Thursday, December 11, 2008

A Look At Inexpensive Diamond Watches For Men

By Louis Soul

A man would normally give a diamond engagement ring to the woman he wants to marry and when she also accepts the proposal and this is the normal custom in Spain as well as several countries of the world. This could be very charming to look at but have you ever thought about gifting diamond watches for men and women which are not only functional but good looking too? Many of these in-demand pieces are made by eminent names of the industry and different jewelers focus on specific types of this jewelry.

Tacori the designer that has earned accolades for making diamond wedding jewelry which takes the best of both worlds - conventional patterns along with modern elegance. Hildago on the other hand is famous for creating pieces with a riot of colors and perhaps slightly outlandish looking and the engagement rings of 130-year old company Christian Bauer is available only through some select outlets and they make diamond jewelry only on special orders. As you might imagine, not all diamonds for sale wind up being mounted in these exquisite pieces but only the best certified examples, carefully graded for clarity and color, are selected.

Diamond watches are adored both by men and women as a type of jewelry. In fact, the first wristwatches were actually diamond bracelets that had a small timepiece mounted. One saw the first of its kind when Earl of Leicester gifted one to Queen Elizabeth which was a cute round clock adorned with impeccable diamonds and which kept on dangling from a wristband. Probably this was the first real diamond watch for ladies.

On the other hand, till WWI, men liked to sport pocket watches considering wrist watches to be too feminine. The construction of the airplane paved the way for the creation of the first wrist watch for men. The reason for this is since there was no fuel gauge in the early aircrafts both hands had to be kept on the controls always. Hence there was a necessity for a timepiece which would help the pilot to track his range and simultaneously gauge how much fuel was left at the same time would not have to leave the controls simply to grab at his pocket watch.

It is also a fact that both diamond engagement rings and wrist watches for men became in vogue nearly at the same time. Today the three most renowned diamond watches are made by Cartier of France, Citizen from Japan and Movado from Switzerland. The last name makes products which has given Swiss watches the accolade which says 'runs like a Swiss watch'. If you are looking for diamond watches look at the collection from Movado, who provides a range of over 200 distinctive and selective watches to choose from and they have been in this business now for over 100 years. - 16651

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