Ladies Watches

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VAN Cleefs & Arpels has cleverly borrowed the charm bracelet for their Charms line. Their Alhambra four-leaf clover logo runs around the side of the case, and can be 'stopped' at any chosen hour marker as a convenient reminder of your next appointment. To make an even more persuasive case to the ladies, there's the convenience of a quick-change mechanism for the leather or satin strap. You get to choose between variations of white or pink gold, a 32 or 38mm case, and between two or three concentric rings of diamonds.

The brand extends the same concept to another line called Timeless. This one has a charm attached to the crown that twinkles pleasingly with the help of a strategically placed briolette-cut diamond.

The more modest white gold version featured here has more than two carats of baguette diamonds set into the case, but there's also a high-jewellery version with more than 15 carats adorning the case and matching white gold bracelet. Piaget's Secret Cuff also has a mighty posh version available with almost 50 carats worth of diamonds, but the more wearable two-plus carat version shown here would be perfect for that black satin evening dress, doncha think? What the heck, you only live once, get both!

Only Louis Vuitton can ensure that even trunk corners won't look out of place in this new ladies' watch they call the Emprise.

That emblematic shape is used to trim the white croco where it hooks up with the watch lugs. Of course, if you think pink gold and glitter only would look good against black, they are quite delighted to make you change your mind about that too.

And what self-respecting discussion of ladies' watches can be complete without a Cartier, especially if it's anything like this 36.5mm medium-sized version of their Ballon Bleu line? This self-winding number comes embellished with two rows of diamonds weighing in at about 1.3 carats on its bezel. It's clad in a striking combination of pink gold and purple croco.

Maurice Lacroix extends that hint of purple - a colour some tell me is almost as popular as pink with the ladies - to the 38mm limited edition piece of theirs called the Starside Sparkling Date.

As the name implies, the date is announced with a diamond-accented pointer that snaps back at the start of a new month. Powered by an automatic movement, the watch has another innovative feature: a moonphase indication around three o'clock, based on an eccentric revolving disc and a slice of moonstone.

For more petite wrists, we offer this Fendi B watch, which comes with a striking red galuchat strap that makes the tastefully applied shine on the buckle stand out quite nicely.

For their 150th anniversary this year, Vulcain presents a love story in mother of pearl, called the Vulcanova Butterfly Lovers. The name recalls the famous Chinese love story by the same name.

Powered by an automatic movement, the sweet pink and grey version shown here is one of several variants to be made in numbers of 150 pieces each. All presented in a pretty music box to capture a lady's heart. Guys, are you listening?