This week we’re all about the finer things in life, and those who can afford them. So, crack open the ’61 Chateau Latour and allow your butler to read you this week’s edition of the Friday Wind Down.
We posted our video review of the most complicated watch ever made – the Franck Muller Aeternitas Mega (not to be confused with the most complicated pocket watch ever made – the Vacheron Constantin 57260).…
Look for a minute at your wedding ring. Do you like it? It’s hard to answer, right? And your answer, if you have one, is almost certainly less about whether you like the design or the material and a whole lot more about what it represents.…
Just days before UFC champion Conor McGregor faces off against rival and professional smack talker Nate Diaz, Haute Time landed an exclusive interview with the Irish native to find out what makes him tick.
Moritz Grossmann is a newish manufacturer located across the street from A. Lange & Söhne and Glashütte Original, and like many of its compatriots in the same town, is a revival of an old name in German watchmaking. The brand got its start with exceptionally well constructed and finished watches powered by top class movements […]
Roger Dubuis Gets Ready for Middle East Celebration with The Velvet by Massaro and The Excalibur Automatic Skeleton Timepieces
The Arnold & Son HM Double Hemisphere Perpetual Moon is pretty much pure eye candy. There’s plenty of good stuff going on technically, but the real point of this watch is obviously to create a knock-your-socks-off visual display of the age and phase of the moon. In this area, the Double Hemisphere Perpetual Moon excels without question.
As it’s tradition ’round these parts, we know that a good chunk of the watch collecting world will be out in Carmel, California, this weekend for car week, and the good folks at Fourtané Jewelers and the Vintage Rolex Forum are up to their old tricks. Yes, this Saturday night, they’ll be hosting a vintage watch get-together and all are welcome. Click through for details.
I think it’s clear that the days of a tourbillon as a point of pride are over. Two of my colleages, Stephen and Cara, both decried this truly superfluous, showy variation on a regulating organ within the last seven days – tourbillons are lame. But deep down inside many of us, I would venture to bet there is at least some non-zero percentage of our being that would love to wear a tourbillon. Or to at least own one. Because, here’s the thing, tourbillons are lame, except for when they’re not. And it doesn’t happen often, but there are some tourbillon wristwatches out there that are unbelievably cool and truly appreciated by those in the know. Here are seven of the best tourbillons for those men and women who hate tourbillons.
As a sports fan, I have been keeping track of what’s going on at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. What has really caught my eye thus far is the fact that there have been four athletes wearing a wristwatch while competing in their various events . . . and all four are wearing Richard Mille timepieces.
As a sports fan, I have been keeping track of what’s going on at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
What has really caught my eye thus far is the fact that there have been four athletes wearing a wristwatch while competing in their various events . . . and all four are wearing Richard Mille timepieces.
Read on to find out which they are and the mysteries that come along with them.