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Swarovski 5275043 Crystalline Pure Black Women's Watch
Ref. P1148-SWR5275043
The Crystalline Pure is Swarovski's attempt to put its crystal-setting work into a form that reads as a watch rather than a piece of jewellery that happens to tell the time — a distinction the brand has not always managed. The black dial against gold-tone steel is a considered choice: it gives the crystal detailing contrast to work against, and the result is sharper than the all-pale versions of this case. At 34mm on a genuine leather strap, it sits neatly on a smaller wrist without the slightly marooned quality that larger fashion cases can have at this proportion. The black strap keeps the whole thing from reading too formally gold, which gives it more range across a day than the colourway might first suggest.
- Reference
- P1148-SWR5275043
- Brand
- Swarovski
- Case size
- 34mm
- Case material
- Gold PVD
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Black
- Movement
- Quartz
- Functions
- Chronograph
- Water resistance
- 50m
- Bracelet / strap
- Leather strap
- Strap colour
- Black
- Retailer
- Watch Home
Additional specifications
- Gem set
- Yes
Learn more about Swarovski
Daniel Swarovski patented a machine for cutting crystal precisely and in volume, and in 1895 moved production to Wattens in the Tyrol for the hydroelectric power the valley could supply. The company has been there ever since, still family-controlled after five generations.
The watches are not a licence. Swarovski makes them itself, and they exist to display the thing the company actually produces: cut crystal, set into cases, bezels, bracelets and dials in quantities no watchmaker would attempt.
That makes them jewellery with a movement inside rather than watches with decoration added, and they are best judged on that basis. Quartz movements, generous stone-setting, and designs that change with the season.
Swarovski also supplies crystal to fashion, film and stage — which is why the same stones turn up on a Wattens-made watch and on a costume at the Metropolitan Opera.
- 1895
- Daniel Swarovski founds the company in Wattens.
- 1956
- Aurora Borealis coating developed with Christian Dior.
- 1976
- Crystal figurines begin the collectables business.
- 1989
- The first Swarovski watches appear.
- 2010
- Watchmaking expands into a full seasonal collection.
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| Specification |  P1148-SWR5275043 | 982847 41 05 20 | T1432101109100 |
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| Price | £239 | £229 | £270 |
| Case size | 34mm | 34mm | 34mm |
| Water resistance | 50m | 50m | 50m |
| Movement | Quartz | Quartz | Quartz |
| Strap | Leather strap | Stainless steel bracelet | Stainless steel bracelet |
| This watch | Closely matched |
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