A rare Patek Philippe Reference 2499 timepiece from 1953-60 headlined Auctionata's first-ever online auction...

As a part of Grand Complication, The Exhibition, the Aaron Faber Gallery in New York has several exquisite pieces on display, including a $1.5 Million Rare Patek Philippe. Edward Faber, the gallery’s owner and author of American Wristwatches: Five Decades of Style and Design spoke with Haute Time at the gallery and walked us through […]

Haute Time's exclusive interview with Aurel Bacs, the International Head of Watches at Christie's Auction House, about the historic Stephen S. Palmer Patek Philippe Grand Complication going up for auction this month...

Last year luxury watchmakers Patek Philippe opened their first Maison in China’s largest city, Shanghai. The Maison Patek Philippe, located in the historic Bund area of Shanghai, marks the Swiss manufacture’s continued growth in China with their local partner, the Melchers Group. In addition to their boutique in Beijing, the Maison was established to bridge the vast geographical distance […]

Luxury auction house Sotheby’s are set to auction off several rare watche and clocks, including Cartier, Asprey, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Greubel Forsey, Vacheron Constantin, and Patek Philippe timepieces. The lots will go under the gavel as part of the upcoming Important Watches including Magnificent Clocks from an Important Private Collection auction, taking place in Hong Kong on April 7th. The […]

What does a wrist watch say about its owner? As a man, I know that to some extent, we measure each other up based on our watches. I remember talking to a boutique manager at one of Bal Harbour‘s finest shops about how she gauges the psychology of a customer to determine who is there […]

Luxury watchmaker Patek Philippe’s timepieces are highly coveted; frequently spotted on the arms of celebrities and power players (like Scott Disick), these watches retail for tens of thousands of dollars. That’s why when National Basketball Association players union executive director Billy Hunter started gifting $22,000 Patek Philippe timepieces, questions started swirling about his ethics. In April 2012, an investigation into allegations […]

Lee Schrager, Vice President of Corporate Communications and National Events at Southern Wine & Spirits oversees operations in 35 different states and is widely known as the man who started the red-hot South Beach and New York Wine and Food Festivals. This year, he is taking his love of food to film by curating a […]

Luxury watchmakers Patek Philippe have paired with Al Qurum Jewellery to open the first namesake boutique for the world renowned Swiss watch maker in the Opera Galleria at Oman’s Royal Opera House Muscat. The Geneva-based family company’s new boutique will fans of Patek Philippe the chance to see their current collections, as well as timepieces from the […]

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 […]

In the January/February 2013 issue of Haute Living Los Angeles, we sat down with Scott Disick, one of the stars of the shows Keeping up with the Kardashians and Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami. Disick, whose polished image is well documented on these reality TV shows, shared with us a day in his life – including […]

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 […]

Luxury watchmakers Patek Philippe have unveiled a stunning new timepiece certain to become a favorite amongst jet-setting watch lovers. The 5130/1G-010 White Gold Complications timepiece is a truly modern World Time piece from this historic company, which is Geneva’s oldest independent family-owned watch manufacturer. Hour and minute hands display local time in the middle of the dial, while […]

Famed auction house Bonham’s is set to auction off a rare Patek Philippe timepiece, in a bi-coastal auction which will take place on December 13th at 3PM ET. The Patek Philippe, which is set to go under the gavel as part of the auction house’s Fine Watches, Wristwatches, and Clocks Auction, will be available for […]

The famed jewelry company Tiffany & Co. have been tapped to help Patek Philippe celebrate the fifth anniversary of the watchmakers’ flagship store in New York City.  The celebrations kicked off in haute style, with the unveiling of a new collection of watches created in collaboration by Tiffany & Co. and Patek Philippe. The limited edition collection […]

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 […]