The high-end watchmaking industry is employing the wait-and-see policy in regards to lagging sales in mainland China, with hopes for a 2013 rebound. However, Breguet, which is owned by the Swatch group, is apparently confident that demand for their luxury timepieces will remain strong.  Case in point? Breguet recently opened a third boutique in Beijing, bringing […]

The Panerai Luminor 1950 Tourbillon GMT Ceramica is today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day. The hand-wound mechanical movement powering this timepiece is the Calibre P. 2005, completely manufactured by Panerai. The Luminor 1950 Tourbillon GMT Ceramica features hours, minutes and seconds functions, along with a second time zone, power reserve indicator on the back […]

A ten-year construction project for Rolex has finally come to an end, with the luxury watchmaker able to start production in its new facility in Bienne, Switzerland. The enormous manufacturing plant covers an area equal to 13 football fields and boasts high-tech  to select automated systems to move stock and production items throughout the facility. […]

Luxury watchmakers Glashütte happily announced late last week that the company is on the growth path. The Saxon watchmakers have opened a new production facility in the town which shares the company’s name, Glashütte. At the reception on October 19, Glashütte’s two managing directors, Günter Wiegand and Yann Gamard, joined town mayor Markus Dreßler to cut the ribbon and […]

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day is Carmelo Anthony’s pick and it is the Cartier ID Two Concept Watch. This amazing timepiece has been engineered by the Cartier research teams to create something that may replace the mainstream practice in watchmaking for future Cartier designs and the watch industry alike. The Cartier ID Two […]

The Haute Time Watch of the Day is the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph Michael Schumacher edition. Audemars Piguet creates this Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph in tribute to the motor racing legend, Michael Schumacher. Schumacher has won more races, more pole positions and score more points than any other driver in the history of […]

Stateside fans of Formula 1 racing have waited five long years for the return of the United States Grand Prix. This year the race returns to Austin, Texas, and Hublot, the Official Watch of Formula 1, is celebrating in style. When the F1 world competition stops in at the brand new Circuit of the Americas […]

Louis Vuitton steps into the luxury sporting space with its first ever professional level diving chronograph called the Tambour Diving II Chronograph. It features a rubber band, and steel  face encased in rubber displaying  the stages of diving decompression around the outer edge. A luminescent display with anti-reflective glass maximizes readability underwater. The second hand […]

Swiss luxury watchmakers Greubel Forsey have partnered with world renowned micro-sculptor Willard Wigan on an elaborate timepiece that has been four years in the making. Art Piece 1, the stunning watch which resulted from the collaboration, features exquisite details like tiny, hand-carved nano-sculptures in the crown of the watch. The watch world got their first glimpse […]

Today’s pick for Watch of the Day was chosen by Carmelo Anthony, its the Big Bang Minute Repeater Tourbillon by Hublot. This 44mm satin finished gold piece features a HUb 8000 Manufacture Manual-winding skeleton minute repeater tourbillon movement. With hours, minutes, minute-Repeater and tourbillon funtions, this Hublot timepiece is truly special. The Big Bang Minute […]

The watch industry is buzzing as reports surface that famed retailer Harry Winston is in talks with  luxury groups to sell the watch and jewelry portion of his eponymous line. Reuters has reported that the move is likely a restructuring, to allow Winston to focus more time on his company’s mining ventures. Last month the […]

Famed F1 driver Michael Schumacher worked closely with luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet’s chief artistic officer Octavio Garcia to help design a new chronograph dedicated to his racing triumphs. The Royal Oak Offshore Chronograph Michael Schumacher is dedicated to the man who many consider the greatest race car driver of all time; Schumacher has seven world […]

When the Middle East Premier Awards Gala Dinner took place in Bahrain this month, luxury watchmakers Bovet were given a huge honor. Bovet’s Amadeo Tourbillon Rising Star won the award for the “Best Multi-Time Zone Timepiece” from the awards which were bestowed in ten watch categories, five jewelry and writing instruments categories. This is the first award […]

Luxury watchmakers RJ-Romain Jerome have commemorated the maison’s dual passion for watchmaking and contemporary art in a stunning new collaboration with renowned Swiss artist John M Armleder. The company have unveiled Art-DNA; a collection of ten watches which feature a skull, a recurring motif found in Armleder’s works. Armleder was inspired by the skulls which feature prominently […]

Today’s selection for Haute Time’s Watch of the Day is the Carrera MikrotourbillonS by TAG Heuer. Known as the “world’s fastest tourbillon”, this timepiece is the first tourbillon to feature a 1/100th of a second chronograph that can be started and stopped. It is also the first Tourbillon chronograph capable of of certification level precision […]