The exact date of Mothers’ Day changes from place to place. In most countries, including Switzerland, Canada, Belgium, Germany, New Zealand, Brazil, Australia and the United States, Mothers’ Day takes place on the second Sunday in May. In France, the event is celebrated on the last Sunday in May. In the UK, Mothers’ Day originated from Mothering Sunday, a religious festival when people would return to their “mother church”, the church where they had been baptised. It is the fourth Sunday of Lent, which this year fell in mid-March.

When this was an invitation only watch occasion, it’d play out as such: Maximillian Busser and Friends would arrange a personal gathering in Lake Geneva with the top watch influencers to talk about the state of the watch industry, have a “watch show” filled with one-off collectibles, also, importantly, drink copious quantities of “hot” beer with a side of gloating to help wash it all down. Richard Mille, De Bethune, Ressence, and HYT would signify a number of the innovative watch businesses to pop up with showcases. Last, Bamford Watch Department and Motorcity Watchworks would round out the modifiers section, bringing with them a group of DLC coated, mil-spec sailors and custom altered watches, which were remarkably common in recent years.Uber-geeky “watch races” would be held; Chronometre Classic (best timekeeping watch), Chronograph Drags (most accurate time cease), Chronograph Drags (Vintage Class) and the all too famous Redline Renegades Race (speediest VPH). The bonus round are the Deep Dive Sprint (most water and strain resistance). Completing the festivities are a “watch series” along with a tribute movie of the late George Daniels. Of course, Baume et Mercier are the title sponsor of this shindig with everyone riding in around Indian Motorcycles.
While the origins of Mothers’ Day probably go back to prehistory, the tradition as we know it today was imported from the United States. It was Anna Marie Jarvis who first campaigned for a special day, to honour the memory of her own mother, who died in 1905. Her efforts succeeded in 1914, when Congress officially decreed that the second Sunday in May would be known as Mothers’ Day. The UK adopted the tradition in the same year, and other countries followed suit in later years.

No doubt we all remember the presents we proudly presented to our own mothers each Mothers’ Day: the pasta necklaces, the salt dough sculptures, not forgetting all those poems. Today, WorldTempus will spare you the DIY, instead offering a selection of watches you could buy to mark this special date for a special person. There’s something for every taste and every budget, from quartz to mechanical, from steel to gold, diamonds optional.

Click on the gallery to discover our selection of watches.