Consider the cocktail watch, the trending jewelled timepiece style
With an icon in hand, Cartier has now added new levels of preciousness to its sublime oval design. The Jewelled Baignoires are gently sized up and set on every conceivable surface with gemstones. See, above, Cartier ambassador Anna Sawai wearing a model with 229 brilliant-cut diamonds weighing 7.70 carats, 272 blue sapphires weighing 4.4 carats, complemented with aquamarines and spessartite garnets; and a gold dial covered with 162 diamonds totalling 1 carat and a spessartite garnet at 12 o'clock to indicate the right side up. Tiffany & Co.'s new Rope watch—a Jean Schlumberger-inspired design of twisted gold and beautifully-set diamonds that speaks to the brand's core as a jeweller. Courtesy of Tiffany & Co.
Jewellery houses, unsurprisingly, offer some of the best in class when it comes to the sensitive proportions and balance of design on a cocktail watch. Tiffany & Co. recently introduced the Tiffany Rope, a radical new timepiece that is entirely powered by light—no batteries or winding, thank you. It features an advanced solar movement that charges indoors and out, and the inimitable look of Jean Schlumberger's rope jewellery motifs. The American luxury brand is making moves into watchmaking, with the distinct propositional bent of fully retaining and honouring its identity as a jeweller first and foremost.
Other places you might find this sensibility of cocktail elegance are heritage watch brands. If a watchmaker has been around for, say, more than a century, odds are it has in its history produced exactly the kind of old-world jewelled timepieces for women that are back in trend. Audemars Piguet, for one, revived a tradition of miniaturised watches last year with its trio of Royal Oak Minis in a frosted gold finish. The change in proportion and finish turns a sporty silhouette on its head, imbuing the Royal Oak with a jewelled sensibility even without any gem-setting.
Or consider Jaeger-LeCoultre, which has in its broad array of Reverso models a line like the Reverso One with a taller, elongated proportion. It makes all the difference, transforming the Art Deco design from its origins as a watch for polo players into something more feminine and chic. The ultimate touch of beauty to a Reverso One might be the Precious Flowers designs from Jaeger's Métiers Rares workshops. The gold cases are fully diamond-set, with works of art on the reverse dial: floral illustrations writ in black lacquer, grand feu champlevé enamel and snow-set diamonds. Courtesy of Cartier
1 / 11 Cartier Baignoire jewellery watch mini model in white gold with diamonds, sapphires, emeralds and blue tourmalines, price upon request Courtesy of Boucheron
2 / 11 Boucheron Serpent Bohème in white gold with diamonds, $81,200 Courtesy of Tiffany & Co.
3 / 11 Tiffany Rope 27mm in yellow gold with diamonds, $25,700 Courtesy of Audemars Piguet
4 / 11 Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Mini Frosted Gold in pink gold, $53,200 Courtesy of Franck Muller
5 / 11 Franck Muller Round Skeleton Baguette in white gold with diamonds, $133,000 Courtesy of Piaget
6 / 11 Piaget Limelight Gala Precious in white gold with diamonds, $60,000 Courtesy of Van Cleef & Arpels
7 / 11 Van Cleef & Arpels Fleurs d'Hawaï secret watch in white gold with aquamarines and diamonds, $185,000 Courtesy of Jaeger-LeCoultre
8 / 11 Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso One Precious Flowers in pink gold with diamonds, price upon request Courtesy of Chanel
9 / 11 Chanel Première Ribbon in yellow gold and titanium with diamonds, $16,550 Courtesy of Chopard
10 / 11 Chopard L'Heure du Diamant Moonphase in white gold with diamonds and an aventurine dial, $154,000 Courtesy of Chaumet
11 / 11 Torsade de Chaumet in white gold with diamonds, price upon request
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