Watches don’t always need to sit obediently on the wrist, and the sautoir watch has always known this. Long, elegant, and gloriously unconcerned with practicality, it was born from an era when timepieces were as much jewellery as they were instruments. Popularised during the Art Deco period, sautoir watches were designed to move with the body, catching the light as they swung from silk dresses and sharp tailoring. They weren’t about precision timing; they were about presence. Today, as high watchmaking leans back into storytelling, craftsmanship, and expressive design, the sautoir is enjoying a refined revival. It’s a reminder that luxury doesn’t always shout — sometimes it drapes, glimmers, and tells time on its own terms.
Piaget Sixtie Swinging Sautoir
With its new Sixtie Swinging Sautoir, Piaget continues its tradition of avant-garde watchmaking. Inspired by sketches once drawn by Piaget’s designers onto the pages of fashion magazines, this turquoise and trapezoid-dialled Sautoir captures the era’s casual glamour with a cascading framework of diamond-set, hand-twisted gold that echoes the contours of the dial like gentle ripples on water’s surface. Its dynamism is further enhanced by the free movement of its light-reflecting tassel of diamonds and gold. Completing the line-up is another legendary Swinging Sautoir that cradles a trapeze-shaped turquoise dial within a rope of twisted gold, which appears casually knotted yet is intricately handcrafted in the Maison’s inimitable style. This timepiece is powered by a quartz movement.
Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Secret Necklace
The Reverso Secret Necklace transforms the design icon into a graceful and exquisitely feminine sautoir, or long necklace. The cordonnet, the original black textile bracelet (literal translation: fine or small cord) seen on Reverso models of the 1930s has been reimagined as a supple chain of intricate diamond-set links and polished onyx beads, from which a richly gem-set Reverso is suspended. Two pendants of polished onyx charms add a refined flourish to this elegant new way of wearing the time. This 18mm pink gold watch has an 80cm circle of onyx beads with a primary dial in black onyx and diamonds while the caseback also gets black onyx and diamonds. The watch is powered by manually-wound Jaeger-LeCoultre Calibre 846 with a 38-hour power reserve.
Chanel Première Sautoir-Belt Watch
Minimalist yet unmistakably Chanel, the Première Sautoir reinterprets the brand’s iconic watch through a jewellery lens. Suspended from a leather-interwoven chain inspired by the House’s quilted handbags, it delivers understated Parisian chic with quiet confidence. This watch has a 19.7 x 15.2 x 7.5 mm size and its stainless steel is coated with yellow gold with a black-lacquered dial, and is powered by a quartz movement.
Bvlgari Cameo Imperiale Secret Watch Necklace
The Cameo Imperiale concealed watch necklace’s pendant bears a cameo of Queen Cleopatra. The pendant, which conceals a timepiece, is set with diamonds and brilliant-cut rubies and hangs from a rose gold chain. The watch casing is additionally studded with sapphires, and diamonds are snow-set around the exquisite Tourbillon Lumière manual-winding mechanical movement, BVL 208, in gold, which has a 64-hour power reserve. All components are hand-decorated and polished, and the openwork mechanism reveals the delicate features of the watch’s internal workings.
Chopard New Ice Cube
The first timepiece in the current collection is a Secret Watch that also functions as a bracelet. This uniqueness is presented in an ethical 18k rose gold case. Its white dial is hidden beneath a hinged cover of ethical 18 ct rose gold, with gilded hour and minute hands adorning the watch face. The bracelet is made of ethical 18 ct rose gold and features 36 princess-cut diamonds.
