8 jewellery watches guaranteed to turn heads: celebs from Rihanna to Michelle Yeoh are bringing the bling – add your own red carpet sparkle with diamond timepieces from Chanel, Bulgari, Graff and more

Feb 21 , 2024

Michelle Yeoh rocks her trademark Richard Mille at the 2023 Met Gala in New York. Style selects eight jewellry watches for wrist and neck, from Chanel, Bulgari, Van Cleef & Arpels and more. Photo: EPA-EFE

This season Jacob & Co. – a brand famously worn by Rihanna – offers a wristwatch with more than 100 carats of diamonds, while Richard Mille and Graff also have diamond-encrusted watches for the wrist

With art deco a strong influence, the sautoir – or long necklace – timepiece made a big return for 2024, with offerings from Chanel, Van Cleef & Arpels, Bulgari, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Piaget

Do you want ice with that? New York jeweller Jacob & Co. is one of the go-to brands for iced-out watches, as could be seen in June when Rihanna wore the 47mm Jacob & Co. Brilliant Flying Tourbillon watch choker.

Rihanna sporting a Jacob & Co Flying Tourbillon set with diamonds as a choker at Louis Vuitton’s Paris fashion show

But did you know that bejewelled watches are arguably the oldest horological trend there is? One of history’s first-known wristwatches, gifted to Queen Elizabeth I in 1571, was held in place by an armlet garnished with diamonds and pearls.

Here Style weights up eight more blinging jewel watches worth a look:

1. Jacob & Co. Billionaire Ashoka Small

If you prefer to wear something on your wrist, one of Jacob & Co.’s latest offerings is the Billionaire Ashoka Small, a 31.67mm watch with more than 100 carats of diamonds.

2. Richard Mille RM 72-01 Lifestyle Automatic Chronograph

The new diamond versions of the RM 72-01 Lifestyle In-House Chronograph

Swiss watchmaker Richard Mille – known to have used diamonds galore in pieces worn by Michelle Yeoh – also likes the baguette cut: one of its most recent iced-out cases is the cushion-shaped RM 72-01 Lifestyle Automatic Chronograph.