2006, the first luxury watch brand to do so. Official Timekeeper for the EURO, the World Cup, the Champions League and the Europa League, it is now also the Official Watch of both the UEFA Champions League™ and the UEFA EURO 2016™. These two mechanical chronographs for timing football matches are made available to sports enthusiasts and watch aficionados alike, in two limited editions of 100 numbered pieces each.

By Jordan Smith This week, Panerai is inviting friends and admirers of the brand to dive into time and explore its past, present and future. From May 18 to the 24, the Florentine brand is holding the Dive Into Time exhibit in the crypt of the former church of San Pancrazio, home of the Marino Marini Museum in the center of Florence.

By Jordan Smith Over the weekend, Phillips Geneva held a pair of extremely successful watch auctions that achieved over $33 million, more than all other auction houses combined. Between the two auctions (Start, Stop, Reset: 88 Epic Stainless Steel Chronograph and The Geneva Watch Auction: Three), 6 wristwatches garnered over $1 million at Phillips at the two auctions.