Ladies' watches: diamonds or no diamonds?

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Originally Posted by Easy Rhino

However, being married more than 35 years to a non girly-girl, in the foofie sense of the word, and rather an athletic, adventuresome type, having sailed to Hawaii in a 49' schooner, earned a black belt in karate, and hiked half of the Appalachian Trail with me. Nonetheless, she likes me to see her as feminine, and while she neither shops heavily, nor wears tons of jewels, she likes tasteful gifts that are high-quality and very feminine. Her rather large diamond ring is a counterpoint to her athleticism. Go figure.

Congrats on 35 years of marriage to what sounds like an amazing wife! Your description (the part I put in bold) is spot on to my gf as well. With that said - are you recommending diamonds or plain dial?

May I ask what kind of watch your wife wears?

The moral is: while it is cool to give a surprise gift, sometimes it makes sense to get some input before the purchase.

Great advice, thank you Mark. We have spent hours in watch stores here in NYC (Wempe, Tourneau, Kenjo, William Barthman, etc) and at brand boutiques (IWC, Omega, Rolex, Cartier, etc). So much time, actually, that she's "burned out" hah. Her top two are the IWC I posted previously and this Tudor. She didn't have a preference one way or the other for the diamond hour makers on the Tudor.