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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Usain Bolt Celebrates With Top Brass at Hublot

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With all of the honors he has amassed, it’s hard to believe that Usain Bolt only turned 26 yesterday. To mark the day, the Hublot brand ambassador enjoyed a helicopter sightseeing tour of the Alps before being ushered to a private landing pad at the residence of company chairman Jean-Claude Biver. At the fête which ensued, Bolt was photographed carbo-loading with a gourmet birthday cake from renowned Swiss chef Benoit Viollier as well showing off his three gold medals from London. Bolt faces his first post-Olympic competition tomorrow in Lusanne, Switzerland. He will be competing with 19 other Olympic medalists READ MORE

Haute Time Watch of the Day: Breguet Marine Tourbillon Ref. 5839

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Haute Time’s watch of the day, Breguet Marine Tourbillon Ref. 5839.  It is a recreation from the Breguet Marine Tourbillon Ref. 5837 but only with encrusted diamonds in it.  The watch is 43mm wide, built with 18k white gold case, and has around 11.77 carats of stones.  The Breguet caliber 554.4 manually-wounded movements and 50 hours of power reserve with special feature that include a silicium balance spring and escapement wheel makes this watch beautiful, but also a very powerful piece. Photo courtesy Breguet website. READ MORE

Vacheron Constantin Opens Las Vegas Boutique

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Vacheron Constantin Opens Las Vegas Boutique

The new Vacheron Constantin boutique at the Palazzo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas stands out in a row of terraced-style shops in part due to its warm lighting scheme and its fusion of contemporary and traditional styles. Add to that some exquisite examples of haute horology and a new shopping destination is born. Vacheron Constantin has been in the business of time since 1755 when Jean-Marc Vacheron founded the company in Geneva. He went on to create the world’s first complication in 1770, as well as several other world-firsts in the art of watch-making. In subsequent years the company READ MORE

Omega Shares its Timekeeping Secrets

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Omega Shares its Timekeeping Secrets

Omega’s Olympic timekeeping operations have ventured into uncharted territory with the scale and complexity of its engineering at the London games. One of Omega’s most substantial improvement over traditional timekeeping methods was the introduction of the so-called “silent pistol”. For years it was known that the use of an actual starting gun favored the sprinters who were closest it, sometimes by as much as 2/10 of a second. With the introduction of the silent gun, a speaker is placed behind the starting block of each runner. When the official pulls the trigger, the signal travels at the speed of light READ MORE

Haute Time Watch of the Day: Franc Vila Concept Tourbillon Planétaire Skeleton SuperLigero

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Haute Time’s watch of the day, is from one of our favorite watch designers, Mr Franc Vila.  It is the Franc Vila Concept Tourbillon Planétaire Skeleton SuperLigero.  It is a special watch, compared the the Ferrari, but instead of a car, it is on your wrist.  There are not a lot of the watches produced, so the lucky customers that do buy it, are going to have a amazing piece, that is limited production. Photos courtesy Franc Vila website. READ MORE

The Richard Mille Polo Players Win in Overtime, a New Watch is Born

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The Richard Mille Polo Players Win in Overtime, a New Watch is Born

The Richard Mille Polo Players prevailed over the Royal Barriere team earlier this week, eeking out a 15-14 victory in overtime. To celebrate the nail-biting victory Richard Mille has come up with a variation on his Flyback Chronographs called the RM 011 Polo de Deauville Flyback Chronograph. Sporting a case of white gold, the limited edition run of just 20 examples come nestled inside a commemorative box numbered to correspond to its horological counterpart. An alternate strap also comes tucked away inside the box, in case the wearer prefers black alligator with red stitching over the default black rubber strap READ MORE

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