The bracelet is the design here. It is built from twisted open links, each edged with crystals, with gold-tone blocks where the twists cross. The watch head is small by comparison: a round case with a crystal-set gold bezel and a mother-of-pearl dial. Case and Wrist Presence A narrow round case with a gold-tone bezel set with a single dense row of stones, mounted between two lighter-metal end pieces. Because the bangle is open rather than solid, the whole piece is light and it moves as you move. It sits like a bracelet with a dial in it, which is exactly what it is. Dial and Legibility White mother-of-pearl, cut from shell, so the surface shifts between white, cream and a faint iridescence as the light changes. Crystals mark every hour, set flush into the dial. Two slim gold hands, no seconds hand, so nothing moves except the time itself. It is a quiet, small dial and it wants good light. Movement and Functions Quartz, hours and minutes only. No calendar and no running seconds, which keeps a small shell dial uncluttered. Bracelet and Fit The twist-link bangle closes on a clasp and is sized by removing whole links. Each link is a shaped loop rather than a plain block, so removing one changes the appearance as well as the circumference – have a jeweller do it and check the look on the wrist before the pins go back in. Who This Watch Suits Someone who wears a watch as one bracelet among several and wants it to match either gold or silver. It is dressy, deliberately light on function, and best suited to a slim wrist. Care and Maintenance Shell dials mark permanently if moisture reaches them, so never submerge the watch and keep perfume and hand sanitiser away from the crystal edge. Wipe the bangle dry after wearing and run a fingernail along the stone rows now and then; a stone that has begun to move is easier to fix than one that has gone. About the Brand Bulova, founded in 1875, has built jewellery-style bangle watches for decades and uses genuine mother-of-pearl for its shell dials, so no two are identical. Technical Specifications Attribute Specification Brand Bulova Reference 98X109 Case shape Round Case Two-tone with gold-tone crystal-set bezel Dial White mother-of-pearl Markers Set crystals Movement Quartz Bracelet Crystal-set twist-link bangle, two-tone Gender Women’s Warranty 24 months Buying With Confidence Movement cover runs for 24 months under the international manufacturer warranty, with the battery and ordinary wear excluded. Every watch leaves us new and unworn, boxed with the manufacturer’s paperwork, and goes out by tracked courier anywhere in the country. An unworn watch in its original packaging can be returned under the Consumer Protection Act.