True Blue: Zenith Unveils North America Special-Edition Pilot Watches Just in Time for 4th of July
By Roberta Naas Celebrating its long-standing relationship with aviation, Zenith watches unveils two new limited-edition series of its more famed watches: the Pilot Type 20 GMT and the Pilot Type 20 Extra Special. Each watch is being offered in a run of just 50 pieces, and each is available only in the American and Canadian markets. Even better, just in time for the Fourth of July, these watches sport deep blue dials that are incredibly appealing to the American watch lover. While these watches were first shown at the Couture Time show in Las Vegas
By Roberta Naas
Vacheron Constantin Unveils 3 Historiques Watches in Gold and Platinum: Destined to be Collector Items
By Roberta Naas
Vacheron Constantin’s Historiques collection is the line that is dedicated to the brand’s rich heritage. It consists of watch designs that are resurrected, from the brand’s 261 years of archives, but with slight updated modifications. Now Vacheron Constantin unveils three Historiques models, offered for the first time in either gold or platinum. All of the watches bear the Hallmark of Geneva certification.
Richard Mille Introduces The RM 68-01 Tourbillon Cyril Kongo
By Jordan Smith
The two worlds of street art and haute horlogerie are crashing together in a big way. Famed graffiti artist Cyril Kongo and Richard Mille have teamed up for the brand new RM 68-01 Tourbillon Cyril Kongo watch.
Introducing The New Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Automatic Collection From Officine Panerai
By Victoria Townsend
No fewer than twelve new Panerai timepieces were presented at the “Panerai: Dive Into Time” exhibition at the Marino Marini Museum in Florence last month. Among them was the outstanding made on order Radiomir 1940 Minute Repeater Carillon Tourbillon GMT already detailed for you by Haute Time.
Happily, not all of these new timepieces are made on order, and some have already started to arrive in stores. Here are six from the Luminor Marina family, updated with the new in-house automatic P.9010 movement redesigned for lighter, thinner watches.
Three New Timepieces From Breguet: High Watchmaking and the Art of ‘Guilloché’
By Victoria Townsend
First applied by Abraham-Louis Breguet in the 1780s, the art of ‘guilloché’ is perpetuated today by the House of Breguet through its apprenticeship programs, with the very detailed repeated patterns now visible on dials, cases, case-backs, and oscillating weights. Here are three outstanding examples from this year’s collection...
Presenting The Bovet Flying Tourbillon OTTANTASEI Designed By Pininfarina
By Victoria Townsend
Haute watchmaker Bovet 1822, and Pininfarina - designers “per eccellenza” of airplanes, yachts, and more than 100 Ferrari cars to date - have joined forces again to create a new timepiece that is light and harmonious, transparent and powerful, with ten days of chronometric power reserve for a single barrel hand-wound movement with flying tourbillon.
Hands On With The A. Lange & Söhne Richard Lange Jumping Seconds
By Pooja Agarwal
Launched at the beginning of this year at SIHH, the name of the new A. Lange & Söhne Richard Lange Jumping Seconds says it all. The watchmaker from Saxony added this latest model to a series developed by A. Lange & Söhne in 2006, wherein an integrated jumping mechanism facilitates the display of time in strict one-second intervals.
Zenith And Cohiba Celebrate The Cigar Maker’s 50th Anniversary With Limited Edition El Primero Chronomaster 1969
By Jordan Smith
A purveyor of some of the world's finest cuban cigars, Cohiba is collaborating with Zenith watches for a limited edition of the El Primero Chronograph 1969 that features a number of design aesthetics influenced by the prestigious cigar maker.
Hands On with the MB&F Legacy Machine No. 1, Designed by Alain Silberstein
By Roberta Naas
For those who know MB&F (Max Busser and Friends), you know this is a company that is all about partnerships with the finest people in and out of the watch industry. That is why the newest launch, the Legacy Machine No. 1 Silberstein speaks volumes about the brand DNA. It is a collaboration with the well-known French designer, Alain Silberstein.
The Jaquet Droz Grande Seconde And The Béjart Ballet Lausanne
By Victoria Townsend
The House of Jaquet Droz knows as much about traveling and the performing arts as it does about timekeeping. It was back in 1758 that Pierre Jaquet-Droz and his son Henri-Louis presented their clocks to the Spanish Royal Court, and in 1773 their humanoid automata, first in La-Chaux-de-Fonds and then to all the Royal Courts of Europe, capturing attention and admiration with creations noted as much for their beauty and charm as their exceptional mechanical qualities...
Hands-On The New Patek Philippe Diamond Ribbon Joaillerie
By Pooja Agarwal
Launched earlier this year at Baselworld, the new Diamond Ribbon Joaillerie Ref. 4968/400R-001 by Patek Philippe is a sparkling addition to the Swiss watchmaker’s Diamond Ribbon collection.
Richard Mille Presents The New RM 35-02 Rafael Nadal
By Jordan Smith
Swiss luxury watchmaker Richard Mille and tennis champion Rafael Nadal have teamed up to present the RM 35-02 Rafael Nadal. Like its predecessors in the "Nadal" line, it represents a leap in technological achievement for the brand.
Hublot Loves Football: Introducing Two New Limited Edition Timepieces For The UEFA Champions League™ And UEFA EURO 2016™
By Victoria Townsend
Hublot committed to football back in 2006, the first luxury watch brand to do so. Official Timekeeper for the EURO, the World Cup, the Champions League and the Europa League, it is now also the Official Watch of both the UEFA Champions League™ and the UEFA EURO 2016™. These two mechanical chronographs for timing football matches are made available to sports enthusiasts and watch aficionados alike, in two limited editions of 100 numbered pieces each.
Panerai Introduces 12 New Timepieces At “Dive Into Time” Exhibit In Florence
By Jordan Smith
This week, Panerai is inviting friends and admirers of the brand to dive into time and explore its past, present and future. From May 18 to the 24, the Florentine brand is holding the Dive Into Time exhibit in the crypt of the former church of San Pancrazio, home of the Marino Marini Museum in the center of Florence.
Richard Mille and Bubba Watson Unveil RM 055 “White Legend” and “Dark Legend”
By Jordan Smith
Richard Mille and PGA champion golfer Bubba Watson are collaborating once again for two limited edition versions of the RM 055, available exclusively in the Americas.
Presenting Five New Timepieces From Laurent Ferrier
By Victoria Townsend
Laurent Ferrier has come a long way since it captivated the watch world in 2010 with its Galet Classic Tourbillon Double Hairspring, winning the “Men’s Watch Prize” at the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève for its very first watch ever, acclaimed as much for its technical innovation as for its smooth, rounded shape and clean, easy-to-read dial.
HYT And Alinghi Collaborate For The Limited Edition H2 Alinghi
By Jordan Smith
Continuing their fruitful partnership for a second year in a row, HYT and Alinghi have come together to release the H2 Alinghi, a new special edition piece with a number of new features.