Watching The Ladies
Ladies watches, while not the first timepieces, followed close on the heels of men's watches. These handy timepieces were generally smaller, daintier, thinner and tended to have more creative and colorful designs than the male versions.
Some watches are made for both men as well as the ladies. Let's take a look at a couple of these uni-sex watches.
Fossil makes watches that are for either ladies or men and offers them in bulk as promotional pieces or employee gifts from business firms. One of these is a best selling item, because of its versatility. It has a bezel that rotates, hour markers that are raised and luminous hands. The bracelet is made of sturdy stainless steel. A firm can order these ladies and men's watches with their logo emblazoned on the watch face. The dial background can be ordered in either blue or black. The watch is packaged in the traditional Fossil brand tin with its imagery of retro America. Or, a company can, instead, order it in a tin that is silver color and sports the firm's own logo.
Other watches especially designed for the ladies are found in the collection of virtually every watchmaker the world over. Let's look at a few of these lovelies for ladies.
Bulova has always been the priced right watchmaker, and Bulova ladies watches are no exception. Its steel 96L42 is an attractive silvertone analog wristwatch with a curved crystal, rectangularly-shaped dial with white background, and case and bracelet made of stainless steel. It is water resistant to 100 feet and comes with a manufacturer's warranty good for two years. These Bulova ladies watches retail for $399 regularly, although an online search can find you one for under $200.
The thin and classy 96L48 is analog, with a white rectangular dial and crystal made of mineral. The strap is genuine black leather. It has a deployment buckle and case made of sturdy all stainless steel. It is water resistant down to 100 feet. This watch, as all ladies Bulova watches, comes with the firm's two-year warranty.
Seiko makes 15 different styles of lovely ladies bracelet watches. One of the most modern and innovative looking is the SYL798, with a case and bracelet of stainless steel plated in gold plated stainless steel case and bracelet. The crown is gold plated as well, and the case is gold. It has gold toned minute and second hands as well as hour markers. These elegant ladies watches by Sieko come with three-year warranties and retail at $300 regularly, with more than fifty percent discounts on some reseller or discount vendor Web sites.