Ditch the flowers this Valentine’s Day and pony up instead for a gift worthy of your loved one. A watch symbolises the passage of time, conveying the promise of love and the commitment of spending a life together. As a bonus, it serves a (somewhat still) practical purpose as well, not to mention a decorative one. Here are seven timepieces sure to convey thoughts of love.
Breguet Classique Dame 9065 Tahitian Mother-of-Pearl
Subtle love tokens on this ladies’ Classique include the small red heart on the seconds hand and the ruby set into the crown, matched by a ruby-red grosgrain strap and a red background for the date window. This is the first Tahitian mother-of-pearl dial for the model. The bezel is set with 88 diamonds, and it contains the extra-slim automatic caliber 591A. (Limited to 28 pieces, around £22,000)
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Cartier Panthère de Cartier Figurative
The Panthère is Cartier’s resident icon and is thus represented at every level, running the gamut from mini steel quartz to maximum bling high-jewellery watches. This bangle-style creation is somewhere in between—with enough diamonds to let her know you’re serious, but with a wearable quality, including a dial that you don’t have to squint or lift up a hinged cover to see, as you do in some jewellery watches. The 18-karat gold watch is accented with emeralds (on the eyes), black lacquer and diamonds. (Price upon request)
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Chanel Mademoiselle Privé Coromandel
This sautoir-style watch is made of 18-karat beige gold, Chanel’s proprietary alloy of pink gold, with diamonds set into an onyx dial. The “Coromandel” in the name is a reference to the Japanese coromandel screens that served as walls in Coco Chanel’s Paris apartment, most of them decorated with camillias—her favourite flower. (around £312,000)
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Jaquet Droz Lady 8 Petite Ruby Heart
Jaquet Droz uses ruby heart, an opaque red mineral, to symbolise love and romance in this petite 25 mm edition of the Lady 8. The ruby ball at the center of the upper dial swivels like a fidget spinner—perfect for the ADD-prone. The bezel is set with 68 diamonds and the buckle is set with 23 diamonds, for a total of 0.64 carat. The case is 18-karat red gold, in a limited-edition of 28 pieces. (around £21,500)
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Blancpain Valentine’s Day 2020
The Valentine’s Day watch has been an annual tradition at Blancpain since 2001, always with a heart motif somewhere on the watch. This year’s model uses heart-shaped rubies and diamonds to represent the wings of butterflies positioned at 7 and 1 o’clock on the dial. The Art Deco rectangular case is set with 84 diamonds, including a large marquise cut at each end. The mother-of-pearl dial is set marquetry style, with heart shaped inserts. It contains the very thin hand wound caliber 510, in a case measuring only 35 mm wide and 6.5 mm thick. (around £28,500)
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The diamond bezel on the Possession rotates to symbolise a world in constant motion, and perhaps, if you’re being poetic, a symbol for the evolving but eternal nature of your love. And it takes a page from the fashion watch playbook with slew of colorful dial and strap options in case a watch in a shade of red is a tad too literal for you. All versions come in a rose gold case and 1.56 carats of diamonds on the bezel and dial. (around £12,600)
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Chopard L’Heure de Diamant
Chopard opted for the not-so-subtle message of love with its 18-karat rose gold watch with a guilloched mother-of-pearl dial and a matching burgundy strap in a darker shade of rose. The movement may be quartz, but the 20 large diamonds on the bezel, accented by an interior row of smaller diamonds, should prove you’re serious. The watch is also available in white gold with a blue dial and leather strap. Price upon request.
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