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Diamonds & the ROUGH
By: HILuxury TeamAS WITH MANY OF OUR CELEBRATORY HOLIDAYS, Valentine’s Day is steeped in centuries-old lore, albeit one that began with a single person of true flesh and bone. A little digging found that Saint Valentine (sometime in the 1st or 2nd centuries) was a Roman priest that a pope of that era described as one “… whose names are justly reverenced among men, but whose acts are known only to God.”
FRANC VILA
FVi No 9 Chrono Intrepido
Case made of exclusively developed NanoTube
Titanium (NTT) or NanoTube Titanium
Carbon-Graphene Composite.
Water resistant to 100M
Black rubber sport straps and black crocodile leather straps
Limited to 88 pieces
HAMILTON
Hamilton Khaki UTC
42mm
Stainless steel case
Time zones (24) are set manually and use the International Air Transport Association (IATA) three-letter airport codes as reference points.
Swiss GMT movement
Water resistant to 30M
Leather strap
$1,345
BREITLING
Bentley Supersports Light
Body Carbon Dial
49mm
Titanium case
Royal Ebony carbon fiber dial with red inner bezel
The "dashboard-style" dial features three ringed counters with a Bentley-style raised knurled motif.
Water resistant to 100M
Rubber strap bracelet
Limited to 1,000 pieces
OMEGA
Seamaster Planet Ocean
600M Chronograph
45.5mm
Grade 5 titanium case with ceramic and "Liquidmetal" bezel Blue dial
OMEGA co-axial caliber
9300 movement
Water resistant to 600M
$10,600
CUERVO Y SOBRINOS
Torpedo Pirata Chronograph
45mm
Valjoux 7750 movement
Water resistant to 5 atm
Limited edition, 25 pieces in steel, titanium and 18kt gold
$18,900 (Also available: 125 pieces in titanium, burnished steel and bronze, $9,500
HARRY WINSTON
Avenue C Large
18kt white gold
Dial set in a sunray pattern with a total of 34.7 carats of diamonds.
RADO
White D-Star
38mm
The D-Star collection is made of a Rado-developed material called Ceramos, which is a titanium carbide and metallic alloy-infused compound. The result is a bold, lustrous finish combined with strength even greater than that of ceramic.
Quartz movement
$2,895
OMEGA
Seamaster Planet
Ocean 600M
37.5mm
18kt red gold case
Omega co-axial caliber
8521 movement
Black alligator bracelet
$31,300
TISSOT
Dressport
35mm
Stainless steel case
Quartz movement Water resistant to 30M
Leather bracelet
$1,975
Little is actually known about Valentine’s life, outside of his burial on February 14th, which indicates a day of great feasting, as it has for nearly 2,000 years.
And while a fine meal comes and goes (we concede that the rare culinary experience can approach “religious” enlightenment), a classic timepiece transcends gifts of sweet or a scented bouquet.
The gift of time proved great for Saint Valentine: With any luck, bestowing one of these ultra-masculine or feminine pieces of functional jewelry upon your loved one will have equal results.