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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Haute Time Watch of the Day: Jaeger LeCoultre Gyrotourbillon 1

Watch retails for over $1 million, as this is a very special piece.  It is the world’s first spherical tourbillon, at the heart of Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 177, it is associated with fascinating complications: a running equation of time and a perpetual calendar fitted with four retrograde hands. The Jaeger Le Coultre Gyrotourbillon 1 watch,  has a round platinum case set with baguette diamonds, black alligator leather strap, skeleton dial with exposed tourbillon cage at 6 o’clock, approx 158 baguette diamonds. READ MORE

Maximilian Büsser & Friends Want to Poison You

Maximilian Büsser & Friends Want to Poison You

In business for only seven years, Swiss watchmaker HM&F has set out to distinguish itself from its centuries-old competitors with radical designs. Calling his watches “Horological Machines,” founder Maximilian Büsser regards his creation as living sculptures, whose time-telling capabilities are second to their aesthetic concepts. The latest living sculpture is its HM3 Frog Watch, named after the Amazon’s vivid yellow and black patterned Poison Frog Dart (Dendrobates leucomelas). Like the frog, the watch has two wide-angled “eyes”; two solid aluminum dials take the shape of spheres, one for hours and one for minutes. Protective domes of sapphire crystals top off READ MORE

Two Whirling Sentinels Guard the Time in Tag Heuer’s MikroTourbillonS

Tag Heuer's first double tourbillon

Having only recently showcased its virtuosity at producing intricate tourbillons, Tag Heuer has come out with a technical tour-de-force to exhibit its new know-how, called the MikroTourbillonS double-tourbillon chronograph. The watch is housed in a 45 mm Carrera style case forged from rose gold and fortified by a rare, anti-corrosive metal called  black Tantalum. Mounted on a high-tech soft touch alligator strap with a Tantalum folding clasp, the dial houses two chronographs, one measuring minutes and the other measuring seconds. Two uncaged tourbillons, engineered completely by TAG Heuer, regulate the movements of the watch and the chronograph, with a power READ MORE

Happy Fish Want to Play on Your Wrist

Happy Fish Chronograph from Chopard

Swiss-based watchmaker Chopard is rolling out its new collection of Happy Fish Chronograph watches decorated with moving, jewel-laden clown fish. Designed to bring a smile to even the busiest woman’s face, the Happy Fish series continues to evolve in beauty and function. Available in 18K rose or white gold, the case measures 32 mm in diameter and 8.5 mm thick. A quartz movement powers the scuba-themed timepiece, with its subaquatic dial painted in shades of blue that mimic the “bustle of a lively coral reef,” according to a press release. Water resistant to a depth of 100 feet, a sapphire READ MORE

Louis Vuitton Monogram Tambour Tourbillon Comes in 676 Varieties

Tambour Tourbillon from Louis Vuitton

A relative newcomer to haute horology, Louis Vuitton is vanquishing any doubts about its technical acuity with the impressive, personalized Monogram Tambour Tourbillon. 18K yellow, white and pink gold compose the skeletonized, 41.55 mm case. Inside, an LV 103 calibre movement beats under a crystal of sapphire treated with anti-reflective glaze. The tourbillon is in full view, and a close examination reveals that its wheel and carriage have been designed to resemble the metalworking found embellishing antique immigrant trunks. The personalization is visible in the monogram constructed on the third bridge of the piece, found near the 9 o’clock position READ MORE

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