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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Haute Time Presents Alexandre David, CEO Of Ikepod At Basel World
Haute Time had the wonderful opportunity to sit down with Alexandre David, CEO of Ikepod At Basel World. Ikepod is a very unique product. While Ikepod is watch brand, it has become famous for its hourglasses. Ikepod created a special blue novelty hourglass for Basel World 2012 which would retail for around $16,000 USD. Their large hourglasses can fetch up to $27,500. Demand for these hourglasses is outstanding. Last year the brand sold a small red hourglass at the Only Watch auction for 2.5 times the retail price. Ikepod also recently created a special edition copper plated hourglass exclusively for READ MORE
Haute Time Presents Dr. Christof Zuber, CEO of H. Moser & Cie Timepieces At Basel World
At Basel World 2012, Haute Time had the opportunity to sit down with the CEO of H. Moser & Cie, Dr. Christof Zuber and get a first look at all the brand’s new timepieces. Dr. Zuber is the new CEO of H. Moser & Cie. Previously he was a partner in a private equity company, and was recently approached by the shareholders of H. Moser & Cie to take over the operation. He is very excited to be a part of the watch brand and even says the experience has made him feel like an entrepreneur. We first discussed the READ MORE
Haute Time Presents Carlos Rosillo, CEO of Bell & Ross At Basel World
At Basel World, Haute Time had the opportunity to sit down with the CEO of Bell & Ross, Carlos Rosillo. Bell & Ross’ new timepieces work with a number of themes including aviation, complications and military periods. The “Flight Instruments” collection which includes the BR 01 Horizon, BR 01 Altimeter and The BR 01 Turn Coordinator are all inspired by the instruments in a plane’s cockpit. For their new complications, Bell & Ross developed a new material as an alternative to silver, which tends to tarnish. Rosillo showed me an amazing pocket watch and its sound was unbelievable. The price READ MORE
Haute Time Sits Down With Michele Sofisti, CEO of Sowind Group At Basel World 2012
At Basel World, I got the opportunity to sit with Michele Sofisti, CEO of Sowind Group. As Haute Time readers know, PPR recently purchased a controlling stake of Sowind Group and Michele is now in charge of running the brands Girard-Perregaux, JeanRichard, and Gucci Timepieces. Haute Time wanted to take the opportunity to sit down with such a esteemed leader who has a great eye on the luxury watch market. There are also some very interesting things going on at Girard Perragaux that I wanted to discuss with him, including the hiring of Mike Margolis from Hublot as their North READ MORE
Haute Time Presents Pierre Jacques, CEO of De Bethune Timepieces at Basel World
Haute Time Curator Seth Semilof sits down with Pierre Jacques, CEO of De Bethune timepieces at Basel World 2012 READ MORE
