Daylight Saving Time in the United States ends at 2 a.m. on Sunday Nov. 6, when the clocks fall back by an hour. If you are not a night owl,…
Daylight Saving Time This Weeked: Fall Back in Time
Weekend Sojourn: On Safari in Lower Zambezi at Chongwe River Camp
Few things in life compare to a wide open safari — especially when one gets to experience great animals such as the elephant without leaving a carbon foot. Animal conservation,…
Commentary: Swiss Watch Industry Still Ticking Despite Decline
Just about a week ago, Bloomberg published a very good article about the dec of Swiss watch exports and the factors influencing this fall. The article came on the heels…
Monday Cheers! American Whiskey at its Finest, and the Virgil Kaine Lowcountry Hurricane Cocktail Recipe
With August upon us we enter what may be the hottest month of the year. So, cooling off and rela this month is in order (especially for the Swiss who…
Philippe Leopold-Metzger, CEO of Piaget, Talks About the Significance and Design of the Piaget Polo S Line
Recently Piaget unveiled its newest Piaget Polo S watch in New York, where we also had the opportunity to talk to global CEO, Philippe Leopold Metzger about the launch of…
Tiny Jewel Box’s Jim Rosenheim to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Yes, this is a watch industry insider news story. One that deserves telling because the person involved deserves recognition. Yesterday, Jewelers of America announced that Jim Rosenheim, chairman of Tiny…
Inside View: What It’s Really Like to go Aerobatic Flying …. Soaring Across the Skies with the Breitling Jet Team
Recently, I had the incredible honor of flying with the Breitling Jet Team. While i wrote a little about that on HauteTime, i now bring you all the inside details,…
Industry Retail Legend, Harold Tivol, Dies at 92
I remember being new to this watch and jewelry industry. It was in the early-mid 1980’s and I was working for National Jeweler Magazine – then one of the top…
Melissa Arnot, Alpina Ambassdor, Attempts 50 Peaks USA Climbing Challenge Wearing Smart Watch
Back in May, professional high-altitude American climber, and Alpina Watches Ambassador, Melissa Arnot became the first American woman– and the seventh woman ever — to summit Mt Everest and survive the…
Celebrating the 4th of July with 12 Red, White and Blue Watches (slideshow)
Independence Day is around the corner. In fact, this year the 4th of July falls on a Monday, giving us all a nice long weekend to relax and enjoy time…
Steve Wynn, Keynote Speaker at CoutureTime 2016, Gives Advice to Jewelers about Luxury Business
Recently in Las Vegas, hundreds of top watch and jewelry brands came together for the JCK and Couture exhibitions. It is an annual event that brings thousands of retailers and press…
Hands On with an Enviable Bovet 1822 Fleurier Custom-Painted Watch
Every once in a while, we — who see countless numbers of watches each year — are stopped in our tracks by something truly special. Mind you, Bovet 1822 makes a…
3 Reasons Panerai Built Its Most Complicated Watch Yet, Radiomir 1940 Minute Repeater Carillon Tourbillon GMT, as a Made-to-Order Watch
Panerai has been busy this year – unveiling great new collections that range from skeletons to tourbillons and the all-new Due collection, which we wrote about here, with new case…
Memorial Day is a Remembrance of Our Fallen Heroes
Memorial Day — it is a time to celebrate our fallen heroes — those who fought for our country and died. I have lost many people in my life —…
Breitling Opens New NYC Boutique with Astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly, John Travolta, Boomer Esiason and Others
Say it with me, there is no place like home, no place like home, no place like the new home of the Breitling US Flagship store on the corner…