Diamond rings, diamond necklaces and diamond jewelries are popular gift choices for women as they do not just boast the glitter of diamonds, but display sincere affection of a lover as well. Apart from these diamond-adorned accessories, another unique, yet increasingly popular gift to give are diamond watches.

Women’s diamond watches are made relatively smaller to the male diamond watch. The number of diamond stones embedded in the watch face varies per watch, or per jeweler. One diamond watch may be adorned with a single diamond stone, placed in a rather significant position, like in the number twelve, or in the centre of the hands.

Other designs of a woman’s diamond watch may include several smaller diamonds kissing the face, usually taking the place of the numerals, encircling the watch. The design of the watch depends on the wearer – whether they want to be smothered with as much sparkle as they could, or opt for a subtler and more conservative piece of jewelry.

Diamond watches are a perfect gift for women, as these clear cut diamonds symbolizes your purest and most undoubted intentions for her. Diamonds are rare stones and its beauty considered to never falter – continuously representing status, style and sophistication suited for the women. Surely enough, diamond watches will never go out of style, nor look out of place in a woman’s wrist.

Diamond watches are not just practical for their price, but for their usage as well. They will definitely be worn more often by women than other diamond jewelry. A diamond watch will surely compliment any piece of clothing a woman may wear. As they are most often worn, technology has developed ways to create and manufacture a variety of colors for diamonds. It has been believed that diamonds are always clear and colorless. However, diamonds come in a variety of colors as well – black, green, blue, and the rarest of all which is pink. Some diamond watches have pink diamonds instead of the clear ones giving more value and added beauty to the watch itself.

Diamond jewelry has been enjoyed and desired for centuries. However, it wasn’t until about 500 years ago that the art and science of diamond cutting was born. Most of the stones that find their way into diamond wedding rings are cut and appraised in the Belgian city of Antwerp, which has been the center of the diamond business since the mid-1500s.

The DeBeers Company – formed in the 1880s by Sir Cecil Rhodes, for whom the African colony was Rhodesia (now independent Zimbabwe and Zambia) was named – was instrumental in creating an artificial market for diamond jewelry, particularly diamond wedding ring sets, where none had existed previously. It is true that Archduke Maximilian I of Austria presented his bride, Marie of Burgundy with a diamond wedding ring on the occasion of their wedding in 1477, but that did not set a general precedent. That precedent had to wait another 423 years.

“Diamonds Are Forever”

The phrase “a diamond is forever,” became the basis not only of a James Bond novel by Ian Fleming and the movie and hit song that came out of it, but of the most brilliant advertising campaign of all time. The DeBeers Company used this phrase to convince the public to abandon the plain gold bands that had been traditional for married couples for centuries, and embrace their line on fashion-designed diamond wedding ring sets.

The campaign was remarkably successful; within only a few years, plain gold bands had been replaced by diamond wedding bands and rings with set stones.
A similar campaign was undertaken by the U.S. diamond jewelry industry; the market was targeted toward those couples planning to wed. The idea was to convince the American public of an “old tradition” in which men wore diamond engagement rings as well as their fiancées. This particular campaign was rather less successful, but it did help to increase the popularity of diamond wedding rings among American couples.

Diamond Jewelry Today

Diamonds in the rough are shipped to one of the major diamond centers in Antwerp, Tel Aviv, New York, London or Singapore, where they are graded and cut; after this, they undergo an appraisal for carat (size and weight), color, clarity and cut. After this, jewelers purchase these stones in lots and use them as settings for diamond wedding rings and other types of jewelry.