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Topics http://www.bcbusinessonline.ca/%5Bterm%5D-5600 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en-cwm November Style: Wristwatches http://www.bcbusinessonline.ca/bcb/after-hours/style/2009/11/04/november-style-wristwatches The watch's pull as a powerful status symbol has not diminished in the least. http://www.bcbusinessonline.ca/bcb/after-hours/style/2009/11/04/november-style-wristwatches#comments after hours style Alfex BCBusiness Birks business style Concord Girard-Perregaux Gucci November 2009 Omega Philip Stein St. Moritz Watch Corp steven schelling Tiffany Vacheron Constantin Vanoc 2010 limited edition wrist watches Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:22:00 -0800 Steven Schelling <h3>The advent of the cellphone and BlackBerry may have rendered obsolete the functionality of the wristwatch, but its pull as a powerful status symbol has not diminished in the least. </h3> The advent of the cellphone and BlackBerry may have rendered obsolete the functionality of the wristwatch, but its pull as a powerful status symbol has not diminished in the least. Along with the wedding ring, the wristwatch is today the only universally acceptable piece of male jewelry – but it wasn’t always so. Less than a century ago, the pocketwatch was king, while “wristlets” (considered a passing fad) were the exclusive province of fashionable women. However, after this new hands-free technology was credited – along with the machine gun – with leading the British to victory in the Boer War, the wristwatch made the leap from battlefield to boardroom, as captains of industry embraced the manly new accessory. <author></author>TOP ROW (left to right) 1. Concord Delirium La Nuit, $17,890, <a href="http://www.birks.com" target="_blank">birks.com</a> 2. Birks Signature with diamond bezel, $10,950, <a href="http://www.birks.com" target="_blank">birks.com</a> 3. Vancouver’s St. Moritz Watch Corp.’s Stella Maris,$395, <a href="http://www.st-moritz.com" target="_blank">st-moritz.com</a> 4. Tiffany T57, $10,300, <a href="http://www.tiffany.ca" target="_blank">tiffany.ca</a> 5. Tiffany Grand small, rectangle, $3,350, <a href="http://www.tiffany.ca" target="_blank">tiffany.ca</a> 6. Vintage Alfex multi-chrono, $395, Otto Friedl, Hotel Vancouver, 900 W. Georgia St., 604-683-2820 7. St. Moritz Valjoux, $1,295, <a href="http://www.st-moritz.com" target="_blank">st-moritz.com</a> BOTTOM ROW (left to right) 1. Tiffany Atlas small square, $3,800, <a href="http://www.tiffany.ca" target="_blank">tiffany.ca</a> 2. St. Moritz Lugano, $995, <a href="http://www.st-moritz.com" target="_blank">st-moritz.com</a> 3. Gucci Twirl, $795, <a href="http://www.birks.com" target="_blank">birks.com</a> 4. Vacheron Constantin Contemporary Patrimony, $35,600, <a href="http://www.palladiocanada.com" target="_blank">palladiocanada.com</a> 5. Philip Stein diamond Teslar, $2,605, <a href="http://www.holtrenfrew.com" target="_blank">holtrenfrew.com</a> 6. Omega Vanoc 2010 Limited Edition Seamaster, $4,500, <a href="http://www.birks.com" target="_blank">birks.com</a> 7. Girard-Perregaux Cat’s Eye, $31,990, <a href="http://www.palladiocanada.com" target="_blank">palladiocanada.com </a> 7656 at http://www.bcbusinessonline.ca