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IWC to showcase new ‘Big Pilot’ collection

Luxury watch brand IWC Schaffhausen is set to showcase its new ‘Big Pilot’ watch collection at the Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie 2016 in Geneva on 18 January. The collection sees the brand break its 75-year record set in 1940 when its historic Big Pilot’s watch was the largest…

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‘Blue Moon’ diamond sells for record £31.8m

A blue diamond, formerly known as the ‘Blue Moon Diamond’, has been auctioned for a world record 48.6m Swiss francs (£31.8m). The 12-carat diamond, which was auctioned at Sotheby’s in Geneva yesterday (November 11), beat the previous auction record for any diamond held by The Graff Pink (24.78-carats), which sold…

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Bonhams appoints new international jewellery director

Auction house Bonhams has appointed of Daniel Struyf as its international jewellery director.  Struyf’s role will see him working directly with Bonhams’ global CEO and global head of jewellery, Matthew Girling, with one of his key tasks to further expand the company’s market share in the jewellery sector. He will…

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Richemont Group posts 4% sales rise

Richemont has announced its sales for the five months ended 31 August 2015 increased by 4 % at constant exchange rates. Ahead of its Annual General Meeting held today in Geneva, Richemont announced that at actual exchange rates, sales rose by 16%, positively affected by the weakening of the euro against the…

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Sam Hines named international head of watches at Phillips

Auction house Phillips has announced the appointment of watch specialist Sam Hines as the company’s new head of international watches. Hines, who has over 20 years experience in the auction world, will be heading the company’s global team of watch specialists from its recently opened Asian headquarters in the Landmark…

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Phillips auction house appoints ex-Bonhams watch specialist

Former Bonhams watch specialist Paul Maudsley has been appointed international specialist and director of a new London watches department at Phillips auction house.  The appointment comes after Phillips’ successful inaugural watch auction, held in Geneva, which broke numerous records and achieved 29.6 million Swiss Francs (£20.5m). Maudsley has 16 years…

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Do auctions reflect trends, or do they set them?

Auctions certainly re-invent trends, resurrecting past styles to the forefront of current taste, with a new inventive take on the past. Collectors have been fascinated with great auction sales since the disposal of the great art collection of Charles I by the Parliamentarians. The 18th Century saw a wave of…

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Gemfields discovers ‘exceptionally’ rare matching rubies

Gemfields, the coloured gemstone supplier, has said it has discovered an ‘exceptionally’ rare pair of matching rubies from its Montepuez mine in Mozambique.  With a combined weight of 45 carats, the two rough rubies will now form one of the highlights at the company’s ruby auction, taking place in Singapore…

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