Today was press day at Baselworld, with the fair opening at mid-day to give us a preview of a few brands’ introductions. Among them were new models from Patek Philippe, Chopard, Christophe Claret and Louis Vuitton (which is showing off-site). The Patek Philippe Annual Calendar Chronograph, Ref. 5960 was originally introduced in 2006 in a […]

This is the third in Claret’s trilogy of gaming watches, which have previously included the 21 Blackjack and the Baccara. The Poker is a clever use of automatons, using them to play a complete 52-card game of poker, following the rules of Texas Hold’em. The watch can deal 32,768 different combination possibilities for each of […]

Haute Time rounded up the best watches for getting wild in Vegas, with pieces from Christophe Claret, Harry Winston, Hublot, Roger Dubuis and Ulysse Nardin...

Results are in from this year’s OnlyWatch auction. This September at the Hôtel hermitage in Monaco, thirty-three watch brands each presented a unique timepiece to go under the hammer in support of research for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. The event is especially attractive to big collectors as all of the pieces are part of a limited […]

Part 3 of 3 from Haute Time author Jason Sarkoyan’s trip to Switzerland, with exclusive photos from the Christophe Claret manufacture…

Today’s Watch of the Day is a new creation by Christophe Claret, The Kantharos. This innovational complication created by Christophe Claret is equipped with a constant-force escapement which keeps the energy the watch needs to run constant, from beginning to end of the power reserve. The Kantharos is powered by a Calibre MBA13 automatic winding, […]

The Antiquorum ONLY Watch Auction for Muscular Dystrophy is like the all-star game of watch auctions. Many of watchmaking’s elite watch brands donate special editions to the auction, held biennially to benefit the Monegasque Association against Muscular Dystrophies (AMM).  Antiquorum and AMM are organizing it together with the Monaco Yacht Show. Luc Pettavino, president of […]

Luxury watchmaker Christophe Claret has unveiled a unique new twist on its X-TREM-1 timepiece. In honor of Monaco’s fifth annual Only Watch charity auction, the manufacture created the X-TREM-1 Pinball, inspired by the world of children’s play. As its name indicates, this watch represents that favorite children’s pastime, the pinball machine, with bumpers, slingshots and […]

While we were in town for SIHH, we had some meetings off-site with brands. One of them is our favorites, Urwerk. We work with them a lot with Westime in LA, and was glad to be able to see Martin while I was in Geneva, and check out his latest watch launches, that he will […]

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day selected by Carmelo Anthony is The Soprano Tourbillon Minute Repeater by Christophe Claret. This impressive timepiece is an example of watch making tradition combined with the technology and innovations of today. The Soprano Tourbillon Minute Repeater features a 45mm white gold and anthracite PVD titanium case which houses […]

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day is the Soprano by Christophe Claret. This impressive timepiece features a 60-second tourbillon and a minute repeater with Westminster chime along with four cathedral gongs and visible hammers creating wonderful sounds on each chime. The mechanical hand-wound movement features a 72 hour power reserve and is comprised of […]

Haute Time: Tell us some of the most exciting developments at Christophe Claret today? Christophe Claret: The most exciting project which is been developed at the moment is a movement for the Christophe Claret brand. It is single-pusher automatic chronograph with, you can imagine, additional interesting and useful innovations. We will present it at Basel World 2013. […]

Haute Living Curator Seth Semilof meets with Christophe Claret at Basel World and gets an exclusive look at his X-TREM-1 timepiece

My next meeting after Urwerk was with Christophe Claret. Wow, is all I can say! He gave me a first look at his watch that is a huge talk of Basel, the Christophe Claret X-TREM-1. The watch is next level and he is pushing complete boundaries with this creation. The watch is a flying tourbillon […]