Ladies and Watch Mechanics – Close as Never

Revolution in Female Hearts

Just a few years ago nobody doubted the fact that ladies were not particularly interested in mechanics of a watch. A timepiece's outside look was the thing that really mattered. Ladies felt bored about the necessity of winding the watch and correcting its settings. They considered big cases required for housing a mechanical movement 'too big' for their thin wrists. The timepiece's inner life was a true mystery for most ladies who felt reluctant to explore the new realms. Representatives of the fair sex just wanted to add one more gorgeous accessory to their collection. A ticking technical wonder seemed absolutely unnecessary.

However, the situation has significantly changed recently. Ladies become more and more attracted to watches that are not only stylish accessories but are also peculiar for their sophisticated mechanical nature. Watch experts are absolutely sure - female interest in ticking mechanics is on the rise.

This trend was initially spotted in 2005, but in 2006 mechanical watches for ladies appeared in collections of numerous prestigious watch brands, with Jaeger-LeCoultre, Breguet, Patek Phillipe, Audemars Piguet, A. Lange & Sohne, Montblanc among many others. The increasing number of ladies learn to appreciate luxury of owning a mechanical timepiece. Present-day ladies' timepieces boast automatic or hand-wound mechanical movements assembled from hundreds of tiny parts. These gorgeous creations are often adorned by precious gems and feature additional sub-dials, retrograde hands, moon-phase and power-reserve indicators, and even tourbillons. The ladies' watches are not developed just as smaller versions of men's mechanical timekeepers - they are designed and produced exclusively for the gentle sex.

A Tourbillon Watch for Ladies

In 2006 Parmigiani Fleurier developed a magnificent tourbillon timepiece for ladies - Kalpa XL Tourbillon Diamonds. In the heart of the timepiece there is ticking a mechanical hand-wound Parmigiani Fleurier Calibre 500. The movement has been fully crafted by the Manufacture's master watchmakers. It provides a power-reserve for a whole week. The mechanism features a 30-second Tourbillon regulator. Cotes de Geneve decorative motif embellishes its inner workings.

Kalpa XL Tourbillon Diamonds reveals a white mother-of-pearl face featuring applied 18K gold Arabic numerals and brilliant-cut diamond dots. In the center of the timepiece's face you will notice elegant golden hour, minute and seconds hands. In the upper part of the dial there is a week-long pointer-type power-reserve displayed through an aperture by a distinctively red indicator. The lower part of the dial shows the tourbillon. The watch's 18K rose gold case is set with brilliant-cut diamonds. A white mirror-finish Hermes calfskin strap featuring 18K gold pin buckle embellished by brilliant-cut diamonds wonderfully completes the overall look of the timepiece.

Parmigiani Fleurier Kalpa XL Tourbillon Diamonds is a fine example of a ladies watch that wins a lot of hearts due to its extreme femininity and sophisticated mechanisms.