Collector Mag’s Barbiecore watch edit
Photo: Courtesy of Warner Bros
Ever since the trailer for the new Barbie movie featuring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling by Greta Gerwig was released, we’ve been dreaming in pink! Due to be released in July this year, the film announcement has triggered a nostalgic throwback to our childhood and our all-time favourite Mattel doll, but it also re-asserts the dominance of the colour pink, which swamped catwalks in 2022 - think Valentino AW22. Ultimately Barbiecore is set to be this summer’s hottest trend and we want in. How do you adapt the Barbiecore trend if your life is not plastic fantastic? The answer is simple, you swap short fushia dresses, bubblegum retro shades and flamingo pink mules for long lasting collectibles that ooze the same hyper-feminine allure and cheerful aesthetic- watches!
Are you keen to channel Barbiecore yourself in the Collector Mag way? Read on, we’ve rounded up an edit of the best pink-tinted timepieces available to channel your own version of Barbie Girl, whether pastel, bright or fuschia, pink is calling for your undivided attention.
TAG HEUER CARRERA DATE
TAG Heuer Carrera Date
As colourful as ever, the TAG Heuer Carrera Date renews its ageless 36mm racing-inspired design with panache. The vibrant pink dial shows a tone-on-tone, speedometer-like track along the flange. Streamlined for optimal wearability, the stainless-steel case carries the upgraded Calibre 7 movement delivering a superior 56-hour power reserve. A modern-day classic.
TAG Heuer Carrera Date
TAG Heuer Carrera Date
Van Cleef & Arpels Perlée 23mm watch, guilloché rose gold
Van Cleef & Arpels Perlée 23mm watch, guilloché rose gold
Highlighting the signature aesthetic of the Van Cleef & Arpels Perlée™ collection, this timepiece combines gentle curves with subtle details, watchmaking savoir-faire with jewellery-making inspiration to offer a contemporary take on jewels that tell time. In fluid lines, the Perlée watch bears a rounded silhouette bordered with a double row of golden beads. Under its curved glass, the dial is adorned with a décor of guilloché rose gold, capturing light for intense reflections.
Van Cleef & Arpels Perlée 23mm watch, guilloché rose gold
Van Cleef & Arpels Perlée 23mm watch, guilloché rose gold
Audemars Piguet ROYAL OAK SELFWINDING PINK TOURMALINE "50TH ANNIVERSARY"
Audemars Piguet ROYAL OAK SELFWINDING PINK TOURMALINE "50TH ANNIVERSARY"
This piece is part of a set of ten pieces, each decorated with a different gemstone. This powerful 37 mm Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding is paved with 790 baguette-cut pink tourmalines (~24.5 carats) and bestowed with the latest case and bracelet design evolution. It is also fitted with the Royal Oak 50th anniversary oscillating weight.
richard mille RM 38-02 bubba watson
The Richard Mille RM 38-02 Tourbillon Bubba Watson is the fourth watch of the collection bearing Bubba’s name over the sportsman’s 10 years with the Richard Mille family. Produced in a numbered limited edition of 50 pieces, it is pretty much the watchmaking equivalent of a hole in one.
Chopard Happy Sport
The Chopard Happy Sport watches collection has perpetually celebrated Joie de Vivre and a free-spirited approach daily reinvented by women to conquer the world in which they wish to live while becoming the woman they aspire to be. Thanks to dancing diamonds that are "happier when they are free", the Happy Sport luxury women's watch stages a fascinating and perpetually creative show. One in which women play a starring role, since it is their own movements that breathe life into the dancing diamonds and this constantly recomposed scene.