Posts by Carol Besler

Haute Watch of the Week: Carl F. Bucherer Patravi Traveltec FourX Limited Edition

The Patravi Traveltec Four X combines three qualities that make today’s timepieces competitive and leading-edge (and cool): combinations of materials, multiple mechanical functions and an openworked dial to show off the movement. The Four X Limited Edition combines 18k gold case with high-tech ceramic bezel, tough titanium push piece and rubber strap, while functions include […]

Haute Watch of the Week: Baume & Mercier Clifton Chronograph

Baume & Mercier has beefed up its Clifton collection, and will introduce three new chronographs at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie next month in Geneva. The brand prides itself on its heritage as the 7th-oldest Swiss watch company, and takes inspiration from its extensive archives. The new chronographs in the Clifton line thus […]

Haute Watch of the Week: Vacheron Constantin Les Univers Infinis

This trilogy of enameled watches is the second installment of the Les Univers Infinis series, part of the Metiers d’Art collection. Les Univers Infinis is a tribute to Dutch artist Maurits Cornelis Escher, an early 20th century artist who was fascinated with the technique known as tessellation: repeated graphic patterns. Escher was a gifted graphic […]

Haute Watch of the Week: Hublot Big Bang Caviar Lady 305 Limited Edition

Luxury watchmaker Hublot is unveiling a new women’s timepiece this week, and Haute Time has your exclusive first look. The 41mm Hublot Big Bang Caviar was made especially for women and this limited edition was made especially for the brand’s Miami Boutique, in honor of “The Gateway to the Americas,” as well as Hublot’s ongoing […]

Haute Watch of the Week: Roger Dubuis High Jewelry Velvet

As a brand that manufactures everything according to the strict criteria of the Geneva Seal, Roger Dubuis is serious about the decoration of its timepieces. Take the High Jewelry Velvet. See more Roger Dubuis watches at Haute Time. The watch is set with 304 diamonds that are precisely measured and custom cut in the baguette […]

Haute Watch of the Week: Patek Philippe Calatrava 7200

The 7200, like most timepieces in the Calatrava collection, brings us back to the basic essentials of timekeeping: this one tracking just hours and minutes. This watch also reminds us that those basic essentials are not the only reason we wear a mechanical timepiece. What also counts is craftsmanship and design, of which Patek Philippe […]

Haute Watch of the Week: Chopard Mille Miglia Zagato Chronograph

Chopard is set to launch a new collectors’ piece in its limited-edition Mille Miglia collection tonight in Milan. The city is a fitting setting for the unveiling, as it is also the home of Zagato, the legendary maker of bespoke sports car bodies, which partnered with Chopard on the watch. Here is our exclusive first […]

Haute Watch of the Week: Glashütte Original Pavonina

In this age of mechanical wonders, the quartz movement gets little respect, but it has its place when it comes to ladies’ luxury watches. Among the new inventions and masterpieces of metiers routinely created by today’s luxury watch companies, are high-quality everyday ladies’ collections that often go unnoticed by the press. Many of them constitute […]

Haute Watch of the Week: Cartier Les Heures Fabuleux Pocket Watch

The 41-piece Cartier Les Heures Fabuleuses collection is a virtuoso display of jeweled watchmaking that reaffirms the company’s position as master of the high jewelry watch, even while it asserts itself as a manufacture (the brand launched five new calibers this year). The star of Les Heures Fabuleuses is the Pocket Watch, one of 23 […]

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