Today’s watch of the day, is MB&F Horological Machine N.3 Frog ZR.  Maximilian Büsser main goal in creating the MB&F brand, it to bring a child’s sense of awe into his pieces.  That is what is accomplished with this piece, and shows his willingness to go outside the box in watchmaking.  I have personally worn […]

Haute Time’s Watch of the Day is a Harry Winston’s Tourbillon Glissiere.  “Wow,” is all we can say.   The piece is mechanical artwork with the self-winding tourbillon Glissiere.  A rectangular case frames a tableau of precision mechanics, recalling the wheels, sliding pistons and rails of a steam locomotive.  If you want it, Harry Winston […]

The shimmer of the French Riviera has grown a little lacklustre thanks to a well-organized gang of thieves who have a penchant for ripping luxury watches off the wrists of wealthy vacationers. The scheme involves thieves on two scooters. Thought to be from Italy, they start by scouring the beaches and restaurants for affluent vacationers. […]

Swatch’s CEO Nick Hayak continued to make the rounds of the haute horology literati this week, touting the company’s increased sales even as the European Union pursued an antitrust probe into the Swiss watchmaking giant. Gross sales for the conglomerate were $3.87 billion in the first half of 2012, up 14.4 percent from the same […]

The 1971 Steve McQueen film Le Mans may not have grossed very much in the United States, but a watch worn by McQueen in the film brought in a whopping $799,500 during an auction at Profiles in History yesterday. The 1970 Tag Heuer Monaco was personally selected by McQueen for his endurance-racer character Mike Delaney, […]

Actor and 747 pilot John Travolta flew into Singapore yesterday to kick off his endorsement of Breitling’s 60th anniversary edition of its iconic Navitimer line, the Blue Sky. Travolta is in good company in choosing Breitling as his official timepiece; in 1961, Apollo astronaut Scott Carpenter commissioned a 24-hour version of the Navitimer from Breitling, […]

The name Harry Winston is synonymous with diamonds, but the house’s avian creations are what stole the show at Baselword this year. The art of feather marquetry involves selecting feathers from exotic species of birds and artistically arranging them on the face of a timepiece. All the rage in the courts of European royalty during […]

Richard Mille revealed a new athletic watch this week, a version of the RM 38 that seems to be clad in Jamaica’s colors. Adding a degree of mystery is the Olympic rule which forbids Mille to name the inspiration for the theme, who happens to be competing in London, until three days after the closing […]

Olympic timekeeper Omega has taken up residence in London’s Soho to welcome guests from around the world, as well as to host parties filled with celebrities. Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban were in attendance this weekend as the Swiss watchmaker unveiled its renovations to the historic House of Saint Barnabas in London. Located at 1 […]

Olympic timekeeper Omega has taken up residence in London’s Soho to welcome guests from around the world, as well as to host parties filled with celebrities. Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban were in attendance this weekend as the Swiss watchmaker unveiled its renovations to the historic House of Saint Barnabas in London. Located at 1 […]

LVMH group announced healthy profits this week, despite the troubled European economy and faltering Chinese housing market. Revenues for the first half of 2012 topped 13 billion euros, up 26% compared to the first half of 2011. According to LVMH Chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault, sales across all 60 of the conglomerate’s subsidiaries contributed to this […]

Jaeger-LeCoultre is celebrating the 125th anniversary of the legendary Raffles Hotel in Singapore with a special edition ladies’ Reverso Lady Ultra Thin and Reverso Grande Taille for men. Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Reverso models feature a patented swivel mechanism that allows the case to flip between the watch face and engraved back. The special edition Reversos are for sale […]

England’s Manchester United football club and luxury watchmaker Hublot teamed up in China to beat childhood hunger last night, doing what was a first for the virile world of Premier League football: strutting their stuff on the catwalk. Sir Alex Ferguson led his team team of aspiring models to Shanghai to show off a collectsion […]

Yayoi Kusama is best known for her perspective-skewing work with polka dots, covering everything from trees to giant pumpkins with different sized dollops of black or white circles, usually affixed to a background of fire engine red. In recognition of her award-winning work, French fashion house Louis Vuitton has teamed up with Kusama and designer […]