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  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    Fashion
    Art of Fashion: jewellery
  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
    Style
    Luxury brands make waves in jewellery world with bespoke diamond cuts

    Chanel and Dior are among the houses creating unique gems to generate buzz and cater to the demand for one-off pieces

  • Friday, 8 April, 2022
    HTSI
    The best upcoming auctions

    From David Bailey’s Parade to Prince Philip’s speedboat – here are the sales to bid for

  • Friday, 28 January, 2022
    Watches & Jewellery
    Buyers tune into the vibes of vintage gold jewellery reinventions

    Baroque Rocks’ repurposed pieces are winning high-profile retail fans

  • Thursday, 11 November, 2021
    Lex
    Alrosa/diamonds: miners have dug themselves out of a difficult market Premium content

    Rational behaviour by leading producers has balanced the market and helped prices to rebound

  • Friday, 5 November, 2021
    Watches & Jewellery
    Auctioneers increase frequency of luxury sales thanks to apps

    Pandemic-induced increase in selling online has seen demographic shift to younger buyers more comfortable using digital devices

  • Friday, 5 November, 2021
    Watches & Jewellery
    Auction houses aim to capitalise on Fabergé ‘buzz’

    A V&A exhibition will show lesser known jewellery by the company famous for its imperial Easter eggs

  • Sunday, 24 October, 2021
    AK Alrosa PAO
    World’s biggest diamond miner warns that supplies will remain tight

    Russia’s Alrosa says inventories are at historic lows, blaming mine closures and lack of new projects

  • Friday, 1 October, 2021
    Watches & Jewellery
    Jade’s complex beauty starts to win admirers

    Although hard to quantify its value, jadeite, the jeweller’s favourite form, is weaving its magic

  • Friday, 1 October, 2021
    Watches & Jewellery
    Gübelin introduces coloured gem grading system

    The Swiss laboratory attempts to build consumer confidence via numerical ratings based on the 100-point wine-scoring scale

  • Sunday, 26 September, 2021
    Mining
    Fabergé owner Gemfields draws interest from South African billionaire

    Desmond Sacco’s Assore builds stake in coloured jewel specialist miner

  • Friday, 3 September, 2021
    Watches & Jewellery
    Art of the experimental: young Chinese designers to watch

    Emerging talents are producing innovative, dynamically coloured high jewellery pieces

  • Friday, 3 September, 2021
    Watches & Jewellery
    Industry reacts with genderless designs as jewellery piques men’s interest

    ‘Men aspire to that quintessential male image. If a superstar is comfortable wearing a brooch they are too’

  • Friday, 9 July, 2021
    Watches & Jewellery
    Semi-precious ‘hardstones’ make their way into high jewellery

    Their name may lack romance, but the stones are proving to be popular playmates to more costly faceted gems, providing colour and scale

  • Friday, 9 July, 2021
    Watches & Jewellery
    Africa looks to polish its credentials in the value chain

    A study is focusing on how the continent can grow beyond raw materials to be a globally competitive jewellery producer

  • Friday, 9 July, 2021
    Watches & Jewellery
    Diamond industry buffs up its image for the young generation

    A focus on sustainability and a marketing push that highlights youthful values are helping sales recover

  • Friday, 18 June, 2021
    Botswana discovers third-largest diamond just as market recovers

    US jewellery sales rebound as the country’s economy gets back on track after Covid-19

  • Thursday, 20 May, 2021
    Diamond industry fights back against lab-grown threat

    Global miners enlist one of world’s biggest jewellers to promote natural stones

  • Saturday, 15 May, 2021
    Art of Fashion: jewellery
    Rock stars: why are men embracing diamonds

    Whether for daily wear or the red carpet, the gems put a sparkle in the step

  • Tuesday, 4 May, 2021
    Lex
    Synthetic diamonds/Pandora: the ultimate high-pressure sale Premium content

    Demand for lab-made gems is expected to grow at twice the pace of mined ones

  • Tuesday, 4 May, 2021
    Pandora AS
    Pandora to sell only lab-made diamonds

    Danish group becomes first large jeweller to commit to ditching mined gems

  • Tuesday, 27 April, 2021
    Diamond Foundry valued at $1.8bn after $200m fundraising

    Fidelity’s investment to help lab-grown gem start-up boost output to challenge miners

  • Saturday, 10 April, 2021
    Watches & Jewellery
    Mom-and-pop jewellery shops promote personal touch in fight for survival

    Challenges grow for US family businesses to compete with big-box and online rivals

  • Saturday, 10 April, 2021
    Watches & Jewellery
    Why museums bring more than kudos for jewellers

    Designers have enjoyed both critical and commercial success from having their work on show at prestigious institutions

  • Saturday, 10 April, 2021
    Watches & Jewellery
    Santi Jewels: Tech tycoons provide rich seam for Indian diamond upstart

    Krishna Choudhary’s decision to diverge from the traditional customer base of his father’s Jaipur business has proved fruitful

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