In Her Own Time
FROM THE WRISTS OF SCREEN ICONS TO THE SLEEVES OF POWER SUITS, THE WATCH HAS EVOLVED
WORDS BY SARAH NOONAN
A century ago, a woman’s watch was strictly utilitarian. It was modest in scale, quietly reliable and expected to do little more than count the hours. It sat politely on the wrist and rarely asked to be noticed. But over the decades, it began to shift into something more personal — a marker of identity, style and subtle power. Somewhere along the way, telling time became the least interesting thing a watch could do.