Indria Scott named as face of De Beers’ ReSet Collective

Indria Scott has been named as the new face of De Beers Group’s ReSet Collective campaign. The “eco-conscious” model will front the campaign that will showcase five pendants created to celebrate sustainability in the diamond industry. The ReSet Collective includes five leading US jewellery designers – Jade Trau, Jennie Kwon,…

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Andre Michael unveils alphabet diamond pendant collection

Andre Michael jewellery has launched an alphabet diamond pendants collection for the festive season. The jeweller said it comes as an increasingly wide choice of first names in the UK has led to an increased demand for lettering across the alphabet. In addition, the holiday 2020 trends report from the…

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Marloe Watch Company reveals latest addition

Marloe Watch Company has revealed the latest addition to its range of British designed mechanical watches. The new Atlantic collection features an automatic mechanical chronoscope with four distinct models inspired by the “dawn of transatlantic air travel” – R34, Flyer, Fortune and Spirit. The company said a limited number of…

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Carolina Bucci announces new K.I.S.S line

Carolina Bucci has announced the launch of its new K.I.S.S. bracelet and necklace jewellery line. The jewellery is reportedly made from a single, sinuous coil of 18 karat gold that has been worked to create a “remarkably fluid silhouette”, with both flexibility and wearability. For the larger bracelets there is…

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Rough diamond value falls in Cycle 9, says De Beers

De Beers Group has announced that the value of rough diamond sales slightly declined against the previous cycle for the ninth sales cycle of 2020. Currently, rough diamonds are being provisionally valued at $450m (£338m) for the ninth sales cycle, which is a decrease from the $467m (£351m) sales value…

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Berluti and Hublot announce limited edition watches

Berluti and Hublot’s partnership has announced the launch of a 100 limited editions Big Bang Unico chronograph watches. The partnership, which began four years ago, has focused on bringing together a collaboration of both the watchmakers’ experience with the fashion house’s designs. Both companies reportedly worked “hand in hand”, with…

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Christie’s New York announces December auction

Christie’s New York has announced the date of its live ‘Magnificent Jewels’ auction, 8 December. The auction will showcase just over 380 jewels, featuring a selection of coloured diamonds, colourless diamonds and gemstones, and signed pieces by Suzanne Belperron, René Boivin, Bulgari and Cartier.  Among the expensive sapphires highlighted in…

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Hallmarking slightly improves in October

The total number of pieces hallmarked in October 2020 fell by 17.5% compared with the same month last year, according to the latest figures from the Birmingham Assay office. This marked a total improvement against September’s figures, where total hallmarking was down by 19.5% against the prior year.  Gold hallmarked…

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Christie’s brings Dame Vera Lynn collection to auction

Christie’s Important Jewels is currently operating an online auction throughout November which includes the private collection from the late Dame Vera Lynn. The company said bidding, which opened on 4 November, will begin closing lot by lot on 18 November. A highlight of the auction is said to be a…

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Robbers steal £100,000 from Cambridgeshire jewellers

Cambridgeshire Police have released video footage of four masked men breaking into a jewellery store in Ely at around 3am on 13 November. Police were called to Italian Jewellery in the early hours of the morning to reports of a break in at the store on Ely’s High Street Passage.…

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