Hot little numbers wearing diamonds and designer names are a fixture on the white slopes of St. Moritz. But when we become enthralled with a pretty face, you can be sure it belongs to the latest luxury watch those style icons are flaunting! The new ceramic designs that never scratch, with their chic combination of high-tech looks, jeweled bling and creamy colors are all the rage right now. Some are outrageously priced, too. But thanks to our luxury-for-less advantage, you can now fall for that glamorous face without being a sucker for it!

The Stauer Alpine would be right at home among the ski-and-be-seen crowds from Aspen to Zermatt. In fact, with its snowy ceramic band, frosting of icy Austrian crystals (wreathing the stainless steel bezel and marking each hour position), silvery Roman numerals and a black mother of pearl dial that shimmers like the aurora borealis, it easily recalls the crisp, clean beauty of a Tyrolean twilight. It's an Alpine beauty in function, too-crafted with genuine Swiss quartz movement and water resistant to 3 ATM's. The durable band, secured with double press butterfly buckle, is fashioned of industrial strength ceramic formulated at extremely high temperatures and pressure. Case measures about 1 1/4" across.