DE GRASCDSONO – Occhio Ripetizione Minuti
The Occhio Ripetizione Minuti from 2005, famous for its camera shutter-like aperture dial that reveals its movement when the minute repeater mechanism is activated, returns with a glitzier redux version.
Courting a new generation of moneyed moguls is a spectacular diamond- encrusted variant featuring baguette-cut stones (totaling 18ct) that encircle the dial, pave the case flanks and embellish the lugs.
Glitz aside, the Occhio’s aforementioned signature calling cards reprise their roles on both the case architecture and the hand- winding movement designed in collaboration with Christophe Claret.
Aficionados can pause to admire the action of the hammers and gongs through the sapphire case back, which also showcases the movement’s finely polished screws and meticulous finishing on the anthracite grey bridges and plates. Available in matte blackened 18K white gold with black alligator strap.
MILUS -Zetios Chronograph Joaillerie
Even if you can’t jet to Cannes on a whim, you can still play the part of a Riviera royalty by strapping on this sporty little number. At 
45mm, the watch is a bona fide showstopper. We love that the crown is integrated into a protective housing, even though probably the most strenuous activity one might perform is deciding where to have pre- dinner cocktails.
However, that’s not to say the watch is a pushover when it comes to functionality. An automatic chronograph movement provides the driving force for stopwatch functions and the big date display at 12′. If you want to impress your coterie of girlfriends, flip the watch over to view the skeleton rotor through the transparent case back, meticulously crafted to resemble the brand logo.
But if that doesn’t elicit the requisite oohs and aahs, then distract them with the radiant fire from the 62 brilliants set in the bezel. In steel or 18K red gold with mother-of-pearl dial and white alligator strap.
EDOX – Super Limited Edition 1884
You might be familiar with Edox’s sportier diver watches and mistake them for a ‘modern’ brand. But the Swiss brand actually 
comes from a rather impressive lineage and wants the world to know that as it celebrates its 125th anniversary this year.
The birthday flag bearer of choice is the Super Limited Edition 1884, which houses one of the brand’s most famous technical triumphs, an ultra-slim automatic calendar movement, the Venus 203 (visible through an open case back), that was the world’s slimmest at the time it was created in the early 1950s.
Likewise, the watch’s sombre and classical style befits its stature, anchored by a 41mm Grand Ocean case with 18K gold bezel and silver-plated dial, and a vintage style dial indicating the calendar and moon phase functions with sublime geometry. Available in limited edition of 125 pieces with a crocodile leather strap, the deal is sealed with the edition number engraved on the left side of the case.
PIAGET – Altiplano Small Seconds
Though surprisingly sedate for a Piaget jeweler watch, this newcomer should go down well with the genteel set more accustomed to high tea at The Peninsula than bacon-and-egg ice cream at The Fat Duck.
The Altiplano Small Seconds displays its classicism with the assurance of one well established in the genre. Corralled by 48 brilliants (totaling 1.5 carats) on the bezel, the gorgeous brush-finished silver dial plays host to stylized numerals and a small seconds sub-dial at ‘10′, ringed by 30 brilliants (0.1 carats).
The latter’s asymmetric positioning delivers just the right dose of eccentricity to offset the strict geometry of the 30mm square case. At its core, an ultra-thin manual winding movement: Calibre 450P, with a thickness of only 2.1mm.
This being a Piaget Manufacture, the finishing on the mechanism is second to none: Circular Cotes de Geneve, circular-grained main plate, beveled bridges and blued screws – a delightful vista visible through the sapphire case back. In 18K white gold with a white alligator strap.
