Luxury watchmakers Maximilian Büsser & Friends have brought together two of our favorite luxury pursuits: haute horlogerie and beautiful sportscars. The company recently unveiled the HM5 On the Road Again, an stunning ode to the Amida Digitrend and the super-powered cars of that iconic timepieces’ era. The 51.5mm x 49mm x 22.5mm wedge-shaped case of MB […]

With all the excitement surrounding The Omega brand lately, boutique openings around the world, their brand ambassadors and of course the recent worldwide release of James Bond Skyfall, it was wonderful to see yet another unique piece from the Omega brand. During a recent visit to the Omega Boutique in New York City, I had […]

The world of luxury and creativity have converged in Miami for the 11th annual Art Basel, and this Thursday December 6th, they’re in for a treat. Celebrated artist Domingo Zapata is set to unveil a one-of-a-kind window installation at Hublot’s exclusive Miami boutique, with Haute Time sponsoring this unique showcase. Zapata has revealed that the new […]

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day pick by Carmelo Anthony is the Patrimony Traditionelle Openworked perpetual calendar by Vacheron Constantin. This version of the Patrimony Traditionelle boasts a beautiful open-worked, automatic, 1120 QP SQ movement with a 40 hour power reserve. The case is 39mm and is shown here in 18k 5N rose gold. […]

Haute horlogerie manufacture Panerai of Neuchâtel is introducing their Winter 2012-2013 timepieces, two of which are the PAM 421 Radiomir 3 Days GMT Oro Rosso and PAM 439 Radiomir Oro Rosso. Both watches feature a unique and elegant red gold case and hand-wound mechanical movement. The chronographs are available in a variety of case sizes. […]

Luxury watchmakers Girard-Perregaux have got timepiece aficionados buzzing with the unveiling of their new Hawk Collection. The two-piece collection is a stunning sports line perfectly balancing the 221 year-old heritage of the brand with modern design. The new Sea Hawk diver watch and the Chrono Hawk watch are each perfectly attuned to take on the challenges of […]

The RM 052 Diamond Skull Tourbillon by Richard Mille, has been selected by Carmelo Anthony as The Haute Time Watch of the Day. This incredible design integrates the skull into the watch movement, creating a fantastic design element and an amazing movement. This piece is extremely limited, with only 21 pieces available in total, in […]

Actress and renowned beauty Diane Kruger, who is the face of haute horlogerie house Jaeger-LeCoultre, attended the fifth annual Film Benefit of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on Monday, Dec 3, to honor iconic Academy Award-winning writer and director Quentin Tarantino. Kruger, co-chair of the benefit event and featured actress in […]

The DB28 by De Bethune is Carmelo Anthony’s pick for Haute Time’s Watch of the Day. 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 […]

Sotheby’s yearly December auction of fine watches and clocks will be taking place in New York, and leading the sales of the important timepieces will be the exceptionally rare Duc d’Orléans Breguet Sympathique, one of the masterpiece clocks from the Sympathique line that helped cement the reputation of Abraham-Louis Breguet. Also featuring in the auction […]

Superstar singer Rihanna recently made a flashy purchase – a top-of-the-line Rolex watch. While Rihanna, 24, tweeted a photo of her gorgeous new timepiece, the singer’s controversial on-again boyfriend Chris Brown purchased the men’s version of the same watch. Both parties have denied the his-and-hers timepieces are a signal of their rekindled romance, with Rihanna […]

Vintage Cuervo y Sobrinos watches are something relatively new to my collection, and I can point to a recent trip with my late father, to Havana Cuba as the impetus to buy one. The watch that started it all was my grandfathers, a 46mm, enamel dial, nickel chrome case with hinged back, pocket watch conversion, […]

Famed auction house Bonham’s is set to auction off a rare Patek Philippe timepiece, in a bi-coastal auction which will take place on December 13th at 3PM ET. The Patek Philippe, which is set to go under the gavel as part of the auction house’s Fine Watches, Wristwatches, and Clocks Auction, will be available for […]

An artistic and technological achievement that’s being billed as a “world first”, Hublot’s dream of creating a state-of-the-art technology watch that also based on traditional watchmaking and avant-garde jewelry design as come true:  the One Million $ Black Caviar Bang timepiece is a creative piece of horlogerie of such ingenuity that its dark, discreet  beauty […]

Haute Time is taking you inside the Audemars Piguet store in New York, with a closer look at five of the brand’s most unique watches. Audemars Piguet 65 E. 57th St., New York (212) 688-6644 www.audemarspiguet.com Twitter: @audemars_piguet