Luxury watchmakers Vacheron Constantin have officially opened a boutique in one of the world’s most stylish cities – Paris. The Rue de la Paix boutique, which is the brand’s 35th, will house all of the Geneva, Switzerland-based manufacture’s collections, as well as a vintage collection named “Vacheron Constantin les Collectioneurs”. This intimate new space (the boutique covers 85m2) is the height of elegance, […]

Last month during the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, Piaget added to its “Couture Précieuse” collection. In Geneva, Switzerland, the luxury watchmaker showcased its style with delicate new jewelry and watches in the “brandebourg” motif, an ornamental braiding traditionally used in ceremonial costumes. Piaget, which originally mastered the flat knot for its 2008 Paris – […]

The last Friday of my trip to Geneva, I got to check out Watchland in Genthod. It was the 21st edition of the WPHH, thrown by Franck Muller CEO and Co-Founder Vartan Sirmakes. Watchland is the heart of all Franck Muller Genéve brand timepieces, as they showcased the group’s nine brands – Franck Muller Jewellery, […]

Luxury watchmakers Piaget set female hearts aflutter when they unveiled their Limelight Gala collection at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie last month. The new collection, presented in Geneva, Switzerland, was inspired by the fanciful aesthetics of the 1960s, with a signature swirl of brilliant cut diamonds around the case. A rounded case is sublimated by […]

The watch world was buzzing this week with news of the sale of several rare Patek Philippe wristwatches, skeleton watches and the exceptional Jaeger-LeCoultre Gyrotourbillon 1. The “Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces” auction was organized by Antiquorum at the Mandarin Oriental in Hong Kong, with sales totaling HKD$28,900,188 (approximately US $3,725,552). Haute Time is giving you an up-close […]

While I was in Geneva, I had to visit the Patek Philippe Museum. This is an experience of a lifetime for any watch collector. I personally have never seen such an array collection of watches along with Patek Philippe History. You walk around four stories of Patek Philippe history, looking at an extraordinary display of […]

Last week at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, Cartier had something for everyone in their new collections for 2013. The luxury watchmakers unveiled Mysterious timepieces for the men, while their new animal-theme jeweled timepieces captured the hearts of ladies everywhere. Here, we have your first look: The Rotonde de Cartier Mysterious Hours timepiece begins with […]

Last week at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie, luxury watchmakers Jaeger-LeCoultre celebrated their history while looking forward to 2013. The manufacture, which this year celebrates its 180th anniversary, is honoring its history with the Jaeger-LeCoultre Jubilee Collection. The Jubilee collection, dedicated to the Swiss manufacture’s founder Antoine LeCoultre, features three new models. Here, we have your […]

Luxury watchmakers Vacheron Constantin made a big splash last week at the 2013 Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie. The Swiss manufacture is interpreting time from a feminine perspective with three new collections; the Malte Lady collection, the Métiers d’Art Florilège collection and the Patrimony Contemporaine Lady collection. Here, we have your first look at these incredible new […]

Luxury watchmakers IWC Schaffhausen are taking pole position at this week’s Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie. Today in Geneva, Switzerland, the manufacture announced the relaunch of their classic Ingenieur watches. The original Ingenieur, unveiled in 1955, was one of the first high-precision watches wound solely by the movement of the owner’s arms, utilizing a […]

Hublot set the tone in Geneva with five incredible new timepieces. We’ve got your first look at these new watches. The Big Bang Ferrari “Red Magic Carbon” Last year, Hublot launched a highly successful partnership with Ferrari, which saw the release of the two first Big Bangs in titanium, as well as the Magic Gold. This […]

Luxury watchmakers Richard Mille have announced a new partnership with rally driver Sébastien Loeb. The French sports star, who races for Citroën, is prolific, with 9 world championships, 76 victories and 112 podium finishes in the World Rally Championships under his belt. Richard Mille told us they are delighted to have Sébastien Loeb join the ‘RM Family’, a […]

This week, the exceptionally rare platinum perpetual calendar chronograph wristwatch with moon phases, ref. 2499/100, manufactured by Patek Philippe in 1987 and offered from the collection of Eric Clapton, sold for $3,635,808, setting a world record price for this reference at auction. The top price of the sale was paid for the ‘J.B. Champion Platinum […]

The Patek Philippe 2499/100 in ultra rare platinum from the collection of Eric Clapton was in New York at Christie’s Friday morning before it makes its way to the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues in Geneva where it will go up for auction on Nov. 12. Aurel Bacs, International Head of Christie’s Watch Department presented […]

The May 13 Antiquorum auction in Geneva saw two Jaeger-LeCoultre rare timepieces hit the sales records by breaking pre-sales estimates, going two to six times higher. These were an early steel 1947 Reverso and a 1958 Geophysic chronometer. The Reverso reached a final sale price of CHF 50,000, four to six times more than its […]

A rare pocket watch crafted by the hands of Abraham-Louis Breguet himself has surfaced from the private collection of a European noble family to be auctioned through Christie’s in Geneva May 14. It is one of the most important watches to appear in a generation. Breguet, known as the “watchmaker of the kings, the king […]