Bulgari Shanghai Collection Of High Jewelry Watches

In this era of steel-sports-watch madness, it is such a pleasure to see a new collection of high jewelry watches, particularly one with options for men There are two types of high jewelry watches: the design-focused sort that look like and are made like jewelry, and there is no mistaking that they are for women; and the "Fully set" jewelry watch that usually is a little bigger, has a high level of complication, and could easily be worn by men Bulgari demonstrated this distinction best in its debut of several new watches at an event in Shanghai in late September.

Serpenti high jewelry watches are exactly the type of women's watches that reign at auction It is the sort of watch that holds its value because of its design and its carat count, rather than because of a special movement, provenance, or cult status: The Rolex Daytona, for example, may have a higher profile among male collectors but compared to the Serpenti, or certain other high jewelry watches signed by the likes of Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and a handful of others, it actually has a much lower intrinsic value In a high jewelry watch, the jeweling adds real value, as does the design.

The Serpenti Misteriosi Pallin watches were inspired by a five-row Serpenti yellow gold and diamond secret watch from 1955. . Source