What does it take to get a man excited enough to write about a woman’s watch? Something like this new-for-2016 Lady Arpels Ronde des Papillons timepiece from French Van Cleef & Arpels does the trick pretty well. This isn’t a watch destined for any time on my own wrist, but I truly appreciate the artistry, design, and technical features which make for a remarkable high complication ladies’ watch.

While highly detailed, hand-made dials mixed with animated complications aren’t new to Van Cleef & Arpels, the company ups the ante a bit with each new model. Each of these watches exists in the brand’s coveted “Poetic Complications” family of products whose aim is it combine traditional watchmaking techniques with emotionally-charged dial displays aimed more at being fun and eye-pleasing as opposed to offering functional enhancements. In other words, Van Cleef & Arpels Poetic Complication watches are not trying to be tool watches, but rather beautiful machines (mostly for women).
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