PLATINUM BOW DIAMOND DROP EARRINGS Statement Watch Maker: RolexModel: 16570 Explorer IIYear:

Maker: RolexModel: 16570 Explorer IIYear: c

provides a tactile counterpoint to the watch's luminous face

Never content to simply be another round case on a metal chain band

This stunning Boucheron bangle from the late 1930s is an Art Deco marvel from the Machine Age

Dial: Rolex Blue Stick Dial

PLATINUM BOW DIAMOND DROP EARRINGS Statement Watch Maker: RolexModel: 16570 Explorer IIYear:We have always had a weakness for French bows. Not the sentimental type, but the crafty kind: platinum worked into ribbon, pav set with diamonds, pinched at the knot, the loops collapsing as if under an imaginary weight. To make platinum lie down like ribbon, a jeweler drew it into wire thinned to nearly a hair's width, then soldered each length into place under magnification, bend by bend, joint by joint. The whole conceit works only because platinum