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Style & Beauty A SEASONAL COMPENDIUM TO SARTORIAL FLAIR, ENCHANTING JEWELS AND HAUTE HORLOGERIE PERFECT TIMING It’s Complicated As watches for women become evermore complex, Ming Liu examines the burgeoning market for consciously feminine timepieces S hrink it, pink it, add diamonds: such was the tried-and-true formula for women’s timepieces for decades, as watchmakers focused their efforts on men. Gents’ watches enjoyed the horological firsts and cool complications, while women’s versions were something closer to afterthoughts dressed with a smattering of stones. How things have changed. It turns out women are as mechanically minded as men, keen to geek out on their tourbillons and moon phases, on annual and perpetual calendars – and many complications more. “There’s a major shift in female collectors’ wish lists to include larger and more complicated timepieces – with watches for busy, highly functional lifestyles,” says Rebecca Ross, a watch specialist at Christie’s. So whether that’s Patek Philippe’s ground-breaking ladies’ perpetual calendar, or creative complications from Van Cleef & Arpels, women are buying watches that specifically suit them – and driving an exciting new wave in complications. › PHOTO XAVIER YOUNG 31 CENTURION-MAGAZINE.COM CENTURION-MAGAZINE.COM 31
