Manufacturers

De Beers launches ReSet initiative

De Beers Group has announced the launch of Reset, a new initiative by the diamond company to engage in conversations with jewellery designers around sustainability and to promote the positive impact of natural diamonds. The ReSet Collection launches today (5 October) and is a collaboration with five leading US designers,…

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Hatton and Spencer launches travel case range

Jewellery packaging supplier Hatton and Spencer has introduced a new range of jewellery travel cases that are tailored to UK jewellers.  The Keepsafe range is one of the first travel case collections to be offered by a UK packaging provider, according to the group. The collection features a variety of…

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Swatch brings back iconic design with bio-sourced materials

Swatch has launched the ”1983 collection”, a new series of timepieces made with natural materials. This marks the first time a watch manufacturer has been successful in replacing conventional materials with bio-sourced materials in a series production environment. The two newly introduced bio-sourced materials are extracted from the seeds of…

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DEMI+CO launches wholesale range

Demi and Co has announced the launch of a new magnetic jewellery range for the wholesale market following a “phenomenally successful” first year of trading.  After launching its website and creating the ALPHA mens brand, the group said that customers were purchasing their copper and magnetic bracelet range at a…

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House of Garrard launches Aloria range

House of Garrad had launched its Aloria range inspired by one of the House’s “most legendary royal commissions.” Uniting heritage cues with cutting-edge craftsmanship and design, Aloria celebrates Garrard’s setting of the Cullinan I in the Sovereign’s Sceptre in 1910. The Aloria collection is the latest to join Garrard’s treasure…

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Patek Philippe celebrates new manufacture building with exclusive Calatrava

Patek Philippe has celebrated the completion of its new production building in Geneva with an exclusive Calatrava in stainless steel. To pay tribute to the commissioning of the new production building, a flagship of impressive size for the creation, development, and production of Patek Philippe watches, the manufacturer reasserted its…

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BlueRock Diamonds completes $700k diamond sale

BlueRock Diamonds, a diamond producer that owns and operates the Kareevlei diamond mine in South Africa, has announced the private sale of 2,400 carats. The carats were sold at an average price of $290 (£229) per carat for a total of $700,000 (£552,000). According to the producer, the sale did…

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ISparkle sees increased demand for investment diamonds

Diamond specialist iSparkle, a group that specialises in large, rare and coloured diamonds, has noted a “significantly increased” demand for investment diamonds during the ongoing crisis. The increased demand has come from a range of high net worth clients and family wealth managers across Europe, as well as the US…

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Hean Studio resumes operations

Hean Studio has revealed it is now reopen for business. The precious metal castings specialist had initially stopped operations in light of the ongoing pandemic. However, it has now reopened with a team of skeleton staff in order to keep employees safe and enable social distancing in line with government…

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Links of London is proof the crazes come and go

Some years ago now, Jewellery Focus was alone among the British jewellery trade press in suggesting that the explosion of ‘affordable brands’ through the indies was, firstly, not going to last, secondly, a bad deal for jewellers, and therefore thirdly, not a cause for unalloyed celebration. Subsequently, many of these brands which…

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