The Wynn Las Vegas has announced the opening of the Wynn & Company Watches store on the hotel’s luxury shopping esplanade. As with everything Wynn, this new store will be the height of luxury, offering the most exclusive collections from watchmakers including Patek Phillipe, Vacheron Constantin, Officine Panerai, Breguet, Blancpain, Harry Winston and A. Lange […]

Today’s Haute Time watch of the day, is very beautiful skeleton piece, made by Blancpain.  We are huge fans of the skeleton watch, and love the Blancpain Villeret Skeleton 8 Days.   The watch was launched at Basel World 2012, and we are huge fans. The watch is a 38mm, with a white gold case.  […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin has curated an impressive collection of luxury timepieces totaling $704,835, including pieces by some of the most renowned watchmakers of the world, like Patek Philippe and A. Lange & Sohne. Putin’s haute assortment includes a $470,000 A. Lange & Sohne Tourbograph with crocodile skin strap; a white gold Patek Philippe Perpetual Calendar […]

Last week I had the luxury of spending two days with Carlos A. Rosillo, CEO of Bell & Ross, and his team to do a company profile on the haute brand. On Friday, I had the luxury of spending most of the day in the Place Vendôme area, which is one of the most spectacular […]

 Watch brand Swiss Mountaineer dons Switzerland’s national flag on the dial of each timepiece. It claims it’s Swiss-made, but with its components made at a factory in Shenzhen, China and the company itself being owned by Hong Kong’s Golden Hawk, is it? Under Swiss rules, Golden Hawk can label its watches as Swiss-made so long […]

Chinese buyers proved their economic clout in Paris Thursday at an auction of watches owned by French actor and film idol Alain Delon. Auction house Cornette de Saint-Cyr said that the sale brought in $590,300 as collectors and fans bid in excitement and Chinese buyers bid via phone. Delon was not present for the sale of […]

This year Blancpain’s Villeret collection will debut its first model featuring a  flinque lacquered dial, with layers of translucent blue lacquer on the dial to create to depth effect at Basel 2012. The calibre 7663Q features 244 parts and 34 jewels with a three-day power reserve, all housed within a 40mm gold case. The new self-winding movement powers […]

The World Luxury Association announced the world’s leading luxury brands with Cartier positioned first in the jewelry group and Patek Philippe leading the luxury watch category. Watch brands also making the list included Vacheron Constantin, Piaget, Jaeger-Le Coultre, Piguet, Audemars Piguet, Blancpain, Rolex, Breguet, IWC and Franck Muller. Like Haute Time? Join our Facebook page […]

  There is no doubt about it. Swatch  components are widely used, outside the brand itself. But that could change as soon as January 1st. The Swatch Group is considering cutting back their sales of the internal copoments to competitors to concentrate on making enough supplies for it’s own brands such as Longines, Omega, Tossot, Breguet […]