Taylor wore Bulgari’s Serpenti bracelet-watch on the set of 1963’s Cleopatra while Wallis Simpson favoured a Cadenas watch by French jeweller Van Cleef & Arpels At this year’s Watches and Wonders event in Geneva, Cartier debuted a watch in its Reflection de Cartier collection while Dior has a 2021 creation by artistic director Victoire de Castellane Cuffs are back in the world of luxury watchmaking as brands update the classic watch bangle for a new generation. The cuff watch – or “power” cuff as it is also known – sits at the intersection of jewellery and watchmaking , often in the form of a rigid bracelet encrusted with stones and the dial of a traditional timepiece, and typically concealed beneath a hidden mechanism or clasp. {"@context":"https://schema.
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jpg"} Liya Tong wearing the Bulgari Serpenti Misteriosi Cleopatra high jewellery watch Opulent takes on the cuff watch have long adorned the wrists of influential figures. Elizabeth Taylor was famously pictured on the set of the 1963’s Cleopatra wearing a coiled Serpenti bracelet-watch from Roman jeweller Bulgari, while Wallis Simpson favoured a ruby-embellished version of the Cadenas watch by French jeweller Van Cleef &.