One of the common customs in Spain and several countries of the world is to gift a diamond engagement ring to the woman when she agrees to a marriage proposal. These are lovely to look at, but diamond watches for men and women are practical gifts as well. The credit for creating most of these unique pieces goes to some of the really big names of the industry and jewelers would be selective about the various types of this jewelry.

For example, take Tacori the designer reputed for making exquisite diamond jewelry that amalgamates two styles with the traditional and the contemporary. Hildago creates pieces that are quite colorful and even quirky, while Christian Bauer (a 130-year-old company) makes diamond jewelry to order and sells its engagement rings only through select retail outlets. The diamonds chosen for these matchless pieces are carefully screened for color and clarity and if you think that any diamond up for sale are used, then your are wrong.

Both men and women admire and wear diamond watches as a jewelry item. It might be interesting to you to know that the first wrist watches invented were actually diamond bracelets with a tiny timepiece placed on it. One saw the first of its kind when Earl of Leicester gifted one to Queen Elizabeth which was a cute round clock adorned with impeccable diamonds and which kept on dangling from a wristband. It is likely that this was perhaps the first apparatus studded with diamonds which was meant to look at the time.

Men preferred pocket watches until World War I, considering wrist watches to be effeminate. The construction of the airplane paved the way for the creation of the first wrist watch for men. The reason is that early aircraft had no fuel gauge, and it was necessary to keep both hands on the controls at all times. Hence there was a necessity for a timepiece which would help the pilot to track his range and simultaneously gauge how much fuel was left at the same time would not have to leave the controls simply to grab at his pocket watch.

It is a matter of happy coincidence that both the development of men's wrist watches and the surging popularity of diamond engagement rings happened nearly at the same time. Today the three topmost makers of diamond watches are Cartier of France, Citizen from Japan and Movado from Switzerland The last name makes products which has given Swiss watches the accolade which says 'runs like a Swiss watch'. Movado who has been engaged in this business now over a century has on offer over 200 varieties of diamond watches to choose from, each distinctly different from the other.