Ok, so you've forgotten your silver watch at home again. Not a bit annoying to have to look for, and at, your mobile every two minutes? Of course it is. And there's really no excuse, because there are scads and scads of fabulous silver watches out there to choose from.

Perhaps if you convinced yourself that silver watches are an accessory - and not just a necessary means of keeping time - you'd not forget to put yours on in the morning. After all, do you forget your silver rings? Your silver bracelets? We thought so.

And silver watches are, nowadays, a kind of silver bracelet. We have ourselves to thank for this, for, as usual, we women were the leaders in making silver watches into a fashion item.  Silver watches began as necklace pendants, but migrated to our wrists for ease of wearing and use.  But just because silver watches are practical, doesn't mean they can't be beautiful.

And beautiful they are. After a certain age, you don't really want to be seen in one of those plastic watches, do you? And not everyone can afford - or even likes - a gold watch. Silver watches are thus the perfect solution, representing a happy marriage of form and function, prettiness and purpose. Silver watches come in multiple styles, some of which "masquerade" as silver bracelets.

In fact, try wearing a silver watch with a thick silver link band along with your silver bracelets to give a generally attractive appearance to your wrist, without hinting that there's anything practical going on. In our experience, wearing a silver watch with the band on the outside of the wrist and the clock face on the inner wrist enables one to steal a glance at the time in the middle of that endless board meeting, without disclosing your boredom…

Silver watches can come with a traditional round clock face, a square clock face, or even a trapezoidal clock face. The clock face of your silver watch may be colored, and its band may be inset with sparkling gem chips. The band of the silver watch may be made of solid panels of silver or silver links of any number of sizes; it may be thick or thin, straight or curved, smooth or hammered – just as any silver bracelet may be. In fact, there's no end of fashionable combinations appropriate for a silver watch.

Silver watches thus make an excellent gift - for yourself or for someone else. No woman can ever have too many practical, affordable and lovely silver watches - enough to suit any outfit or occasion.  Best of all, buying yourself a silver watch is never a mere "indulgence": after all, you do need to know the time, don't you? Choosing a silver watch that's also a fashion accessory allows you to spoil yourself, without a jeweler's ounce of guilt. So go ahead, stop relying on your Blackberry or iPhone to tell you the time! Sparkle up your wrist with a lovely silver watch!