Ladies Watches

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FOR lovers of bling, or ladies who have always admired their hubby's favourite Patek Philippe sports watch: For you, the Nautilus 5722, featured here in the white gold auto version. This baby boasts 32 baguette diamonds weighing almost six carats on its bezel. All that, and date, moonphase and power reserve.

You like rubies? We got rubies! Actually, we've got rubies combined in three different ways with white gold, satin and lots of diamonds - via three high jewellery versions of Bulgari's 36mm Astrale, 35 mm Parentisi and 31mm Assioma-D lines. Piaget's Limelight line adopts a Paris-New York theme this year. One of the most eye-catching models for us was the Altiplano Double Heu. It comes with a working hour-glass outside which doubles up as a representation of the Eiffel Tower's arches.

'Finger-nail' the side of the case to lift up the hour-glass segment and check the time inside. For even more bling, check out their Limelight high jewellery cuff piece inspired by the spires and the wires of Paris. More than 14 carats of diamonds cloak this work of jewellery art.

And, having seen the rose gold version in the flesh, we can certainly testify that the glittering double-ellipse on this new Chopard jewellery watch is quite stunning. The white gold version of the Xtravaganza is shown off here, with matching white satin strap.

For something more familiar, there's the brand's signature Happy Sports chrono Mark II, presented here with five carats of gorgeous baguette diamonds, white gold and black croco. And if you hanker for even more, how about an all-bling Chopard piece?

The mechanical timepiece shown here is dripping with almost 25 carats of brilliant-cut and trapeze-cut diamonds.

Imagine an autumn leaf floating on a 'sea' of 163 D-grade, internally flawless baguette diamonds, with just two small windows at three o'clock on this automatic watch with jumping hours and minutes.

Delaneau's Christina Thevanez, who delighted us with her passion for enamel in BT's 2007 watch supplement, shows off another facet of her creative skills this year with a watch she calls the Amazone Feuille de Houx. Almost 15 carats of bling here, ladies.

Cheers!