Written By Katherine Conaway

Gucci Twirl Watch YA112531

The Gucci Twirl Watch YA112531 gets its name from a playful feature – the watch dial can actually twirl and face either out or to the wearer’s wrist. Facing out, the accessory functions as a watch, but facing in, it is a piece of Gucci jewelry.

The women’s Gucci Twirl Watch YA112531 has a black stainless steel bracelet with punchouts of the double Gucci G in one of its trademark diamond patterns around the bracelet. The watch case is enclosed in steel and can rotate around within the bracelet. With the case facing in, this timepiece transitions into a Gucci bangle. As for the face itself, it is a black dial with silver hour and minute hands. The dial is blank, so there are no hour or minute markings. This aspect of it reinforces the jewelry focus of the piece because it can only offer a general sense of time and has no additional features.

Pros:

• Black stainless steel bracelet
• Swiss movement
• Scratch-resistant sapphire
• Can function as a bracelet

Cons:

• Moderately expensive; it costs $1,150
• Watch face doesn’t have any markings
• Only water resistant to 30 m/100 ft

Gucci Twirl YA112510

Gucci Twirl YA112517

The Gucci Twirl line features several different variations on the basic Twirl design of a bangle bracelet with a rotating watch case. They all also have the same watch face with a plain dial that is unmarked. The Gucci Twirl YA112510 is a silver version of the YA112531, also made out of stainless steel and featuring a white dial. The back of the rotated case displays a white background with the silver gray double G logo diamond pattern that wraps around the bracelet. This bangle watch is $945. The Gucci Twirl YA112517 has an acetate bangle with Gucci’s signature red and green stripes instead of a stainless bracelet with the diamond pattern. Because of its materials, this is less expensive than the other Twirl watches at $795.

Gucci watches are made out of lasting and life-resistant materials while maintaining an effort to combine classic style with modern trends. The Gucci Twirl Watch YA112531 is a sleek piece of women’s jewelry that has the playful ability to be both a watch and a bangle bracelet. It isn’t a functional investment in a timepiece due to it’s lack of markings and other utility aspects, but it is a Swiss made watch crafted with Gucci style.