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Rolex Datejust White Diamond Dial Steel Yellow Gold Ladies Watch 179163
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust White Diamond Dial Steel Yellow Gold Ladies Watch 179163. Officially certified
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Yellow Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust Steel Yellow Gold White Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 79173
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Steel Yellow Gold White Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 79173. Officially certified
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Yellow Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust Steel Yellow Gold White Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 179173
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Steel Yellow Gold White Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 179173. Officially certified
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Yellow Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust Steel Yellow Gold White Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 179173
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Steel Yellow Gold White Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 179173. Officially certified
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Yellow Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust Steel Yellow Gold White Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 179173
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Steel Yellow Gold White Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 179173. Officially certified
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Steel, Yellow Gold

Rolex Datejust Steel Yellow Gold White Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 79173
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Steel Yellow Gold White Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 79173. Officially certified
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Yellow Gold, Steel

TIFFANY Co. Vintage 14K Gold Diamond Ladies Watch
By Tiffany Co.
Located in Danvers, MA
With a classic elegance, this lovely Tiffany & Co. ladies watch is versatile - perfect for both
Category

20th Century Swiss Wrist Watches

Materials

Diamond, 14k Gold

Rolex Datejust Steel Yellow Gold White Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 69173
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Steel Yellow Gold White Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 69173. Officially certified
Category

20th Century Wrist Watches

Materials

Steel, Yellow Gold

Rolex Datejust White Diamond Dial Steel Yellow Gold Ladies Watch 69173
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust White Diamond Dial Steel Yellow Gold Ladies Watch 69173. Officially certified
Category

20th Century Wrist Watches

Materials

Yellow Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust White Diamond Dial Steel Yellow Gold Ladies Watch 69173
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust White Diamond Dial Steel Yellow Gold Ladies Watch 69173. Officially certified
Category

20th Century Wrist Watches

Materials

Yellow Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust White Diamond Dial Steel Yellow Gold Ladies Watch 69173
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust White Diamond Dial Steel Yellow Gold Ladies Watch 69173. Officially certified
Category

20th Century Wrist Watches

Materials

Yellow Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust White Diamond Dial Steel Yellow Gold Ladies Watch 69173
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust White Diamond Dial Steel Yellow Gold Ladies Watch 69173. Officially certified
Category

20th Century Wrist Watches

Materials

Yellow Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust Steel Yellow Gold White Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 79173
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Steel Yellow Gold White Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 79173. Officially certified
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Steel, Yellow Gold

Rolex Datejust Steel Yellow Gold White Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 79173
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Steel Yellow Gold White Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 79173. Officially certified
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Yellow Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust Steel Yellow Gold White Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 79173
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Steel Yellow Gold White Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 79173. Officially certified
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Yellow Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust Steel Yellow Gold White Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 69173
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust 26mm Steel Yellow Gold White Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 69173. Officially certified
Category

20th Century Wrist Watches

Materials

Steel, Yellow Gold

Rolex Oyster Perpetual 26 Steel White Gold Diamond Ladies Watch 176234 Box Card
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Oyster Perpetual 26 Steel White Gold Diamond Ladies Watch 176234 Box Card. Officially
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Steel, White Gold

Rolex Datejust 31 Steel White Gold Mother Of Pearl Diamond Ladies Watch 278384
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust 31 Steel White Gold Mother Of Pearl Diamond Ladies Watch 278384 Box Card. Officially
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Steel, White Gold

Rolex Datejust 28 Steel White Gold Dark Grey Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 279174
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust 28 Steel White Gold Dark Grey Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 279174. Officially certified
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

White Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold Pink Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 179174 Box Card
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold Pink Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 179174 Box Card. Officially
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

White Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold Black Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 69174 Box Papers
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold Black Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 69174 Box Papers. Officially
Category

20th Century Wrist Watches

Materials

White Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust Black Diamond Dial White Gold Steel Ladies Watch 79174 Box Papers
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Black Diamond Dial White Gold Steel Ladies Watch 79174 Box Papers. Officially
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

White Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold Blue Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 69174 Box Papers
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold Blue Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 69174 Box Papers. Officially
Category

20th Century Wrist Watches

Materials

White Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust 31 Steel White Gold Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 278274 Box Card
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust 31 Steel White Gold Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 278274 Box Card. Officially certified
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Steel, White Gold

Rolex Datejust 28 Steel White Gold Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 279174 Box Card
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust 28 Steel White Gold Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 279174 Box Card. Officially certified
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

White Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust Mother Of Pearl Diamond Dial Steel White Gold Ladies Watch 179174
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Mother Of Pearl Diamond Dial Steel White Gold Ladies Watch 179174. Officially
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

White Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust Midsize 31 MOP Diamond Dial Steel White Gold Ladies Watch 178274
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Midsize 31 MOP Diamond Dial Steel White Gold Ladies Watch 178274. Officially
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

White Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold Black Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 69174 Box Papers
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold Black Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 69174 Box Papers. Officially
Category

20th Century Wrist Watches

Materials

White Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust 28 Steel White Gold Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 279174 Box Card
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust 28 Steel White Gold Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 279174 Box Card. Officially certified
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Steel, White Gold

Rolex Datejust 28 Steel White Gold Grey Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 279174 Unworn
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust 28 Steel White Gold Grey Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 279174 Unworn. Officially
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

White Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold Black Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 179174 Box Card
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold Black Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 179174 Box Card. Officially
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

White Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold Mother of Pearl Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 179174
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold Mother of Pearl Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 179174. Officially
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

White Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold Mother of Pearl Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 79174
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold Mother of Pearl Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 79174. Officially
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

White Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust 28 Steel White Gold Dark Grey Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 279174
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust 28 Steel White Gold Dark Grey Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 279174. Officially certified
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Steel, White Gold

Rolex Datejust White Gold Mother Of Pearl Diamond Dial Steel Ladies Watch 79174
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust White Gold Mother Of Pearl Diamond Dial Steel Ladies Watch 79174. Officially
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Steel, White Gold

Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold MOP Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 179174 Box Card
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold MOP Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 179174 Box Card. Officially certified
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

White Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust Midsize Steel White Gold MOP Diamond Ladies Watch 178384 Box Card
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Midsize Steel White Gold MOP Diamond Ladies Watch 178384 Box Card. Officially
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Steel, White Gold

Rolex Datejust 28 Steel White Gold Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 279174 Box Card
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust 28 Steel White Gold Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 279174 Box Card. Officially certified
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Steel, White Gold

Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold Mother Of Pearl Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 79174
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold Mother Of Pearl Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 79174. Officially
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

White Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold Mother of Pearl Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 79174
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold Mother of Pearl Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 79174 Box Papers
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

White Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold Grey Dial Diamond Ladies Watch 279384 Box Card
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold Grey Dial Diamond Ladies Watch 279384 Box Card. Officially
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

White Gold, Steel

Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold Grey Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 279384 Box Card
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Datejust Steel White Gold Grey Diamond Dial Ladies Watch 279384 Box Card. Officially
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Steel, White Gold

Rolex Yellow Gold Ladies Pearlmaster Masterpiece Diamond Watch, Model 80318
By Rolex
Located in Columbia, MO
produces in-house all the essential components of its watches, from the casting of the gold alloys to the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Rolex Datejust 10P Diamond 179174G White Ladies Jubilee Bracelet Watch - Used
By Rolex
Located in Holtsville, NY
Introducing the Rolex Datejust 10P Diamond 179174G White Ladies Jubilee Bracelet Watch Elevate
Category

Mid-20th Century Wrist Watches

Materials

Diamond, White Gold

Chopard Ladies White Gold Happy Diamonds Quartz Wristwatch
By Chopard
Located in London, GB
A Chopard Happy Diamonds Ladies luxury watch set in 18k white gold. The watch features a silvered
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold

Cartier Pasha Seatimer Rose Gold Diamond Ladies Watch WJ130004
By Cartier
Located in Atlanta, GA
Cartier Pasha Seatimer 37mm Rose Gold Diamond Ladies Watch WJ130004. Quartz movement. Round 18K
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Wrist Watches

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold

PATEK PHILIPPE Ladies Gondolo Quartz Diamond Yellow Gold Watch
By Patek Philippe
Located in Greenwich, CT
Patek Philippe ladies' Gondolo dress watch (ref. 4825J), featuring a quartz movement; white
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold

Tiffany Co 18k White Gold Diamond Watch for Ladies w/ Box and Papers
By Tiffany Co.
Located in Sherman Oaks, CA
Tiffany & Co 18k White Gold Diamond Watch for Ladies w/ Box and Papers Model #266 Serial #040551316
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Wrist Watches

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold

PIAGET Emerald Diamond Gold Ladies Bracelet Watch
By Piaget
Located in New York City, NY
This is a Piaget 18k white gold ladies' bracelet wristwatch with diamond and emerald oval bezel
Category

Swiss Wrist Watches

Rolex President Tridor Midsize White Yellow Rose Gold Diamond Ladies Watch 68289
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex President Tridor Midsize White Yellow Rose Gold Diamond Ladies Watch 68289. Officially
Category

20th Century Wrist Watches

Materials

Rose Gold

Rolex President Tridor Midsize White Yellow Rose Gold Diamond Ladies Watch 68149
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex President Tridor Midsize White Yellow Rose Gold Diamond Ladies Watch 68149. Officially
Category

20th Century Wrist Watches

Materials

Rose Gold

Rolex Pearlmaster 18k Yellow Gold White Roman Dial Diamond Ladies Watch 80318
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Pearlmaster 18k Yellow Gold White Roman Dial Diamond Ladies Watch 80318. Officially certified
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Yellow Gold

Rolex Pearlmaster Yellow Gold White Dial Diamond Ladies Watch 80318 Box Card
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex Pearlmaster Yellow Gold White Dial Diamond Ladies Watch 80318 Box Card. Officially certified
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

Yellow Gold

Rolex President Tridor White Yellow Rose Gold MOP Diamond Ladies Watch 69179
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex President Tridor White Yellow Rose Gold MOP Diamond Ladies Watch 69179. Officially certified
Category

20th Century Wrist Watches

Materials

Rose Gold

Rolex President Midsize Tridor White Yellow Rose Gold Diamond Ladies Watch 68279
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex President Midsize Tridor White Yellow Rose Gold Diamond Ladies Watch 68279. Officially
Category

20th Century Wrist Watches

Materials

Rose Gold

Rolex President Midsize Tridor White Yellow Rose Gold Diamond Ladies Watch 68279
By Rolex
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rolex President Midsize Tridor White Yellow Rose Gold Diamond Ladies Watch 68279. Officially
Category

20th Century Wrist Watches

Materials

Rose Gold

Chanel Ladies White Gold Diamond Stardust Quartz Wristwatch
By Chanel
Located in Paris, IDF
A 750/000 white gold jewelry Chanel watch, "Poussière d'étoile" collection. The bezel in shape
Category

Early 2000s French Contemporary Wrist Watches

Materials

White Diamond, 18k Gold

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Ladies White Gold Watch With Diamonds For Sale on 1stDibs

Find an expansive variety of ladies white gold watch with diamonds available on 1stDibs. All of the items for sale were constructed with extraordinary care, often using Gold, 18k Gold and White Gold. Our selection of items includes 31 vintage examples as well as 7 contemporary versions. Our inventory has long been popular, and it includes earlier versions that date to the 19th Century and newer variations that were made as recently as the 21st Century. Our collection of ladies white gold watch with diamonds includes designs that are universally popular, but Modern and Contemporary styles, specifically, are sought with frequency. Many examples in our inventory of these items are appealing no matter their origins, but Piaget, Omega and Blancpain produced popular versions that are worth a look. There are many round cut, brilliant cut and emerald cut ladies white gold watch with diamonds for sale. When shopping our range of ladies white gold watch with diamonds, you’ll find that there are less available pieces for men today than there are for women.

How Much are Ladies White Gold Watch With Diamonds?

Prices for ladies white gold watch with diamonds start at $1,200 and top out at $19,583 with these watches, on average, selling for $7,075.

Why Gold Shines in Jewelry Craftsmanship

Gold is the feel-good metal, the serotonin of jewelry. Wear vintage and antique gold necklaces, watches, gold bracelets or gold rings and you feel happy, you feel dressed, you feel, well, yourself. 

Gold, especially yellow gold, with its rich patina and ancient pedigree going back thousands of years, is the steady standby, the well-mannered metal of choice. Any discussion of this lustrous metal comes down to a basic truth: Gold is elementary, my dear. Gold jewelry that couples the mystique of the metal with superb design and craftsmanship achieves the status of an enduring classic. Many luxury houses have given us some of our most treasured and lasting examples of gold jewelry over the years.

Since its founding, in 1837, Tiffany Co. has built its reputation on its company jewelry as well as its coterie of boutique designers, which has included Jean Schlumberger, Donald Claflin, Angela Cummings and Elsa Peretti. There are numerous gold Tiffany classics worth citing. Some are accented with gemstones, but all stand out for their design and the workmanship displayed.

For the woman who prefers a minimalist look, the Tiffany Co. twist bangle (thin, slightly ovoid) is stylishly simple. For Cummings devotees, signature pieces feature hard stone inlay, such as her pairs of gold ear clips inlaid with black jade (a play on the classic Chanel black and tan), or bangles whose design recalls ocean waves, with undulating lines of lapis lazuli and mother-of-pearl. And just about any design by the great Jean Schlumberger is by definition a classic.

Even had he eschewed stones and diamonds, Southern-born David Webb would be hailed for the vast arsenal of heavy gold jewelry he designed. Gold, usually hammered or textured in some manner, defines great David Webb jewelry. The self-taught jeweler made very au courant pieces while drawing inspiration from ancient and out-of-the-way sources — East meets West in the commanding gold necklaces made by Webb in the early 1970s. The same could be said for his endlessly varied gold cuffs.

In Europe, many houses have given us gold jewelry that sets the highest standard for excellence, pieces that were highly sought after when they were made and continue to be so. 

Numerous designs from Cartier are homages to gold. There are the classic Trinity rings, necklaces and bracelets — trifectas of yellow, white and rose gold. As a testament to the power of love, consider the endurance of the Cartier Love bracelet.

Aldo Cipullo, Cartier’s top in-house designer from the late 1960s into the early ’70s, made history in 1969 with the Love bracelet. Cipullo frequently said that the Love bracelet was born of a sleepless night contemplating a love affair gone wrong and his realization that “the only remnants he possessed of the romance were memories.” He distilled the urge to keep a loved one close into a slim 18-karat gold bangle. 

BVLGARI and its coin jewelry, gemme nummarie, hit the jackpot when the line launched in the 1960s. The line has been perennially popular. BVLGARI coin jewelry features ancient Greek and Roman coins embedded in striking gold mounts, usually hung on thick link necklaces of varying lengths. In the 1970s, BVLGARI introduced the Tubogas line, most often made in yellow gold. The Tubogas watches are classics, and then there is the Serpenti, the house's outstanding snake-themed watches and bracelets.

A collection called Monete that incorporated the gold coins is one of several iconic BVLGARI lines that debuted in the 1970s and ’80s, catering to a new generation of empowered women. Just as designers like Halston and Yves Saint Laurent were popularizing fuss-free ready-to-wear fashion for women on the go, BVLGARI offered jewels to be lived in

Since Van Cleef Arpels opened its Place Vendôme doors in 1906, collection after collection of jewelry classics have enchanted the public. As predominantly expressed in a honeycomb of gold, there is the Ludo watch and accessories, circa the 1920s, and the golden Zip necklace, 1951, whose ingenious transformation of the traditional zipper was originally proposed by the Duchess of Windsor. Van Cleef's Alhambra, with its Moroccan motif, was introduced in 1968 and from the start its popularity pivoted on royalty and celebrity status. It remains one of VCA’s most popular and collected styles.

Mention must be made of Buccellati, whose name is synonymous with gold so finely spun that it suggests tapestry. The house’s many gold bracelets, typically embellished with a few or many diamonds, signified taste and distinction and are always in favor on the secondary market. Other important mid-20th-century houses known for their gold-themed jewelry include Hermès and Ilias Lalaounis.

Find a stunning collection of vintage and antique gold jewelry on 1stDibs.

Finding the Right Wrist-watches for You

Antique, vintage and luxury wristwatches have captured the hearts and minds of all manner of watch collectors as well as the watchmakers themselves — it's time you found your own.

Certain vintage watches for men and iconic watch designs for women are sought after not only because of their graceful proportions or innovative materials but also because of the illustrious histories of the houses that created them, histories that they stylishly embody.

Bulgari’s legendary Serpenti watch was on everyone’s list after the collection’s bold bracelet, which technically debuted after the timepiece, graced the wrist of actress Elizabeth Taylor. If anything, elaborately crafted timepieces — the unmistakably boxy silhouette of Cartier Tank watches, the elegant and minimal Calatrava designed by legendary Swiss house Patek Philippe — are even more effective than the shape we associate with traditional wristwatches.

Form watches — the all-encompassing moniker bestowed upon non-round watches — are making headlines and completing contemporary fashionable ensembles the world over. At the same time, both casual fans and careful collectors are drawn to the unbeatable charm of vintage styles, such as the icons designed by Omega that even James Bond can’t resist.

In the early days of watchmaking, watches were fragile enough that they necessitated protection from the elements. Now, wristwatches made of gold and steel can withstand the harshest climates — even 100 meters underwater, in the case of Rolex’s Submariner. Designer Gérald Genta, whose range of clients included Rolex, created for Audemars Piguet the first luxury sports timepiece to be made from stainless steel. First introduced in 1972, the Royal Oak was a perfect choice for blending the form and function that are now synonymous with sports watches.

Are you shopping for a wristwatch? It’s good to keep your needs as well as your specific personal style in mind: A smaller, subtle timepiece is a good fit for small wrists. When will you be wearing your new accessory? There’s a versatile model out there for everyday wear, while a rugged, feature-heavy watch is a safe bet if you’re prone to embarking on all-weather activities in the great outdoors.

Find antique, vintage and luxury wristwatches for sale on 1stDibs.