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There are a lot of people who love all things designer. There are also a great deal of people who love the world of celebrity. Fuse the two together and you have a winning combination; designer watches for celebrities!

So here are our top five picks of fantastic looking designer watches:

Thanks to The Watch Department for supplying the images for this look at designer watches for the stars!

Pink G Shock Baby G

Great looking watch; it’s more Tulisa from n-dubz rather than Amanda Holden. Putting this on is a real statement of intent that you are loud and proud – Love it!

Price from £56

Armani Classic Watch

This classic looking silver watch is more George Clooney than Plan B, but it looks great and will not cost the earth.

Price from £179.00

Tissot PRS56 Quartz Chronograph

Tissot is quality, and this watches oozes class. Whilst not at the top end of thee luxury scale this watch would not look out place on any premiership footballers wrist. A true legend of a watch.

Price from £295

Superdry Lumber

This mid-west USA style watch is very different to your standard watches;  its unique look is ideal for anyone looking to be different, a bit like Gok Wan.

Price from £85

Suunto Elementum Terra All Black

Damn it! This watch has got Jack Bauer written all over it, its matt black finish is stealthy and would support a black ops operation.

Price from £499

So there you have five top wrist watches for stars that you can find at great prices in and around the Internet.

With the pressure to conform to the latest fashions dictating you that you should look out for what clothes you wear, how you style your hair and what skincare products you should use – it is easy to overlook the effect that the humble wrist watch can have on an outfit.

Men don’t wear a lot of accessories, this means that a watch can actually say quite a lot about the person wearing it.Most people would hate to admit it, but we do make flash judgements about people within the first few seconds of meeting them for the first time – it’s just human nature.Watches are of course worn on the wrist and come in a variety of styles so what we wear can say a lot about who we are and the image we are subconsciously trying to project. 

A sporty watch may unsurprisingly indicate someone of an active nature, or someone who is at least trying to be.A less flashy style of watch could be indicitave of someone who is perhaps indifferent to how they are perceived and requires it for more practial purposes.  Those who wear more expensive designer watches tend to do so as they act as a status symbol and are as decorative and desirable as a necklace or any other type of jewellery.It is for this reason that there is a large market for counterfeit watches, particularly Rolex watches.You will most likely be able to tell which is fake and which is the genuine article by the outfit that it accompanies.

If you are looking for that perfect watch to complete your outfit, don’t fool yourself into thinking that a higher end designer watch is outside your price range.  You will be able to find plenty of online designer watch shops where you will be able to find that designer watch to suit your tastes and more importantly, your wallet!

To mark the acceptance of the engagement, a man would gift his fiancée a diamond ring when she accepts his proposal to marry him and this happens not just in Spain but in many other countries of the world also. Of course these are very pleasant to look at but gifting diamond watches for men and women is also a useful concept. These highly wanted pieces are created by some of the top line names of the industry and different jewelers concentrate on the different types of this jewelry.

For example, take Tacori the designer reputed for making exquisite diamond jewelry that amalgamates two styles with the traditional and the contemporary. Hildago on the other hand is famous for creating pieces with a riot of colors and perhaps slightly outlandish looking and the engagement rings of 130-year old company Christian Bauer is available only through some select outlets and they make diamond jewelry only on special orders. The diamonds chosen for these matchless pieces are carefully screened for color and clarity and if you think that any diamond up for sale are used, then your are wrong. When traveling be sure to have a jewelry travel box for safe keeping. The jewelry travel boxes offer a higher degree of security. Here are some tips for using a jewelry travel box.

Both men and women admire and wear diamond watches as a jewelry item. It is a fact that the earliest wrist watches were actually diamond bracelets which had a small timepiece attached to it. The first of its type was seen nearly 430 years ago, as a gift from Earl of Leicester to Queen Elizabeth I which was a tiny clock round in shape and studded with diamonds which was suspended from a wristband. Probably this was the first real diamond watch for ladies.

On the other hand, till WWI, men liked to sport pocket watches considering wrist watches to be too feminine. The creation of the airplane simultaneously led to the advent of wristwatches for men. The reason is that early aircraft had no fuel gauge, and it was necessary to keep both hands on the controls at all times. Therefore it was necessary to have a timepiece that (a) allowed the pilot to keep track of his range and how much fuel was left, and (b) did not necessitate the removal of his hands from the controls in order to reach for a pocket watch!

Interestingly, the growth in popularity of diamond engagement rings was parallel to that of men’s wrist watches, happening about the same time. Today the three topmost makers of diamond watches are Cartier of France, Citizen from Japan and Movado from Switzerland The last name is synonymous to the saying ‘runs like a Swiss watch’. Movado who has been engaged in this business now over a century has on offer over 200 varieties of diamond watches to choose from, each distinctly different from the other.

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