While big watches may be the current rage, there will always be those who appreciate classic designs, and understand that to supersize these classics would be tantamount to sacrilege. One such example would be the extremely beautiful timepieces of the Jaeger-LeCoultre Joaillerie 101 collection.

Has Art Deco elegance ever been expressed better? Not in my view–seeing these dainty, gem-set masterpieces transports you right back to the glamorous era of Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, slender cigarette holders, and Duesenberg motorcars. Yes, reading the time is not the easiest thing on the tiny dials, but that is not what the Joaillerie 101 watch is about. The special occasions to which a lady would choose to wear this extraordinary watch should not call for nervous glances at her watch. As a footnote to history, Queen Elizabeth II wore one of these Jaeger-LeCoultre timepieces for her coronation. And, this watch is not merely a stunning piece of jewelry–it represents an extraordinary achievement of haute horlogerie as well, using a manual-winding movement which is scarcely larger than the end of a pencil, weighs only a single gram, and yet has 98 individual, hand-finished parts.