Product Launches

Beaverbrooks launches £100,000 diamond advent calendar

UK jeweller Beaverbrooks has launched a world-first £100,000 diamond advent calendar. Beaverbrooks the Jewellers has launched the brand new advent calendar, which features a luxurious diamond gift within each of its 25 drawers, in celebration of its 100th birthday this year. The first-of-its-kind, new and exclusive ladies advent calendar will…

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Apple launches Series 5 Apple Watch with always-on display

Tech giant Apple has launched the latest version of its smartwatch, featuring always-on display for the first time. Announced on stage at the headquarters in Cupertino, California, the Series 5 Apple Watch will an LTPO display, which it claims allows the screen to refresh dynamically from as high as 60Hz…

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Carat London launches new lab grown diamond platform

Carat London has launched Gentle Diamonds, its new lab grown diamond platform. Carat London said it is “proud” to be the first national retailer to offer this product in the UK. In 2004, Scott Thompson, founder of Carat London first invested with Gemesis, one of the early pioneers of diamond…

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Okapi launches its first fine jewellery collection

African luxury lifestyle brand, Okapi, is launching The Karoo Collection, their first fine jewellery line, this September. The new collection uses the brand’s signature Springbok horn, an African talismanic charm believed to bring good luck to those who wear it, as the foundation for the range. Okapi’s evolution into jewellery…

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Pursuit reveals automated picking list innovation

A unique stock management tool is one of three new products being launched at IJL by jewellery sales, inventory and back-office systems technology producer Pursuit. The new innovation, Pick-lister, removes the need for compiling picking lists manually. It combines software with a handheld device that records the barcode and a…

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Spencer Matthews launches new Eden Rocks diamond jewellery business

TV celebrity Spencer Matthews has officially launched a bespoke luxury diamond jewellery business Eden Rocks. The former Made in Chelsea personality turned businessman was inspired to start Eden Rocks when working with jeweller Neil Duttson on the engagement ring for his now-wife, TV presenter Vogue Williams. Spencer was “so impressed”…

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Jewellery-tech start-up exceeds £400k crowdfunding target

MarketOrders, a B2B marketplace for the gold and diamond jewellery industries, has announced it has overfunded on Crowdcube.com, raising a total of £448,420 from 214 investors. The start-up plans to use the funding to officially launch its platform, which will use innovative blockchain technology to make the jewellery buying process…

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Net-A-Porter launches ‘invite only’ high jewellery platform

Net-A-Porter has launched Eip Privé, an invitation-only digital destination that aims to bring the experience of the private jewellery salon to the digital realm with sought-after high jewellery and watch exclusives. Bringing the experience of the private jewellery salon to the digital realm, the private and personalised online space will…

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Gemometrics reveals GemPen’s ‘strong performance’ in DPA test

Gemometrics has revealed that recently published results from rigorous testing show that its GemPen diamond tester exhibited “high accuracy” on a mix of synthetic and natural diamonds. Tests conducted as part of the ASSURE-program led by the Diamond Producers Association (DPA), an alliance between ALROSA, De Beers, Rio Tinto, among…

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Stokes England launches debut collection

Stokes England will launch its first jewellery collection ‘Interstellar’, a range inspired by the “geometry and beauty” of space at New Designers, One Year In between 26 – 29 June. Designer Chris Stokes will launch his brand, Stokes England through his new collection of silver jewellery in a showcase of…

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