Haute Time Watch of the Day today is from Dewitt, and called WX-1 Luxury Watch Concept from Dewitt.  The amazing piece was launched in 2008 at Basel World, and then later auctioned at the Only Watch Auction sold for over $400,000 Euros.  We had to feature this watch, even though it is almost five years old, […]

Two prominent watchmakers are engaged in trademark disputes in the United States, in cases that are sure to set precedents for the industry of haute horology. Rolex is at odds with Melrose.com, an online buyer, seller and refurbisher of luxury watches that has been accused of using counterfeit parts to fix Rolex watches. Rolex is […]

While IWC is heralded for a long reputation as a premiere Swiss watch manufacturer, not many know that the brand was actually founded by an American, Florentine. And in honor of the 1868 creation of Ariosto Jones, the fine timepiece house has focused its expansion efforts on none other than the US. Good for us, […]

Luxury watchmaker Hublot’s worldwide expansion has turned introspective as of late, with the opening of a new boutique in its native Switzerland, in the posh resort town of Gstaad. Every August throngs of spectators descend to the base of Gstaad Mountain to watch the Hublot Gold Cup polo competition. This year Team Hublot was defeated […]

Today’s Haute Time watch of the day, is the Harry Winston Histoire de Tourbillon 1 Watch.  This piece is a powerful watch, with some of the most powerful components.  The watch has a double tourbillon on it’s dial, with the watch indications of Hours, Minutes, Seconds on the back.  The Histoire De Tourbillon 1 is […]

Swatch Group CEO Nick Hyek and the group United Against a Nuclear Iran (UANI) are at odds over Swatch’s continuing presence in Iran as conditions continue to worsen in the region. UANI’s position is that the only people in Iran who can afford an Omega or other Swatch Group watch are members of the oppressive […]

Michel Parmigiani has made no secret of his love for the aesthetics of Italian ultra-car maker Bugatti, with his company Parmigiani Fleurier having designed several timepieces in collaboration with the car company. Their most recent effort is La Parmigiani Fleurier Vitesse, an eccentric racing watch designed from the same palette as Bugatti’s new convertible Veyron […]

Richemont subsidiary Piaget treated the Hamptons to a star-studded polo match last Sunday, all to benefit New York City’s Robin Hood Foundation. Southfork philanthropists Joe and Diana DiMenna joined Piaget in sponsoring the charitable event. The match took place at the Equuleus Polo Club in Watermill, NY, just outside Southampton. Rival teams sponsored by Equuleus, […]

The Bentley Mulliner Tourbillon debuted this week as the latest collaborative effort between luxury watchmaker Breitling and the ultra-luxury Bentley brand of automobiles. The Bentley Mulliner Tourbillon gets its name from Breitling’s Mulliner workshop, which employs 100 artisans skilled in the craft of haute horology. With only two examples of the new watch to be […]

Millions of tourists visit Switzerland every year for its famous Alpine ski resorts and five-star spas on pristine lakes, but watch lovers know another Switzerland that combines the thrill of horological discovery with breathtaking scenery. Instead of the resorts and casinos of Lugano or the glamour and excitement of St. Moritz and Gstaad, they are […]

Richemont subsidiary Piaget treated the Hamptons to a star-studded polo match last Sunday, all to benefit New York City’s Robin Hood Foundation. Southfork philanthropists Joe and Diana DiMenna joined Piaget in sponsoring the charitable event. The match took place at the Equuleus Polo Club in Watermill, NY, just outside Southampton. Rival teams sponsored by Equuleus, […]

It’s a staple of action films –the character who doesn’t get involved in the action, who won’t get drawn in, but who, at some point, has to show what he (or she) is made of, and proceeds to demonstrate that under the surface, there’s much, much more than meets the eye. It’s the kind of […]

Richard Mille scored another victory in the world of extreme haute horology with the sponsorship of Romain Dumas’ effort to conquer the Pike’s Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado. Dumas finished second in the 14,110 foot climb, his Porsche 911 GT3-R crossing the finish line only 17 thousandths of a second behind winner Rhys Millen. […]

Haute Time watch of the day, is from Van Cleef & Arpels, called Midnight in Paris.    The watch was released in 2007, but this year it came with a men’s cologne, that is currently my favorite cologne that i got in Moscow last week.  When the watch was created, it was from there Poetic Complications […]