This season’s visually stunning timepieces lend glamour to your summer ensemble.
Text by Renyi Lim
Chopard Jewellery Watches
Since its foundation in 1860, Chopard’s storied history has been defined by milestones of innovation, craftsmanship, and artistic excellence, cementing the Maison’s reputation as ‘Masters of Jewellery Watches’. From the brilliant-cut and baguette diamond-set designs of the 1960s through to 1997’s groundbreaking ‘Chopardissimo’, jewellery watches have long been central to Chopard’s identity.
This year, Chopard will honour its legacy of jewellery watchmaking with a number of landmark initiatives, starting with the introduction of a moon phase complication to a L’Heure du Diamant timepiece – the next step in the collection’s mechanical evolution.
Following the unveiling of Chopard’s latest campaign, featuring Chopard Ambassador Bella Hadid surrounded by flowers, a travelling exhibition dedicated to L’Heure du Diamant will bring over 15 exceptional diamond-set timepieces to global destinations such as Geneva, Dubai, Cannes, and Paris. Heritage pieces on display will highlight Chopard’s signature details including bark-type bracelets and ornamental stone dials, accompanied by contemporary L’Heure du Diamant watches and jewels.
Dior High Timepieces
Two high timepieces are some of the newest objects of desire to spring forth from the Maison of Dior. The first, Dior Grand Soir Automate Miss Dior, is an affectionate nod to Christian Dior nicknaming his seamstresses ‘the bees’ for their ever-meticulous work in the Ateliers. This limited edition timepiece places Christian Dior’s most iconic dresses on the dial, wreathed in a cloud of sequin embroidery, mother-of-pearl flowers, and engraved bees on the bezel that can be activated by automation to ‘dance’ around the dress.
“Colour is what gives jewels their worth,” Monsieur Dior once stated – a testament to his intense passion for colour that acts as the beating heart of the Dior Grand Bal Tie & Dye Colorama collection. Each watch is an extraordinary canvas across which precious stones ranging from Mexican opals to pink sapphires are arranged in a spectrum of hues, enlivened by the Dior Inversé caliber’s captivating movement.
Dior Grand Soir Automate Étoile de Monsieur Dior
Link: Dior High Timepieces
Cartier’s Watches & Wonders
The clever artisans at Cartier have worked their magic on novelties for 2025 Watches & Wonders, harnessing the art of metamorphosis as the driving force behind their watchmaking adventure through five key collections. The newly enlarged 1899 MC movement of the Tank Louis Cartier, for instance, features a next-generation mechanical manufacture movement with automatic winding, while the Tressage watch – a sculptural, sensual study of both roundness and sharp lines – fuses watchmaking and jewellery within a series of voluptuous twists.
The new Tank à Guichets might have the appearance of its ancestor from 1928, but comes equipped with a specially developed calibre: the 9755 MC hand-wound movement, complete with jumping hours and dragging minutes. (An additional 1930s-style reinterpretation in platinum, limited to 200 pieces, features two apertures positioned at an angle.) A ‘Toi & Moi’ bracelet in yellow gold or pavé diamonds infuses the Panthère Jewellery watch with plenty of character, placing a delicate watch just out of reach of a three-dimensional pouncing panther. Lastly, the Panthère watch comes set with orange and yellow spessartites against black and golden-brown lacquer – a daring abstract hybrid of zebra and tiger coats.
Link: Carter Watch Collection
Hublot Candy Pink
A span of four decades has seen Hublot and The Hour Glass working together as kindred spirits, challenging tradition and pushing the limits of luxury watchmaking. Hublot’s third creation for The Hour Glass – the Spirit of Big Bang Carbon Candy Pink – embraces their innovative spirit of material and colour exploration. Inspired by Pantone’s shade of candy pink, this limited edition timepiece (of which only 30 pieces exist) is defined by its matt pink frosted carbon case: a combination of advanced carbon fibre with vibrant composite elements, lending it a distinctive marbled effect.
The high-performance, 42-millimetre tonneau-shaped case is fitted with Hublot’s signature six H-shaped microblasted titanium screws with a polished finishing, candy pink hour markers, and an open-worked dial decorated with candy pink details. Each individually numbered watch (retailing exclusively at The Hour Glass boutiques in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam at a price of SGD 46,200) can be worn with either a ‘Candy Pink’ structured rubber strap or a subtler all-black rubber strap.
The Hublot X The Hour Glass Spirit of Big Bang Carbon Candy Pink
Link: The Hour Glass: Hublot
Link: hublot.com
