Both based in the Vallée de Joux, Blancpain and Breguet have released romantic watches to win a woman's heart.
Blancpain has been celebrating Valentine's Day with a special edition for more than two decades. This year the Swiss brand celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Fifty Fathoms diver's watch.
The smaller Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe has been redesigned in white with touches of pink and red as well as heart symbols to express the power of love.
The heart, which guides the seconds hand, reappears above the "i" in the brand name engraved on the in-house Calibre 1150, revealed by the sapphire crystal of the case back.
The self-winding movement boasts a robust architecture with refined decorations. The white dial features a soft-pink minutes track, 3, 6, 9 and 12 numerals, and a date display between 4 and 5 o'clock.
With a ceramic inlay and Liquidmetal hour-markers, the unidirectional rotating bezel is indispensable for diving. The model is water-resistant to approximately 300m thanks to the structure of the 38mm case in satin-brushed steel.
The Fifty Fathoms Bathyscaphe Valentine's Day 2023 is available in 99 pieces.
The world's oldest watch brand dates back further to 1735, when Jehan-Jacques Blancpain opened a workshop in the village of Villeret, in the Bernese Jura.
Breguet was founded later in Paris, in 1775. A native of Neuchâtel, Abraham-Louis Breguet initiated the neoclassical style, open-tipped hands, guilloché motif and other signatures that inspired the aesthetics of the Classique collection.
Available in 28 pieces, the new Classique Phase de Lune 9085 Valentine's Day Edition pays tribute to love while remaining faithful to Breguet's design codes.
Adorned with a very fine guilloché pattern, the mother-of-pearl dial has Breguet numerals alternating with six rubies and two traditional open-tipped blued steel hands.
At 12 o'clock, the Breguet inscription appears in an oval cartouche, opposite a hand-hammered gold moon phase, whose midnight blue lacquered sky is dotted with gold stars.
Artisanal crafts executed on various components of the self-winding Calibre 537L include chamfering and Côtes de Genève motif while a circular barleycorn pattern graces the gold oscillating weight, all visible through the sapphire crystal on the case back.
Brilliant-cut diamonds illuminate the 30mm white gold case and lugs, where an interchangeable strap system allows switching from a red to white alligator strap by simply pressing the pusher on the underside of the wristband.
