As they say in the business, most watches are like new cars and depreciate the minute you strap them on your wrist. But is this the case with every watch brand? Thankfully, no.
Engagements continue to become more progressive, and so do the rings that come along with them. Some jewelers looking to shake up bridal offers are designing bands fit for non-traditional proposals.
The result is a vast well-organised, luxuriously appointed, soothingly cream-colored exhibition with a watch array the likes of which have never before seen in the Palexpo halls.
Below the sea, down a hot, dusty mine or into the depths of a gem cutter’s safe, there is nowhere in the world that Margot McKinney won’t go to unearth unusual and rare gems.
Since 1884 the Roman jeweler has been seducing women with its lavish jewels, set with glossy cabochon gemstones and voluptuous diamonds that added a high voltage sparkle to la dolce vita.
This streamlined strategy sets the Roman jeweler apart from other houses and in just under a decade, Bulgari has become the go-to house for extravagant women’s watches with a sense of opulence a la Italiana.
At the Watches & Wonders exhibition in Geneva, 48 luxury watch brands gather inside the Palexpo convention center to unveil their new timepieces to the world.
These fine jewelry cuffs, works of art in themselves, were a leitmotif for jewelry at the Paris spring collections, as extreme cuffs proved the accessory of the season.
A visit to Piaget's HQ in Geneva revealed a gem of a museum showcasing the house's creative genius from the 1960's and 70's when colored stone dials rocked and big gold "Esclave' cuffs were cool.
Jewelry is currently going through a joyful period of fancy-colored sapphires, tourmalines, and beryl of almost every hue as well of course as the spectacular-colored diamonds with yellows and browns emerging as new favorites.
When Brooklyn Beckham slipped a plain gold band onto his left ring finger, he did so long before his wedding day. This wasn’t a sign of nuptials signed, sealed and delivered, but of a promise made; and he’s one of a growing number of men who are celebrating their love with an engagement ring.
Hiding in plain sight, these dazzling watches thus became enormously fashionable, even though some dials under their pretty covers were so dainty as to be barely legible. One wonders how the wearer could read them at all, let alone discreetly.
The 2023 Deep Time collection comprises 170 unique pieces, a milestone for Louis Vuitton in terms of both quantity and value, and proof that the maison is firing on all cylinders.
Bulgari has really gone to town this year and offers a wide array of especially precious watches brimming with Italian style and the vivacious shapes, big volumes and rich colors of its jewels.
A recent exhibition in London by Omega on vintage watches, called Her Time, was like opening the door onto a long-lost world of old-fashioned romance and glamour with dainty, bejeweled watches begging to be set free and invited to party again.
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