While the use of color in watches is often related to its design, there is also a practical side to them. Just as in nature, colors can have a function, and they can aid in the purpose the watch was created for.

A visit to Baselworld is a feast for the eye, as it offers some of the world's most spectacular watches. Exotic materials, intricate complications, and precious gem settings can quickly get the price tag up to astronomical heights. Here are five of the most expensive watches that were presented at the fair!

Building the world's largest watch fair is not an easy task! Haute Time takes an exclusive look behind the scenes of how Baselworld comes together!

The time that quartz movements where the staple in women's watches is slowly passing. Over the last couple of years, the demand for mechanical ladies watches has grown significantly. With mechanical watches on the rise, also comes more interest in the more complicated movements.

Seeking the ideal embodiment of its high-end Italian sensitivities, Bulgari names fashion icon Jon Kortajarena global watches ambassador.

Bulgari's Octo Finissimo Automatic, the slimmest self-winding piece on today’s market, is just 5.15 thick, setting a world record.

This year the SIHH was larger than ever. While this means more great watches in one place, at one time, it also means that more watches have to share the spotlight. That is why we cleared the stage to highlight a few watches that you might have missed, but should definitely know about:

By Martin Green It is hard to surpass a watch like the Bulgari Octo Finissimo Tourbillon. Its style is subtle, yet distinctly Bulgari, Roman flair combined with the finest in Swiss watchmaking. That last part, that remarkable ultra-thin tourbillon, with a height of only 1.95 mm has always been hidden behind a dial with only an opening for the tourbillon. That is now about to change with the new skeleton version of this extraordinary watch.

By Roberta Naas There are a host of wonderful trends in luxury watchmaking today, with some focusing on the technical side and others focusing on the aesthetic side. Additionally, there are some that bring these two realms together in artful majesty -- offering artistic, technically advanced masterpieces on the wrist. Often those masterpieces emulate nature -- flora,

Creating a retrograde display is not as easy as it might seem. The difficulty of this complication is however matched by its popularity because a lot of

By Roberta Naas For lovers of watches, there is probably nothing as alluring as a chiming watch. These melodious wonders actually chime the time out loud―without the need to look at the watch hands.

The dazzling Miami Design District is your one-stop shop to all things luxury.

By Roberta Naas At a recent "Watches & Engines" event with Bulgari, we got an inside look at Nicola Bulgari's extensive collection of American vintage cars, as well as at some of the brand's record-breaking watches. Nicola Bulgari's passion for

Westime is on the move. The family-owned luxury watch and jewelry boutique has moved from its former location at the intersection of Via Rodeo and Rodeo Drive up the street to the tony Two Rodeo shopping district in Beverly Hills.

Jean-Christophe Babin to draw from TAG Heuer experience, as he develops watch collections at the high-end jewelry brand, writes Yury Khnychkin...

From the $3,000,000 worth of Neil Lane jewelry worn by Jennifer Lawrence to Lupita Nyong'o's Fred Leighton headband, we've tracked down the best jewelry from the 86th Academy Awards...