The Best New Luxury Watches for Women for Fall-Winter 2021 – The Hollywood Reporter
Van Cleef & Arpels
Diamonds, sapphires, enamel work, white mother-of-pearl, lapis lazuli and onyx are set in 18-karat white and yellow gold to create the sunburst dial of the Girl Arpels Soleil Féerique timepiece; value upon request, at Van Cleef & Arpels, Beverly Hills and vancleefarpels.com.
Jaquet Droz
Plique-à-jour enameling first used 1,500 years in the past creates a stained-glass impact on the dial of the Petite Heure Minute Smalta Clara Hummingbird, with an off-center dial in mother-of-pearl and 100 diamonds on the 35mm red-gold case; restricted to eight items, value upon request, at Feldmar Watch Firm, Los Angeles, and jaquet-droz.com.
Piaget
Restricted to eight items, this Altiplano Piaget Rose watch is crafted utilizing carved stones, hand-applied enamel and gold engraving to create the floral dial in a 36mm rose gold case set with baguette- and brilliant-cut diamonds; value upon request, at Piaget, Beverly Hills and New York and piaget.com.
Dior
The Dior Grand Bal Ruban with oscillating weight is proscribed to 18 items, and as much as two weeks is required to handcraft its black mother-of-pearl dial inlaid with pink gold leaf; value upon request, at Dior, Beverly Hills and New York. Store on-line at dior.com for related kinds.
Bulgari
Mom-of-pearl items are individually faceted and hand-set utilizing an intarsia approach to evoke sunrays on the automated 33mm stainless-steel Lvcea, which is embellished with diamonds and a rubellite crown; $9,700, at Bulgari, Beverly Hills and New York and bulgari.com.
Hermès
Impressed by an iconic scarf motif, the mythological winged horse Pegasus is crafted of Grand Feu enamel and straw marquetry on the dial of the Slim d’Hermès La Supply de Pegase, housed in a white gold case set with 52 baguette-cut diamonds; value upon request, at Hermès, New York and Beverly Hills and hermes.com.
A model of this story first appeared within the Nov. 10 problem of The Hollywood Reporter journal. Click on right here to subscribe.