Gina Fusco

Gina Fusco is the Associate Publisher of Haute Time and the Director of Timepieces and Jewelry for Haute Living. She is a daily contributor to the Haute Time site.

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Carmelo Anthony’s Haute Time Watch of the Day: Hublot Kobe Bryant Black Mamba

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day is from The King Power Collection by Hublot and its The Kobe Bryant Black Mamba. Armed with a 48 mm micro-blasted, black ceramic case and bezel, this Black Mamba strikes with a HUB 4248 self-winding central chronograph movement. The sapphire dial of the Black Mamba is decorated with a signature black snake that is also micro-blasted black PVD along with gold appliques coated with black luminescent. The hands on the dial mark the hours minutes and seconds and are also gold with black luminescent coating. To complete the look, the Kobe Bryant Black Mamba is shown on READ MORE

Carmelo Anthony’s Haute Time Watch of the Day: Baume & Mercier Clifton 10060

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day is the Clifton 10060 by Baume & Mercier. Inspired by the “golden fifties”, this timepiece was released as part of Baume & Mercier’s museum collection and is a beautiful example of the classic and timeless designs The Clifton line represents. The Clifton 10060 features an 18k red-gold case with sapphire crystal and case back, housing a Baume & Mercier manufactured manual wind movement. The elegant opaline silver dial has riveted Arabic numerals, gold gilt hands marking the hours and minutes along with a small second dial at 6 o’clock. Baume & Mercier’s Clifton 10060 READ MORE

Carmelo Anthony’s Haute Time Watch of the Day: Richard Mille RM 52-01 Tourbillon Skull Nano-Ceramic

Today’s Haute Time Watch of the Day is The RM 52-01 Tourbillon Skull Nano-Ceramic by Richard Mille. The newest timepiece introduced by Richard Mille is part of the skull collection first introduce by the brand in 2012. The newly introduced RM 52-01 certainly continues to express the dedication to watchmaking innovation and design along with the thrill of creating something unique and amazing by Richard Mille. The RM 52-01 Tourbillon Skull Nano-Ceramic features a Caliber RM052 manual winding tourbillon movement with hours and minutes, housed in titanium DLC 42.7 mm x 50.0 mm case. The perfect combination of materials are used to READ MORE

IWC Hosts Race Night Gala Event

IWC Schaffhausen hosted The IWC Race Night Gala Event during the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie (SIHH) in Geneva Switzerland. IWC CEO Georges Kern and Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Spacey READ MORE

Throwback Thursday: Audemars Piguet 1972 Royal Oak A-Series

Today is Throwback Thursday – a look back at some of the most iconic and influential timepieces that have hit the watch market in years past. Haute Time aims to invoke some fond watch memories for our readers and at the same time recognize the brands who have revolutionized watchmaking. The 1972 Royal Oak A-series is today’s Throwback Thursday pick. This timepiece is what started the Audemars Piguet momentum of creating impressive, mechanical sport watches. Introduced at The Basel Fair in 1972, the Royal Oak A-Series broke all the rules as far as the watch trends in 1972, which were following READ MORE

IWC Revs Their Engines On and Off the Track

Not only does 2013 mark IWC’s Official Engineering Partnership with The Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One™ Team, it also marks the launch of The Ingenieur Automatic Carbon Performance limited edition timepiece. This special relationship between these two prestigious teams represents the perfect combination of precision, performance and high tech engineering needed for both high performance race cars as well as the highest quality IWC timepieces. Carbon has become an integral material used in building Formula One™ race cars. Since the material is two times more rigid than steel and only a fifth of the weight, it’s quite obvious why carbon is the READ MORE