Helloooooo Ladies: The 2009 Piaget Limelight Twice Watch = "Ohhh, Oh, Diamond Girl!"

"Sort of like getting two expensive watches for the price of one very expensive watch right? No, not quite, but you do get a "day" and "night" side for both the evening and daytime character of the timepiece. Piaget always like to play around with luxury designs when it comes to the Limelight series. Not being particularly en vogue right now among women's watches, I found it interesting for them to release a reversible watch. The timepiece has two complete dials, each with its own Piaget 56P quartz movement that is independently adjustable. Theoretically you have a watch with two timezones as well.

The watch case is in 18k white gold with a "hidden" time adjuster for each movement. There are three versions of the watch. Two with a black satin strap, and the cream of the crop model with the white gold and diamonds chains (six vertical ones that connect on each of the two ends) bracelet (total of 680 brilliant cut diamonds for this Haute Joaillerie version of the Limelight Twice watch). Both dials are off-centered and about as easy to read and Piaget could have made them (meaning bring you phone as a back up clock). The dauphine hands help though while looking stately, and the "night" side with the Roman numerals is probably the easier to read, but both sides quite pretty to look at. This watch just might be the cure for that "I can't spend big during the recession" problem you've been having lately. It is about now during mention of possible economic upswings after a long recession when big spenders get tired of not spending cause it was politically incorrect to do so."

Information Courtesy Of: Luxist.Com

CHRIS LIVE AKA SHAKER SAYS: Since it's inception waaaaaaaay back in 1874 by Georges Piaget in the village of La Côte-aux-Fées, Switzerland, the Piaget firm has become synonymous with exalted luxury and, as such, is universally regarded as 1 of the world's most prominent prestige brands. Taking the high price road during such recessionary times and, by virtue of defiantly refusing to acknowledge current economic realities, tapping into our aspirational side is precisely what Piaget and companies of their breed must do in the hopes of affecting a pleasant money mood change in their cosmopolitan clientele. For their part, Piaget has just introduced the dazzling double-sided Piaget Limelight Twice Watch for 2009.

Composed of signature Piaget 56P quartz movements an 18kt white gold case and a banded row of brilliant cut diamonds that would make officer Rick Ross wanna press charges (NOTE: Also available with a more conservative satin watch strap as well), the latest in their popular Limelight timepiece series is designed for a dime who's holding a little bit more change than her beauty status would imply. Yes, it retails for somewhere in the neighborhood of $58,000, but, if Y.O.U. really break it down, you're actually only paying $29,000 per watch. Now, is that a bargain or what ma!? LOL! Good shit!

BONUS:

If Y.O.U. thought that the "Diamond Girl" allusion contained in the title of this luminous entry was in reference to Ryan Leslie, well, Y.O.U. thought wrong. I can't blame Y.O.U. though, I relish my role as a pop-culture anthropologist and I rarely miss an opportunity to forgo predictability and unearth a rare gem or 2 for my loyal Livestyle community of readers and leaders. Yeah, I frequently deliberately make my shit extra random ... lol.

Listen, life aint just rap and, particularly if Y.O.U. grew up in NYC during the 1980's around ANY Puerto Ricans, then chances are that Y.O.U. are only too familiar with this classic freestyle gem "Diamond Girl" recorded by the group Nice & Wild. Wepaaaaaaaa!!!! Stop frontin'. Press play homie!