Watch and/or necklace for dd's 18th birthday

[twosoups1972]

Dd will be 18 soon and we are thinking about presents. She has said she would like a watch as she is still wearing her Ice watch from her early teens! She has also said she would like a nice necklace/pendant for every day wear.

She's picked out a few watches as possibilities - she likes rose gold and there are some by Olivia Burton that are nice. They are around £75 - £120 in which case we could afford to get her a necklace as well.

But I'm wondering whether we should pay more for the watch to get a better one and not get the necklace...?

I would get the watch she likes and maybe a nice pandora necklace?

Not Pandora sorry, it's not her style.

The watch sounds perfect especially if she has picked it out herself. I bought my DD a 'special' necklace for her 18th birthday. It is the Tiffany silver bow, we gave her the matching ear-rings for the next Xmas. It were expensive but not ridiculous and it is something to keep forever. Classic design so will not date, I think it cost about £130 or something similar. DH might have bought it duty free though.

Thank you. Think we want to spend around £300 in total so can probably get both the watch and necklace. Anyone know if Olivia Burton is a good brand for watches?

That sounds lovely and good that you are getting her to make suggestions and then you pick one. When I saw your thread title I was worried that you were maybe going to spend a huge amount of money on something she might not use or would loose! However, you all seem sensible and if she has had previous watch for a number of years she knows how to take care of things she values. Sometimes parents/grandparents give very expensive gifts and then complain that a child/young person has lost or broken the item, forgetting that they probably were too young to value it.