Story New UK Collection 2014 ~ Watch Charms

Twitter is a wonderful thing, only sometimes it leads to news that you have to sit on for a month and wait until said news can go public...  well that time has finally come... look what's coming to the UK!

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Story Watch Charms!

I've been excited about these ever since I saw them featured on Endangered Trolls last year but unfortunately we weren't to see them debut in the UK as they remained exclusive to the Danish Market.

Not any more.

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No confirmed news on exactly what date these will be with the Story Retailers but I do have the info on the range of designs and what prices they will retail at in the UK.

There will be a choice of 14 watch designs ranging from £59-£119 and in 4 different finishes, these are all high gloss polished steel, with genuine shards of mother-of-pearl and come with or without the bling of Swarovski Crystals!

You wear them on your Story Bracelet as you would do any other charm, and voila you have a new watch every time!

When my last watch gave up the ghost (matched beautifully with my Story Garnet String Bracelet in case you were curious) I decided I wasn't going to buy a new strap or new watch... I was going to save up for a Story Watch Charm instead.  I've had to wait a wee bit longer than I thought, but it will be nice to be able to finally tell the time once more, without having to liberate my phone from my bag every time by just glancing at my suitably adorned wrist instead.

The beauty of watch charms is you can change your bracelets, add other charms or wear it by itself, it's the ultimate modular watch!

I've seen other watch charms before and even considered dabbling in the ones that fit Troll bracelets, but I've never really wanted to wear one as a full charm bracelet, or one that might rotate on the chain, as I need something practical for work if I'm typing.  As Story charms sit so snugly on the bracelet and I know they are practical for work this is my perfect solution to take the plunge into trying to be on time... yes they have magical properties which will cure my time keeping too! ;)

Right that's enough blathering on by me about why I'm so stoked they're coming to the UK... What *exactly* is coming?

L-R: Story Watch Charms - Roman and Simple
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In the black finish you have 2 choices, the square "Roman" design which retails at £59 or the round "Simple" design which retails at £69, you can get both of these designs in all four finishes at exactly the same prices.

In the rose gold coloured finish you can get an additional 2 designs, "Sparkle" and "Dark Sparkle" as well as Roman and Simple.

L-R: Story Watch Charms - Roman, Simple, Sparkle and Dark Sparkle
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Sparkle and Dark Sparkle are both priced at £119.

In the silver coloured finish, you have a choice of Roman, Simple, Sparkle and Flower.

L-R: Story Watch Charms - Roman, Simple, Sparkle and Flower
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All the Sparkle designs are priced at £119 whilst the Flower designs retail for £95.

Finally you can get the same four designs in a gold coloured finish too.

L-R: Story Watch Charms - Roman, Simple, Sparkle and Flower
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I don't think my thoughts have changed much since I first saw these; my favourites are still the black square Roman design and the round silver coloured Simple design, although I have to confess my eyes keep getting drawn to the rose gold coloured Dark Sparkle!  Alas, that is above and beyond my current watch charm budget!  I also wouldn't have anything else to go with it unless I were to pick up a few rose gold skulls... a'hem *must remember my Boiler Fund* and not get too carried away... for now!

So my lovely readers, do you see anything you fancy?  Have you worn watch charms before?  Will you when they are available?  I'd love to hear what you think!

I'm blindly making the assumption (based on NO evidence, facts or indeed knowledge) that as our lovely UK retailers ship worldwide, that even if these aren't released elsewhere (but I also blindly assume they will based on just having a positive outlook on life and nothing else) that other folk will be able to buy these soon too - even if you don't live in Denmark or the UK!

UPDATE: I did indeed get a lovely watch charm ~ 

but sadly the Story didn't have a happy ending...