Diamond Watches are Just as Timeless as Its Purpose: Let Your Wardrobe Have One
Watch out! Are you aware of what's currently stealing the limelight in the trends? Let's not wait for time to tell you, when you've everything gathered over here. Diamonds have always been special. The shimmer it brings to the jewellery is one of a kind. But is it just your necklaces or earrings that have got it? Then your wardrobe needs something that sparkles up your watch collection as well. Diamond timepieces have made their room in the world of fashion, from the red carpets to celebrity interviews. Now, these are here to take your outfits to another level with their seamless elegance and luxurious aesthetic. Feel bejewelled even in your workwear or that well-tailored two-piece suit you've waiting to put on.
Diamonds wrapped around your wrist only make your time shine. Imagine the fully iced-out designs, statement shine all over the bezel and a touch of opulence—diamond watches feel like time frozen in an eternal shine. Like an enchanting and enthralling thought, you would love to think about, it again and again.
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No matter whether the trends are fleeting, diamond watches are truly timeless. While a diamond watch feels like a luxury, it also gives you a sense of style that stays unparalleled and ever-lasting. In recent years, the trend of diamond watches has seen only an upward graph. People are not just loving it but also crushing on the most famous diamond watches to ever exist on this planet.
In the history of diamond watches, Cristiano Ronaldo owns the world's most expensive Rolex, worth £371,000. This 18-carat white gold timepiece is adorned with hundreds of 30-carat diamonds. The Manchester United star rounded off his subtle and formal outfit with this limited edition Rolex GMT-Master II Ice, showcasing how a diamond watch can provide the perfect finishing touch and refinement to your attire. It is sleek and stylish all at once.
Diamonds are stunning and they catch eyeballs like nothing else. Earlier, people used to believe diamonds as sincere gemstones for jewellery but they thought it would not sit well with watchmaking. Then in the 1940s and early 1950s, diamond-set designs for men saw a change in the demand. People saw diamond watches as a sense of celebration as they survived the traumatic experiences of WWII. Once, these diamond watches became a thing of luxury, a wealthy segment of the audience wanted to own them. Back then, people could not remember the brand's name but they knew anyone who owned diamonds belonged to a rich family background.
How Did Hip-Hop Culture Give Rise To The Fame Of Diamond Watches?
The cultural history of diamond watches goes deep in history. But still, nothing got diamond watches a breakthrough like hip-hop culture did. Shiny bling, oversized jewellery and cool personality—hip-hop stars actually brought back diamond watches to the mainstream drama. With offbeat music, breathless lyrics and energetic beats, hip-hop stars started donning diamond watches for a hard-to-ignore magnetic charm in their personality and concerts. They began flaunting luxury shine and success with diamond timepieces to attract thousands of eyeballs and to the surprise, hip-hop fans loved this glitz and glamour.
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Hip-hop artists owned diamond watches before it was a thing for any sports person or any actor. In this bling-bling culture, Jacob Arabo, the owner of the international luxury brand Jacob & Company—better known as Jacob The Jeweller has been a big name. All the statement pieces he creates are beyond the ordinary and out of the world, something so larger-than-life that people could not even imagine to think of. “I love what I do, and I want to keep creating new jewellery and watches. I want to do what’s never been done before,” said Jacob. Well, along with being a passionate jewellery designer, he is also a renowned hip-hop music artist and his influence on pop culture is so strong that his name is taken alongside luxury brands like Louis Vuitton and Dom Perignon.
So, as a top and innovative player in the design and production of unique timepieces, he has sold several big diamond luxury watches to hip-hop artists. The modern generation of hip-hop hardcore stars are just following suit. The megastars like Jay-Z, Drake and Raaftar have spent their million bucks on fully pavé diamond timepieces. Drake purchased Jacob's Casino Watch which again set the tone for next-level mechanics. Every rapper wants an oversized and overly flattered diamond timepiece that reflects their prosperity and hard-hitting personality. Jay Z made headlines when he wore the Hublot Big Bang worth $5 million that his wife, Beyonce gifted him.
Even Indian megastar Raftaar shared about his lifetime special diamond watch memory, “A Rolex Two-Tone Datejust 36mm Diamond Bezel Watch because it was gifted to me by my parents the day they thought I had made it in the business!”
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He included that “if he had the chance to own an epic natural diamond piece, it would be the Billionaire – a watch valued at close to a whopping $18 million.”
Firstly, the diamond timepiece stayed as a counter-cultural statement but soon the jewellery and watch industry received a breakthrough with this. Now, across the board, athletes, actors and fashion enthusiasts are seemingly eager to wear one around their wrist—so the world’s famous brands started to cater to this sector to serve exclusive and premium gemstone watches—leading to the boom of diamond watches in the luxury world.
Statement Diamond Timepieces To Ever Own and Take Inspiration From
The history of diamond-studded watches is as unique as their shine and as you wonder more about their design and charm, here are some luxury watches you can eye on. These luxury watches are even made out of thoughtful ideas. From Coco Chanel to Bulgari, luxury fashion houses have it all. Even the manufacturer houses of Surat, the diamond city as it is called, also have a whole range of creative sparkling diamond watches.
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The diamond watches from manufacturers like Jweldim will make you live an eternity. Like designed with a snowy texture, its diamond timepieces only shine and never fade even after decades—can be passed on for generations to come like an heirloom.
If fashion is the Bible, Chanel never forgets to chant it in its every creation. Look at Coco Chanel's new J12 diamond watch—all black and yet so elegant. This piece is created to pay homage to an iconic designer, Chanel Mademoiselle, with her emblazoned silhouette painted on the dial of the watch. The J12 was launched in 1999 and is a unisex watch, but as Chanel Mademoiselle paved the way for women's fashion, her image is inspired by a photo at her La Pausa villa in 1930. That's why this iconic piece is called Chanel Mademoiselle J12 La Pausa.
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This Chanel diamond timepiece, framed in black ceramic and a white gold bezel, is studded with 46 baguette-cut diamonds that are just proving to be the icing on the cake. Also, it was issued only in a limited edition of just 55.
The next on the list of luxury diamond watches is the Lady Arpels Ballerine Enchantée of Van Cleef & Arpels.
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Flouncing with grace, Van Cleef & Arpels gave birth to poetry in the form of a timepiece with its Lady Arpels Ballerine Enchantée. This diamond watch is so enchanting that it won the Lady’s Complication prize at the Grand Prix de l’Horlogerie de Genève the same year it was introduced, that's 2013. Though the rhythmic beauty, advanced retrograde mechanics and a splash of colours set on the white gold watch made it a timeless charm, the diamonds are still stealing the show. Diamonds and poetry are parallel and this watch is a symbol of it—making it all more enticing than ever.
But as playful as it can be, diamond watches can also be venomous and Bulgari's diamond Serpenti is the ultimate example.
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The seductive jewels, gemstones and coiled design don't even let anyone know that it is a watch in the first place. Until you press the snake's tongue to open its secret mouth and let it tick-tock a surprising moment for others. This rose gold Serpenti watch with turquoise colour and diamonds makes it one of the unique watches that even Jacob The Jeweller couldn't even think of. What do you think?
While diamond watches are a symbol of luxury, some twists and turns of thoughtful ideas wielded in the designs make them fun to wear around your wrist and of course, more than anything the diamonds enchant us.