The industry term for such fanciful timepieces is form watches, and their origin story stretches back at least 500 years.
It’s a bracelet! It’s a brooch! It’s a secret watch!
Over the centuries watchmakers have tried many ways to disguise the basic function of a timepiece. They hid the dial under a cuvette, or cover, or behind a layer of filigree or other ornamentation.
But form watches may be the most creative approach of all. That is the term that the industry uses for a watch in the shape of a flower, a ladybug, a pistol or, well, just about any shape capturing the watchmaker’s imagination.
Form watches date to the 1500s, and
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