Seth Semilof

Seth Semilof, Publisher of Haute Living magazine, has been a devoted watch enthusiast since he can remember. It was out of this passion that, last year, Semilof and business partner Kamal Hotchandani launched luxury timepiece website Haute Time. The two curate the site, hand-selecting all content that goes live. Semilof highlights his favorite—and the most sought-after—watch brands through weekly five-question interviews with the CEOs and Presidents of these top-tier companies. Finally, he curates the site on a daily basis, including three or more updates on newsworthy topics every day.

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Carl F. Bucherer Celebrates 125 Years at BaselWorld With Two Limited Edition Pieces

I was excited to see our good friends Carl F. Bucherer at BaselWorld, as they are celebrating their 125th anniversary this year. I met with CEO Sascha Moeri at their booth, where two beautiful pieces got my attention. First, and most important, is the launch of the first tourbillon in company history. The CFB Tourbillon, a limited edition of 188 pieces which was priced under $100,000 was a huge success for the company, selling out to their dealers worldwide. As Sascha said, better late than never! This is an amazing piece for the price point, and the movement is 100% READ MORE

Close Up: Jaquet Droz Bird Repeater

Being at Baselworld, you get access to some of the most amazing pieces, including limited edition productions that are so rare the chances of seeing them again is very slim. During BaselWorld 2013, I got to see one such piece – Jaquet Droz’s creation called “The Bird Repeater”. This watch pays respect to company founder Piere Jaquet-Droz, who was a pioneer in the field of automata (mechanically animated robotic figurines), with a pair of Blue Tits, birds from his native Jura region. This timepiece has a 47mm rose gold case fitted onto a rolled-edge black alligator strap. Each individual piece READ MORE

Close Up: Geo.Graham Tourbillon Orrery

I was excited to check out The Geo.Graham Tourbillon Orrery during BaselWorld, as this is one of the biggest creations to be developed by Eric Loth while running GRAHAM. The story behind this watch goes back to 1713, when renowned watchmaker and scientist George Graham created the first Orrery. Now, 300 years later, Graham and his Orrery were the inspiration for this new timepiece, which puts the solar system on your wrist. At BaselWorld, the only way to see this watch was with Loth himself – the GRAHAM CEO (pictured above) demonstrated the watch himself, with no one allowed to see it without READ MORE

Close Up: Harry Winston’s Opus XIII

BaselWorld2013 has officially wrapped, but if you’re anything like us, you’re still reeling from all the incredible reveals. Today we’re pausing for a close up look at Harry Winston’s Opus XIII, the brainchild of independent watchmaker Ludovic Ballouard. This mechanical timepiece boasts an astounding fifty-nine pivoting minutes hands, with eleven rotating triangles for the hours, and a sliding trapdoor that performs a magic show wherein minutes and hours appear or vanish instantly. With the minutes accumulate around a track, each five minutes in red, withdrawing in unison when they complete the circle of the hour. Silver triangles spring in turn READ MORE

Chopard Celebrate 20th Anniversary of Happy Sport at BaselWorld

This year at BaselWorld, Chopard celebrated the 20th anniversary of its iconic Happy Sport model. The luxury watchmaker marked this jubilee year by presenting the new Happy Sport Medium Automatic, a mechanical interpretation of this famous model. To gain a true appreciation of the Happy Sport Medium Automatic, it is worthwhile going back to the start. It was in 1993 that Caroline Scheufele created the Happy Sport watch. In the years since, this elegant style has been reinterpreted several times, from the Happy Beach to La Vie en Rose, Happy Spirit and Mystery Pink. In each of its iterations, this READ MORE

Haute Time Gets Up Close With Hublot King Power “Black Mamba” at BaselWorld

Haute Time got the chance to have a good look at the exclusive new King Power “Black Mamba” piece which Hublot created for #24, LA Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant. Limited to only 250 pieces, this watch is made in black ceramic, with a silver-coloured snake around the counter at 9 o’clock and a “24” emblem at 6 o’clock representing Kobe’s famous jersey. This piece is a special expression of Hublot’s fusion DNA: black ceramic, titanium, tungsten, rhodium plating, and composite elements, completed by a black python strap. This watch is a beauty, and a must-have for any LA Lakers fan. Photos by Seth READ MORE