Diamond Watches for Men

Why would anyone want to just be a millionaire when they can look like a billionaire?

Diamonds aren't just women's best friends. It's time to talk about the shiny elephant in the room. Why are more and more men wearing diamond watches? In the past, the symbol of one's success was wearing a Rolex, a Patek or an Audemars Piguet. Some even expressed their status by driving a Cadillac or a Rolls Royce. But things have changed radically in the last two generations, especially as Hip Hop culture has exploded into the world of mainstream high fashion and luxury brands.

Diamond Watches for Men

A Brand New Sense of Coolness

We went from Caddys to Bentleys. We've also moved from wearing haute couture by high-end designers to collecting Haute Horlogerie and Haute Joaillerie works by leading watchmakers... and they say we're still feeling the impact of the recession? Gone are the days when a pair of Converse and the ability to breakdance was all it took to be truly street cool, so-called.

Raising the Bar in Luxury

Owning a luxury watch has become pretty standard now. The quality of life in the United States has improved in recent decades. The majority of high society now consists of tech millionaires and billionaires; They, along with the Hip Hop and RnB artists they grew up with, have enough cash to stand out much more than the average multimillionaire. They do this by wearing excessive amounts of diamonds on their watches. As if paparazzi and a fleet of Lambos weren't enough of a sign of one's success.

Effects

Some luxury watch advocates in Hip Hop culture include Jay-Z, Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Hart, D-Wade, Swizz Beatz, but the list is huge and ever-growing. Others include athletes like Floyd Mayweather, actors like Ashton Kutcher, and rap artists like Bad Boy Records founder Sean Combs, seen at right. But you don't have to be a rap artist or a world-famous athlete to wear one of these beauties.

One of a Kind Luminous Clocks

Yes, the new ultimate luxury watch is a diamond-studded watch. So much so that many companies have sprung up that can take your existing gold luxury watches and give them some serious sparkle by setting a dazzling amount of diamonds into the cases, dials, and bracelets. Using one of these services may get you a one-of-a-kind watch, but it will also cost you more than a wad of Benjamins.

Which Top Brands Produce Diamond Watches for Men?

There are many different types of diamond watches for men. Some have a moderate amount of diamonds, such as a diamond-set bezel and/or diamond hour markers; which today is a pretty modest look and doesn't count as sparkle per se. Watches that are considered truly sparkling are those with diamond pave dials, diamond bezels, diamond-studded cases and/or diamond bracelets.

Most Rolexes have only a moderate amount of diamonds, such as the hour markers or the occasional bezel. There are several mid-sized Rolex watches that are considered unisex and feature an all-diamond pave dial. Other popular brands with sparkling watches include Hublot, Audemars Piguet, Vacheron Constantin and Breguet. There are even a few examples from Bell & Ross, Girard-Perregaux and Cartier.

Some watch collectors buy a watch and decide to make it unique by having either the case or the entire watch paved with dazzling diamonds. Sometimes this is done by their favorite jeweler. Sometimes these diamonds are set in the factory; That is, they send the watch back to the manufacturer and pay a hefty fee to have their watch converted into a pavé watch.

Whichever path you choose, in most cases some of the bespoke watches and highly sought-after models from leading watchmakers such as Audemars Piguet, Patek Philippe, Rolex and more are available with full diamond dials and sometimes with diamond pave bracelets.