The Tempus Christmas gift guide: Watches and Jewellery

With the festive season officially in full swing, Tempus is compiling gift guides across a range of different categories – from food and drink to watches and luxury experiences – for you or your family and friends. Over the next few weeks, we will be looking at the best luxury gift items – from a Charlotte Tilbury beauty advent calendar to a bespoke once-in-a-lifetime experience with Johnnie Walker – for you to gift your loved ones this Christmas.

A great watch or a beautiful set of jewels are sometimes all it takes to show that you’re thinking of a loved one. Plus, the joy of watching them make that timepiece or jewel a staple in their wardrobe is a gift all on its own. Here, we take a look at some of the best watches and jewellery collections to gift the fashion enthusiasts in your life this Christmas season.Joséphine collection | Chaumet

If you want to make your loved ones feel like royalty, there is nothing better than gifting them pieces from the Joséphine collection from the fine jewellery brand Chaumet. This collection is inspired by the taste and style of Empress Joséphine and features rings, bracelets, necklaces, earrings and pendants in platinum, rose gold or white gold set with diamonds. This collection is the embodiment of ‘femininity, elegance and daring’, and is a great gift to make someone feel regal. With jewellery for both men and women, this also makes for a wonderful couples’ gift.Connected Calibre E5 40mm | TAG Heuer

If your loved ones are fitness enthusiasts and are looking for a luxurious upgrade to the traditional fit bit, TAG Heuer’s Connected Calibre E5 is the gift to give this holiday season. Marking 10 years since the launch of its smartwatch, the Connected, this watch comes with improved battery life and faster connectivity, and is the perfect health and fitness companion. The watch features a new wellness activity app (tracking calories burnt, steps made and activity time), a new heart rate app (tracking resting life and workout heart rates), and sleep tracking (monitoring blood oxygen, breath rate and heart rate variability). Pentagoni collection | Pomellato

Pentagoni is Pomellato’s high jewellery collection that draws inspiration from geometry and reinterprets the pentagon shape through a contemporary lens, enriching each piece with white and brown diamonds. The dynamic composition of pentagon shapes creates a sense of movement, bringing each creation to life. The Pentagoni collection unfolds through a harmonious array of statement pieces. The necklace stands as the collection’s masterpiece, where pentagons of varying dimensions create a mesmerizing cascade around the neck. Contemporary pendant earrings echo the collection’s bold aesthetic, while a trio of rings invites creative expression through versatile styling options. Another great high jewellery gift for this holiday season.Maestro GC39 25th Anniversary Edition | Gerald Charles

The Maestro GC39 25th Anniversary Edition from Gerald Charles is a great gift for a classic watch aficionado. Inspired by the classic “montre à guichet”, or “window watch” style, the original 2005 model had a sliding-hour complication developed by legendary master watchmaker and friend of Gerald Charles, Antoine Preziuso. It indicated the hour via a rotating disc revealed through an aperture in the dial. This watch is defined by its stepped, fluid case shape, its radiant dial and the playful manner in which it displays the time. At 12 o’clock, the dial opens to reveal a 12-hour disc and a “jumping hours” complication, whereby the disc jumps forward in one hour increments every 60 minutes. Bird on a Rock collection | Tiffany & Co

This Christmas, there is no better way to express your love for someone than through the Tiffany & Co Bird on a Rock collection. It celebrates the soaring optimism and boundless potential of love. At the heart of the collection is the wing motif – graceful, sculptural and symbolic, perfect for the holiday season. Inspired by the layered beauty and delicate tension of a bird’s plumage, the designs take flight in radiant diamonds and precious metals. The collection includes two exceptional high jewelry suites. One is centered around tanzanites, while the other celebrates turquoise. The tanzanite suite features a striking necklace, bracelet and earrings. The turquoise suite is anchored by a statement necklace featuring a diamond bird that appears to grasp strands of cabochon turquoise, accented with gold and diamond feathers throughout. The piece culminates in a dramatic cabochon turquoise drop. The suite also includes a pendant, brooch and ring, each echoing the bird in unexpected ways.Dior Grand Soir Automate Miss Dior | Dior

There are very few brands who do a women’s watch quite like Dior. And nothing encapsulates the brand’s savoir-faire better than the Dior Grand Soir Automate Miss Dior watch. This watch is a tribute to Christian Dior’s design genius, and is inspired by his passion for the splendors of nature, with the delicate mother-of-pearl flowers flourishing beside precious sequins, dappling the piece with infinite poetry. The perfect gift for someone who loves high fashion and high jewellery, this is as opulent as it gets.The Hexagon collection | Lily Gabriella

For a dainty gift that still makes a statement this Christmas, high jewellery pieces from Lily Gabriella’s Hexagon collection would make a great fit. Hex reveals a melting pot of Lily’s references – from the work of the architect Santiago Calatrava and the artist Olafur Eliasson to mother nature herself. Hex is designed as an evolving limited-edition series. From hoop earrings to ear cuffs and eternity rings, these pieces are stackable and perfect for everyday use. Reverso Hybris Artistica Calibre 179 | Jaeger-LeCoultre

Nothing shows how much you care about someone than a gift that exists only in limited iterations. And Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Reverso Hybris Artistica Calibre 179 – which is limited to just 10 pieces – fits that bill perfectly. With black hand-lacquered dials on both front and reverse sides complemented by a pink gold case, the watch echoes monochromatic palettes of the Art Deco period. With its double-sided duoface movement, this Reverso offers two distinct personalities. On the front dial, the decorative plates and bridges feature a lattice of fine lines that match the colour of the precious metal case. On the reverse dial, black lacquer highlights the skeletonised hours-minutes ring and its supporting bridges, emphasising the airy aesthetic and contrasting with the warm tones of various movement components and the soft texture of the micro-blasting.

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