Today’s Haute Time watch of the day, is very beautiful skeleton piece, made by Blancpain.  We are huge fans of the skeleton watch, and love the Blancpain Villeret Skeleton 8 Days.   The watch was launched at Basel World 2012, and we are huge fans. The watch is a 38mm, with a white gold case.  […]

Swatch’s ambitious goal of earning $8.1 billion in 2012 is on track, according to CEO Nick Hayek. Last year’s sales broke records at $7.5 billion for the Swiss watchmaker. This year’s economic slowdown in China has been a cause of considerable anxiety for producers of high-end watches and other luxury goods, but Hayek says Swatch […]

 Watch brand Swiss Mountaineer dons Switzerland’s national flag on the dial of each timepiece. It claims it’s Swiss-made, but with its components made at a factory in Shenzhen, China and the company itself being owned by Hong Kong’s Golden Hawk, is it? Under Swiss rules, Golden Hawk can label its watches as Swiss-made so long […]

Jack Forster reviews the Blancpain Tradition Chinese Calendar Watch

Blancpain's watches have many faces but some of the best loved are those that combine a classic flavor with imaginative but subtle nuances that give them a character all their own.

This year Blancpain’s Villeret collection will debut its first model featuring a  flinque lacquered dial, with layers of translucent blue lacquer on the dial to create to depth effect at Basel 2012. The calibre 7663Q features 244 parts and 34 jewels with a three-day power reserve, all housed within a 40mm gold case. The new self-winding movement powers […]

A crew of four robbers made their way into the exhibition at Cité du Temps in Geneva and destroyed cases, attempting to steal some of the X Fathoms watches, but the robbery was intercepted by company SIC. A representative from Swatch, which owns the Blancpain brand, stated that “most of the watches” were recovered and […]

The World Luxury Association announced the world’s leading luxury brands with Cartier positioned first in the jewelry group and Patek Philippe leading the luxury watch category. Watch brands also making the list included Vacheron Constantin, Piaget, Jaeger-Le Coultre, Piguet, Audemars Piguet, Blancpain, Rolex, Breguet, IWC and Franck Muller. Like Haute Time? Join our Facebook page […]

  There is no doubt about it. Swatch  components are widely used, outside the brand itself. But that could change as soon as January 1st. The Swatch Group is considering cutting back their sales of the internal copoments to competitors to concentrate on making enough supplies for it’s own brands such as Longines, Omega, Tossot, Breguet […]

On Thursday Dec 15th, Blancpain U.S. Brand President Mr. Adam Bossi hosted a special event at the brand’s Madison Avenue boutique with Guitar Aficionado celebrating the artistry of guitars and timepieces, bonded seamlessly by design, craftsmanship and intricate materials. The event featured 10 classic electric guitar pieces along Blancpain’s most recent and notable collections. Included on display were three legendary guitars made […]

Blancpain has unveiled its latest extension of the Fifty Fathoms watch line, the X FATHOMS watch in a very unqiue way on October 26th! The ceremony took place in Dubai with CEO Marc A. Hayek along with champion underwater freediver, Gianluca Genoni, holder of more than 15 free-diving records. The X Fathoms is a world premiere concept watch, […]

Are you sure this isn’t a German watch? Yes, it is in fact Swiss. What surprises me is that Blancpain – one of Switzerland’s oldest watch makers – has developed a timepiece that is so straight forward in its unapologetically functional design, and has such a niche, yet useful complication. I tend to typically regard […]

A good way of setting the tone to discuss this timepiece is to explain how a single master watch maker toiled away for an entire year to make it, and only thirty pieces were ever produced. The reason Blancpain had to make such a watch? Essentially a gentleman’s challenge among highly-skilled watchmakers; to merge six […]

For serious watch enthusiasts the most interesting fact about the new Carrousel Repetition Minutes Le Brassus watch from Blancpain is a relatively obscure technical feature. If you are familiar with the high-end movement complication known as the tourbillion, you may have heard of its cousin, the carrousel (aka “karrusel”)? Both of these complications bear names […]