Gucci is an Italian fashion and luxury leather goods brand founded by Guccio Gucci in Florence, Italy in 1921. Since then, it has become one of the world’s most renowned and recognizable brands, with sales totaling $4.7 billion and a brand value of $12.1 billion as of 2013. Currently part of the Gucci Group, which is owned by French multinational company Kering, Gucci is the biggest-selling Italian brand in the world and operates more than 250 directly operated stores across the globe and wholesales its products through franchises and upscale department stores. As an immigrant hotel worker in Paris and London, a young Guccio Gucci was so impressed with the luxurious luggage he saw urbane guests bring with them that upon returning to his birthplace of Florence, he established a shop in 1920 that sold fine leather goods with classic styling. Gucci’s stores featured finely crafted leather accessories like leather handbags, shoes, and his iconic ornamented loafer along with silks and knitwear in a signature pattern. Over the years, Gucci expanded into a number of new markets and introduced a slew of new products in the 1960s and 1970s, including jewelry, ties, eyewear, and watches for both men and women. The following is a list of the most expensive Gucci women’s watches available on the market today. With a collective price tag of more than $28,000, these five watches are pretty costly.
5. Gucci Interlocking Steel Case Watch – $4,695
This Gucci interlocking wrist watch features a “sleek, modern take” on the brand’s “iconic insignia.” The water-resistant Swiss-made luxury watch features a large 37 mm stainless steel case set with 90 diamonds, a black crocodile leather strap with steel buckle, GG lining, a black lacquered dial with the Gucci logo at 12 o’clock, quartz movement, and sapphire crystal. The elegant piece “is a sophisticated blend of minimalism and luxury.”
4. Gucci G Chrono Collection – $4,795
A variation of the Swiss-made Gucci G Chrono collection, this eye-catchingly hot pink G Chrono women’s wrist watch is a dazzling display of Gucci elegance and style. The luxury watch features a 44 mm stainless steel case set with 54 diamonds totaling 0.78 carets, a pink crocodile leather strap with ardillon buckle, a pink dial with the date at 8 o’clock, quartz chronograph movement, sapphire crystal, and water resistance up to 30 meters.
3. G-Gucci Collection Stainless Steel Watch – $4,995
The sleek and refined G-Gucci Collection stainless steel watch is the epitome of Gucci’s modern luxury and class. The Swiss-made women’s luxury wrist watch, which is water-resistant up to 30 meters, features a 24 mm-by-22.5 mm stainless steel case set with 48 diamonds totaling 1.01 carets, a black sun-brushed dial set with three glittering diamonds, a stainless steel five-link bracelet, quartz movement, and sapphire crystal.
2. Gucci Diamond Horsebit Bracelet Watch – $5,990
The second most expensive Gucci women’s watch available on the market today is the beautiful Gucci Diamond Horsebit Bracelet wrist watch. The Swiss-made piece of luxury features a small 28 mm stainless steel case set with 42 diamonds totaling 1.1 carets, a white mother-of-pearl dial set with three miniature diamonds, a stainless steel horsebit bracelet with adjustable links set with 50 diamonds totaling .43 carets, quartz movement, sapphire crystal, and water resistance up to 50 meters.
1. I-Gucci Collection GRAMMY Special Edition – $7,900
For the latest annual GRAMMY Awards, Gucci unveiled it’s most expensive women’s watch available on the market today. Designed for GRAMMY attendees, guests, and fans alike, the Swiss-made I-Gucci Collection GRAMMY Special Edition watch features a 44 mm yellow pvd case set with 55 diamonds totaling 1.37 carets, a black rubber strap with an engraved GRAMMY logo and yellow pvd deployment buckle, a black dial with yellow digits or hands, Swiss digital dual time movement with alarm, sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating, and water resistance up to 30 meters.
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