Strength in Numbers

Lady Love

While there are no statistics relating to gender and the use of mechanical watches, the number of brands presenting entire collections dedicated to ladies is also a strong signal of this trend.

Rolex is offering a seven-piece collection of Oyster Perpetual models for ladies. Called Day-Date Sertie, the watches come in 36mm 18k Everose or white gold cases, with a mother-of-pearl carousel dial featuring an openwork design hour ring in 18k white gold, and set with 217 diamonds inlaid with pink or white mother-of-pearl and engraved with a floral motif. The 'oxford' dial, inspired by the English fabric, comes in a basketweave pattern, with 18k white gold hands. Fitted with the in-house automatic calibre 3155, the watch has centre hour, minute, and second hand functions, as well as instantaneous day and date apertures, with stop seconds for precise time setting. A more jewelled option comes with 60 baguette-cut diamonds on the bezel.

Dedicating it’s entire SIHH novelty collection to women, Vacheron Constantin presents the Patrimony Traditionelle, which comes in a slender 33mm pink or white gold round case with a bezel set with 54 brilliant-cut diamonds. The opaline silvertoned dial comes with minute tracks painted in brown or grey, and applied hour markers and Dauphine hands are made from solid gold. The watch is fitted with the manual-winding movement 1400, bearing the Hallmark of Geneva.