Hermes is one of those luxury design houses that I love to admire but have pretty much accepted I will never afford.

Sure, I could probably afford to spend a few hundred dollars on a Hermes silk scarf or fragrance, if I wanted to. But I don’t want to. The Hermes stuff I want is well and truly out of my price range, such as the classic Kelly bag (named after Grace Kelly herself). Unfortunately I don’t have $10,000 to spend on a handbag at the moment.

Then there is the Hermes Cape Cod wrap watch, as pictured here, which goes for a relatively more affordable $2300 (or thereabouts). Still not a realistic purchase for me, but I love the look of the leather wrap band.

At least there are some more affordable interpretations around… such as this one from La Mer.

It’s priced at US$88, but with the 25% off mypresent discount code through the site, and after converting to AUD… that works out to be around $98 by my calculations.

You can view the whole range of La Mer wrap watches here.

By Caroline Warnes