The Biggest Trends in Women's Watches for 2022
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More than any other piece of jewelry you put on your wrist, your watch is a declaration of your personal style. A Cartier Crash says you're anything but orthodox, while a Rolex Lady-Datejust makes it clear your style is classic and chic. But this year's Watches & Wonders trade show in Geneva dared us to reconsider everything—from the shape of our timepieces (hello, cushion) to the jaw-dropping mechanics that make them tick.
Here, we look at 8 of the year's most defining new timepieces that are challenging women to reconsider what's on their wrists—and what it says about them.
Cartier Coussin
Cartier’s iconic watch shapes—the Tank, Crash and Tonneau—have helped define modern watchmaking. This year, the house unveiled another revolutionary shape that is fresh, feminine, and unexpected. The Coussin (French for cushion) is a softly rounded case that appears, like it sounds, like a cushion. It comes in gold or steel as well as with and without diamonds and gemstones, but the most talked about model was the limited-edition, slightly flexible (or cushy) version that decompresses at a touch.
Van Cleef & Arpels Lady Arpels Heures Florales
An ever-evolving bouquet of colorful flowers reveals the time in Van Cleef & Arpels’s poetic new style. Instead of hands, each bloom opens to indicate the hours, and minutes are read on the side of the watch case. It’s inspired by an 18th century floral clock concept by Swedish botanist Carl von Linné, who imagined tracking the time as plants opened and closed at specific intervals in the day.
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Yacht-Master 40
The new Rolex Yacht-Master 40 features a rotating bezel set with pink, blue, and purple sapphires, a radiant color scheme inspired by the aurora borealis and the glow of dawn. The white gold timepiece is powered by the calibre 3235 movement and displays the hours, minutes, seconds, and date.
Hermes Kelly
The iconic Kelly padlock-shaped watch from Hermes was unveiled for the first time on a gold or steel bangle, and has a new versatility: it can be slipped on a black leather or alligator clochette, and hung on a leather cord necklace. It comes in yellow or rose gold and steel, with or without diamonds.
Chanel Mademoiselle Privé Bouton Cuffs
A fan of bold cuffs, Mademoiselle Chanel would have loved the new Bouton Cuff series, featuring a timepiece cleverly concealed under a jeweled button. The pink, quilted leather style (made in a limited series of 20 models) features a diamond timepiece covered with a button decorated with a Byzantine motif in tourmalines and diamonds.
Chopard
Chopard expresses its love of the animal world with the new Happy Sport Métiers d’Art Turtle. The turtle is one of three limited-edition animal motif watches, and features a diamond sea turtle and three pear-shaped dancing diamonds floating around a marine-themed dial. It’s powered by Chopard Calibre 96.23-L with a 65-hour power reserve.
Bulgari Serpenti Tubogas
A favorite in every generation, Bulgari unveiled a range of stylish new Serpenti models in Geneva, from diamond-covered to sleek steel editions. Its new Tubogas style, a flexible bracelet modeled after a woven-metal gas pipe, was released in steel and gold with diamonds.
Gucci G-Timeless Dancing Bee
The fashion house proved you can look pretty and still pack power. In celebration of 50 years of watchmaking, Gucci released a limited-edition tourbillon model with 12 diamond Dancing Bees that flutter around a pink opal dial with the movement of the wrist. It’s a playful design for serious watch lovers.
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