The Van Cleef Arpels Cadenas is beautiful. Most fascinating (to me) in plain yellow gold (no diamonds), the strains of the Cadenas case are straight and clear, with an angled dial enabling the time to be learn discretely. The watch (26 mm by 14 mm for contemporary and 25mm by 17mm for classic) is about on a double snake chain bracelet with a chunky clasp that takes on the rounded type of a padlock. Slinky and seductive – it is the watch world’s reply to elegant girl dressing.
Suppose Truman Capote and his Swans. The Cadenas is prim and correct, nevertheless it’s nonchalant. If we’re taking part in a sport of “match the watch to a historic type icon,” then Jackie O, clean-edged and funky, could be the Cadenas. Bianca Jagger, glamorously hedonistic, could be the Serpenti. The takeaway is that each watches are for girls who like getting dressed.
