A wish list of festive timepieces for a very merry Christmas
From Cartier and Chopard to Hublot and Faberge, treat your loved ones to the gift of time with these watches that come with a festive glint.
Patek Philippe Nautilus 7118/1452G-001
About 1,500 brilliant-cut diamonds create a dazzling contrast against 876 red rubies snow-set on a white gold case and bracelet. A show-stopping high jewellery timepiece, it is powered by the automatic 26-330 S calibre which can be admired, complete with its 21k gold winding rotor, on the transparent caseback.
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Richard Mille RM 07-01 Coloured Ceramic
Described by Cécile Guenat, director of creative and development of Richard Mille, as “contemporary, elegant, playful, and extroverted lines into a new form”, the watch is part of a capsule collection inspired by the Memphis design movement in the 1980s. In this watch, an amalgamation of clashing colours appears on ceramic and rubber with a hand-guilloched dial.