Cover Photo: Van Cleef & Arpels

This Valentine’s Day, discover the tales of affection, tenderness and devotion behind these timepieces—and gift them to a loved one or significant other

Whether or not you subscribe to the tradition of celebrating Valentine’s Day, everyone can appreciate a good love story. After all, it is our relationships and connections with loved ones that make life truly wonderful. 

This is why when it comes to picking out a gift for a significant other, something sentimental or with a special meaning behind it always makes the recipient feel loved and appreciated. Below, we picked some of the most beautiful luxury watches with designs and details that were inspired by love stories—and that could perhaps one day be a part of yours.  

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Van Cleef & Arpels

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Above Lady Arpels Pont des Amoureux Printemps watch

It is springtime in Paris and love is in the air. Passion and anticipation build as two lovers move towards each other on a bridge for a kiss—a scene that plays out on the dial of this Poetic Complications watch, with the push of a button. Equipped with a self-winding mechanical movement fitted with a retrograde, the watch displays the time through the lady who marks the hours, while the gent crosses his half of the bridge in 60 minutes.

Chopard

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Above Happy Hearts watch

For Chopard, love is caring and generous. The Happy Hearts collection is an ode to the woman with a big heart, who marches to the beat of her own drum. Five elements—three diamonds, a red heart and a diamond-set white gold heart—dance across the dial, according to its wearer’s movements.

MB&F

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Above Legacy Machine FlyingT ‘Ice’ watch

MB&F founder Max Büsser first created the Legacy Machine FlyingT as a tribute to the important women in his life: his mother, wife and daughters, embodying their qualities and personalities in the elegant yet bold timepiece. As a reflection of this intimate approach, the vertically-stacked movement is designed so that only its wearer can see the time. This radical construction is housed in a dome that contrasts with its icy white diamonds.

Blancpain

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Above Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Valentine’s Day 2023 watch

Resilient enough to reach great depths yet softened with a touch of pink and a heart on the seconds hand, this Fifty Fathoms Bathyscape watch serves as a metaphor for the essence and duality of love. Water-resistant to 30 bar (approximately 300 metres), with a unidirectional rotating bezel with ceramic inlay and Liquidmetal hour-markers, the watch is made to brave waves of strong feelings.

Breguet

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Above Classique Phase de Lune 9085 Valentine’s Day Edition watch

Some of the most romantic elements in the craft of watchmaking come together in this elegant timepiece: rubies to represent passion, and a poetic moonphase and diamonds symbolising eternal love. Equipped with a self-winding calibre 537L with a gold oscillating weight, the watch is also adorned with guilloché pattern on the mother-of-pearl dial.

Hermès

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Above Arceau Jungle Love watch

A tender scene from Jungle Love, a drawing by naturalist artist Robert Dallet, depicts leopards approaching and observing one another in a courtship ritual; hesitant and careful yet unpredictable. The scene is brought to life through miniature enamel painting on the dial, which is housed in a white gold case along with the self-winding H1837 movement.

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