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La montre en diamant que vous regardez est un trésor.

La montre en diamant que vous regardez est un trésor.
The diamond watch that you are looking at is a treasure.
From Lesson 124:Direct object relative pronouns (que)·French

Questions & Answers about La montre en diamant que vous regardez est un trésor.

Why do we use que here instead of qui?
Que is the direct object relative pronoun. Here, it stands for la montre (the watch), which is the object receiving the action (you are looking at the watch). If the watch were the one doing the action, you would use qui instead.
Can I drop que and just say La montre en diamant vous regardez like in English?
No, you can never skip the relative pronoun in French. In English, it is common to drop words like 'that' or 'which' (The diamond watch you are looking at), but French grammar strictly requires que to connect the sentence together.
Where is the word for 'at' in the French sentence?
The French verb regarder already means 'to look at'. It connects directly to its object without needing an extra preposition word. Because of this, the direct object pronoun que is all you need to say 'that you are looking at'.
Why is it montre en diamant instead of diamant montre?
Unlike English, French does not let you put a noun directly in front of another noun to act like an adjective. To describe what an object is made of, you state the item first, followed by en (made of) and then the material.

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