Our favourite watches for Valentine's Day | The Jewellery Editor

Valentine's gifts: the time is ticking

Valentine’s Day watches will outlast red roses and remind her of this special day for years to come.

06 February 2017

Choosing to mark Valentine’s Day with the gift of a watch gives you a lot of mileage. Instead of a fancy box of chocolates or a bunch of flowers, watches are built to last for years and will remind her of that special day every time she consults her watch.

Since no two women are alike, we have selected seven of our favourite watches, each calibrated to suit a different style of woman with prices for all pockets. Browse our gallery for gift inspiration or send some not-so-subtle hints his way by sharing your favourite.

The Little Lange 1 Moon Phase packs formidable mechanics in a dazzlingly feminine pink gold case lavishly decorated with guilloché engraving (£31,600).
Piaget's ultra-thin Altiplano watch just got prettier with a graded pink dial, changing from a softer to a more intense hue depending on the light (£22,900).
Trendy, feminine and attractively priced, Baume & Mercier's Petite Promesse is truly petite with a 22mm steel case and mother-of-pearl dial (£2,090).
Bovet's delightful Récital 19 Miss Dimier features an elliptical case with an intense blue dial that draws the eye into its depths (CHF 16,500).
Spell it out in stone with Jaquet Droz's Petite Heure Minute Astorite watch with a rare gemstone dial made from the material astorite (£24,500).
The Jaeger-LeCoultre Rendez-Vous Night & Day comes in a larger case for 2017, with the guilloché work on the dial reminiscent of raw silk (£7,400).
This chic Poiray Ma Préférée watch in stainless steel comes on a special – and interchangeable – strap designed especially for Valentine’s Day (€1,800).
Piaget ultra-thin 34mm Altiplano watch in white gold with a diamond-set bezel, a gradated vivid pink dial and a pink alligator leather strap (£22,900).