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9 Unique Luxury Watch Shapes You Can Wear This Season

Unexpected shapes for women's and men's watches are having a moment

Written by Amy Moeller
| Published on November 14, 2022
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FRESH-FACED: Newer watch shapes, and traditional shapes with a twist (such as this one from Piaget), are commanding attention. Photograph courtesy of Piaget.

Vanna

Luna Pearl

This 23-karat rose-gold-­plated watch features a mother-­of-pearl dial designed by the Los Angeles–based brand. $405

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Tag Heuer

Monaco

This updated tribute to the brand’s original Monaco—the square-faced model made popular by Steve McQueen in the 1970s—is available in blue, black, or steel. $6,750

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Piaget

Limelights Gala High Jewelry

This jewelry-style watch in 18-karat white gold features nearly 500 diamonds. Price on request.

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Cartier

Santos de Cartier

The newest edition to a century-old collection, the blue Santos de Cartier is made of steel, synthetic spinel, and sapphire crystal. $7,800

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Hublot

Spirit of Big Bang Titanium White Diamonds

This watch features a matte-white dial and 50 diamonds totaling 1.06 carats, all set in polished titanium, with rubber straps. $17,800

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Breguet

Reine de Naples 8918

Some 117 diamonds weighing .99 carats are set in 18-karat rose gold. A .08-carat pear-shaped diamond sits at 6 o’clock. $35,100

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Shinola

The Mackinac

Named for the Port Huron–to–Mackinac Island regatta in Michigan, this new canary-­yellow timepiece is Shinola’s first with yacht-timer functionality, to help sailors count down to the start of a race. $3,500

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Hamilton

Ventura XXL Skeleton Auto

This black-rubber-and-stainless-steel timepiece has an extra-large dial of around 46 millimeters. $1,795

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This article appears in the November 2022 issue of Washingtonian.

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