| In Spain when men propose marriage to women and | | | | watch for Hungarian Countess Kosewitz in 1868, there |
| receive affirmation, they present them with traditional | | | | are references to such "watch bracelets" dating back |
| engagement rings - and then their fiancées often | | | | as far as 1572, when the Earl of Leicester presented |
| return the honor by presenting their men with diamond | | | | Queen Elizabeth I with a round watch, inlaid with |
| watches! Men's diamond watches are a type of men's | | | | diamonds, which was suspended from a wristband. |
| diamond jewelry that is both practical and attractive. | | | | Most historians consider this to be the first ladies' |
| They are a type of designer-luxury item that one | | | | diamond watch. |
| would not give every day, but for that | | | | The Mens' Diamond Watch |
| once-in-a-lifetime gift that is more than just a bauble, | | | | Wrist watches were considered effeminate until |
| diamond watches are ideal. | | | | around 1900; virtually all mens' watches were pocket |
| Watch History | | | | watches. The invention of heavier-than-air, motorized |
| Clocks and timepieces have been around almost as | | | | aircraft in 1903 changed all of that. The year following, |
| long as human history, but mechanical clocks are a | | | | French-Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto |
| fairly recent innovation, having come into existence | | | | Dumont-Santos found that he needed a timepiece that |
| only about 700 years ago. The earliest direct ancestor | | | | he could look at without removing his hands from the |
| of today's watches were gear-and-spring driven | | | | controls. The result was the first wristwatch for men; |
| devices invented in Europe during the 1400s; the first | | | | these convenient instruments soon superseded wrist |
| watches were miniature versions of the same device, | | | | watches in terms of popularity. |
| worn around the neck. As these shrank in size over | | | | Diamond Watches Today |
| the next two centuries, they eventually became the | | | | Since that time, three companies - one French, one |
| traditional pocket watch - an anachronism that many | | | | Japanese and one Swiss - are best known for |
| men still use. | | | | incorporating fine timepieces into diamond jewelry. |
| The Ladies' Diamond Watch | | | | Those three are Cartier, Citizens, and Movado. The |
| The first true wristwatches really were diamond | | | | latter company has been making watches for men |
| watches. These were small timepieces integrated into | | | | since the early part of the last century; today, there |
| actual diamond jewelry bracelets for women who | | | | are nearly 200 different models of mens' and ladies' |
| were members of European royalty. Although 19th | | | | diamond watches to choose from, many of which are |
| century jeweler Paket Phillipe et Cie is generally | | | | among the finest diamond watches available on the |
| credited with creating the first true ladies' diamond | | | | market today. |