This is a follow up piece from my earlier post. This is by no means an exhaustive piece as many other brands like Breguet, Chopard, Longines etc. all make timepieces specifically targetted at the ladies. You may find Part 1 here.
Jaeger-LeCoutre Reverso is one of the few brands that has a separate line for women's timepieces. With more than 1,000 in-house calibres in their arsenal, making a movement specifically for a ladies' timepiece is a piece of cake. Such is the Rendez-Vous series. But here, the very versatile Reverso is also made with a feminine touch.
This is the reverse side with a mother-of-pearl central dial and adorned with diamonds on the case.
This is the front side of the Grande Reverso Lady Ultra Thin Duetto Duo in a steel case.
The idea is for the front to be worn as a "day time" office hour timepiece and turned over in the evening for a more dressy look.
This (below) is the more dressy look. Don't you agree?
All said and done, today's timepieces are seen mostly as unisex and with the trend of wearing "larger" timepieces, women are now also wearing more masculine pieces too. Just like this Roger Dubuis Sympathie S37.
When Mr. Dubuis created the Sympathie back when he established his brand in 1995, this white gold cased automatic Sympathie was his calling card. This piece and also with many others were certified by the Besançon Observatory as Chronometer grade.
The Sympathie came in many different iterations - starting with the most simple time-only. Then there was the Chronograph (I am missing this) and his most complicated piece, the Bi-Retrograde Perpetual Calendar Chronograph.
This is theUlysse NardinDual Time Lady with big date display. This 37mm steel cased timepiece comes with an automatic winding with a power reserve of about 42 hours.
The dial features a grey sunburst pattern with diamond set Roman Indices at 12 O'clock and Hour Markers.
The movement is an automatic winding UN-24 Caliber with Big Date and GMT Function. The pushers on the side of the case allows the user to advance or reverse the Dual Time hour hand to show the local time.
The small circular window at the 9 o'clock position shows the home time. The intelligent part of the piece is what the advancing or reversing of the hour hands also changes the date to local date.
And then there is the Corum Golden Bridge. Larger than the Miss Golden Bridge, this was originally purchased for myself but then wifey had other ideas...
Having take a second look, I tend to agree that this suits her more than me.
The see through timepiece showcases a straight line movement created by the very talented Mr. Vincent Calabrese. Unique movement construction visible from all sides of the case.
The Girard Perregaux 1945 series included this Ladies "Vintage 1945". This art deco inspired model comes with a mother-of-pearl crescent moon
The case measures 43 x 28mm and comes with diamonds on the case as well as the dial.
One of my wife's favourite is this Moser Mayu. Diamond bezel, pink mother-of-pearl dial, what's not to like?
The lighting plays very well on the dial...
This simple time-only piece is done to perfection. At 38.5mm, the case is a classic size.
And the movement is no slouch too... The HMC 321 manual winding with three days power reserve and a removal escapement for easy servicing.
Let me leave you with this image of the Vulcain Vulcanova timepiece. The two butterflies symbolises the ill-fated Chinese lovers, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. Folklore will have it that they both turned into butterflies to be united together forever. That's the short version...
Stories around ladies timepieces are more romantic, no?
Having seen these timepieces, don't you agree that they are worth their weight in gold?
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