Ceramic watches are tough cookies with their hardiness and scratch-resistance, but their aesthetic tends to sway towards cookie-cutter industrial. Adorned with the likes of pretty plumage and graphic motifs, the ones here break that mould.


Ceramic watches are tough cookies with their hardiness and scratch-resistance, but their aesthetic tends to sway towards cookie-cutter industrial. Adorned with the likes of pretty plumage and graphic motifs, the ones here break that mould.

1 Seamaster Planet Ocean 39.5mm ceramic and Ceragold watch on leather and rubber strap, $29,000, Omega
2 Aquaracer Lady 300M Quartz ceramic and 18K rose gold watch on ceramic bracelet, $4,850, Tag Heuer
3 Spirit of Big Bang Bruce Lee Be Water microblasted ceramic watch on alligator skin and rubber strap, Hublot
4 Amour La Nuit ceramic watch with diamonds on leather strap, $2,390, Mauboussin
5 Dior VIII Grand Bal Cancan ceramic and 18K pink gold watch with diamonds and feathers on alligator skin strap, Dior
6 J12 Pink Light high-tech ceramic and steel watch with diamonds on ceramic bracelet, $8,190, Chanel Fine Jewellery
7 Rado True Colours high-tech ceramic watch on nylon strap, $1,470, Rado
8 Vanitas Ceramic ceramic watch on matching bracelet, $2,800, Versace.Prices unavailable unless stated