Magnificent Mechanical Watches For Christmas

Benzinger 3/4 Skeleton Rose Engine Watch
A stunning example of fine craftsmanship, a sterling silver watch with Breguet frost finish & ribbon guilloche, guilloché and skeletonised by hand, rose gold plated, with ETA-6497-manual winding movement. The hands are flame-blued steel in Breguet-style and comes with a hand-sewed alligator leather strap.
POAwww.jochenbenzinger.de
New Panerai Submersible Bronzo 47 MM Watch
Rare, iconic, tough and fascinating, the new Panerai Submersible Bronzo shows that Panerai’s Laboratorio di Idee can combine the past and the future, technology and design, with consummate skill.The bronze develops its own patina over time, making each one unique.
£13,900www.panerai.com/gb
Manufacture Royal Androgyne Royale Bespoke Watch
This glamorous piece is crafted from a rose gold case with 17 jewels, a sapphire crystal front and back fixed with 8 screws and an alligator strap with pin buckle. It features a MR02 manual mechanical tourbillon calibre with a frequency of 21,600 vibrations per hour and a power reserve of 108 hours. Water-resistant to 30 meters and a real eye catcher.
POAwww.manufacture-royale.com
Louis Moinet Only Mexico Watch
Only Mexico is a unique piece that pays tribute to roots of Mexican culture. Ateliers Louis Moinet painstakingly gathered information and sought out the most typical materials of the country – and then blended them together in this spectacular, original creation. One key highlight is the presence of the oldest-known material in the world, from the Allende meteorite, found in the State of Chihuahua.
£15,400www.louismoinet.com
Armin Strom Minute Repeater Resonance Watch
The world’s first and only resonance chiming wristwatch, with in house ARR18 calibre. Two complications, resonance and minute repeater and two vertically-stacked independent movements with two forms of resonance. This is one for the true horological afficonado.
£300,000www.arminstrom.com
Ladies Piaget Limelight Watch
The reinterpretation of a glamour icon from 1973, this gem-set luxury watch unfurls its design in an elegant 26 mm round case in rose gold, enhanced by two elongated, cambered lugs that perfectly embrace the wrist. Its shape is embellished by a bezel set with graduated round diamonds.
£17,640www.int.piaget.com