Impulse Buy: Frozen in Time

Practical, meet extravagant: five iced-out precision watches that’ll bedazzle (and keep the time) this holiday season.


Photograph by Toan Trinh, styling by Abby Bielagus

From top:

1. “Art Deco” 18-karat-white-gold-and-diamond watch with mother-of-pearl mosaic dial and satin strap
$30,000, Tiffany & Co.

2. “Panthère de Cartier” 18-karat-rose-gold-and-diamond watch,
$27,100, Cartier

3. Patek Philippe “Perpetual Calendar Grand Complication” 18-karat-rose-gold-and-diamond watch with alligator leather strap
$92,990, Lux Bond & Green

4. Rolex “Pearlmaster 39” 18-karat-Everose-gold-and-diamond watch
$64,150, Sidney Thomas

5. Rolex “Daytona” 18-karat-yellow-gold-and-diamond watch
$97,100, Sidney Thomas