As we know, the most buyers of complicated wristwatches are men, which is one of the hurdles to innovation in the women’s category. With so few opportunities for men to accessorize, the watch industry went in that direction emphasizing new features and mechanics behind it all. There’s also the fact, Busser points out, that the industry is defined by male designers and watch makers. Gratefully, 2019 has already seen a whole slew of women’s watches bucking this trend.
Below are 5 Luxury Wristwatches For Women:
Bulgari Diva Finissima Minute Repeater Luxury Wristwatches
In 18-karat white gold, Bulgari’s 2019 Diva Finissima Minute Repeater brings the beloved chiming complication to women’s wrists. At its heart, the BVL 362-caliber hand-wound mechanical movement is recognized as the world’s thinnest for a minute repeater. It powers two hammers that deliver their signature chime. Limited to 10 pieces, the wristwatch pairs an aventurine dial with diamond indexes. An exposed case back offers a window into the movement.
MB&F Legacy Machine FlyingT Luxury Wristwatches
A tall sapphire crystal dome harbors a central flying 60-second tourbillion and an angled time-telling subdial with blue, serpentine hands. More important, there’s a 280-component movement, developed in-house, that brings the automatic winding Legacy machine FlyingT to life. Materials vary from an 18-karat white gold case with diamond to titanium and platinum on the rotor.
Breguet Tradition Dame Retrograde Seconde 7038 Luxury Wristwatches
With a retrograde seconds feature, Breguet’s tradition Dame 7038 employs an in-house-developed Caliber 505SR movement with an inverted in-line lever escapement. It exhibits some of the movement’s most exciting components directly on the mainplate, pushing a time-tracking, Tahitian mother-of-pearl subdial to the 12 o’clock position. The 2016 release features many finishes Breguet has used only on its women’s watches-including a frosted white movement
Piaget Altipano Luxury Wristwatches
Several complications unite for the captivating piaget Altiplano-its 3.1mm-thick diamond-set movement among them. This ultrathin,hand-wound skeleton Manufacture Piaget 838D movement feature 219 brilliant-cut diamonds in total, but its slender, stretched composition truly allures. And the entire case is only 7.3mm, a notable technical feat in itself.
Van Cleef & Arpels Lady Arpels Planetarium Luxury Wristwatches
The Lady Arpels planetarium features a self-winding mechanical movement module developed exclusively for Van Cleef & Arpels, by Christiaan Van der Klaauw. It tracks the orbit of Mercury, Venus , Earth and the moon in real time. Winner of the Ladies’ complication watch prize at the grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Geneve 2018, the white gold timepiece carries 373 diamonds. It’s the aventurine dial that mesmerizes most, however.
