Sapphire
Sapphires are among the most sought-after gemstones in the jewellery trade, prized for their rich colours, durability, and timeless appeal. For UK jewellers, designers, and suppliers, understanding sapphire trends, sourcing challenges, and consumer demand is key to staying competitive. Jewellery Focus provides expert coverage on sapphires, including market analysis, ethical and sustainable sourcing, design innovations, and insights into global supply chain developments affecting availability and pricing.
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Jul- 2014 -15 JulyWatch Focus
Dutch watch brand Pellikaan Timing announces new model
Dutch watch brand Pellikaan Timing has announced a new model, the ‘Hendrik Lorentz’. The new timepiece is a tribute to the eponymous Nobel Prize winning Dutch physicist, who won in 1902 and is regarded historically as being the ‘scientific father’ of Albert Einstein. The design is “inspired by the way…
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8 JulyDesigners
Smart jewellery firm Ringly announces new app integrations
Ringly, a New York based startup that has created a line of stylish ‘connected’ jewellery for women, has announced that it will integrate Airbnb, eBay, Gilt, Hinge, Lyft, Skype, Whatsapp, and Words with Friends to offer customised alerts through its ring. Ringly rings let the wearer set alerts for incoming calls, texts, emails, calendar or…
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4 JulyEvents
Mario Masenza collaboration jewellery to be sold at auction
Jewellery produced in the mid-20th century by artists in collaboration with Italian jeweller Mario Masenza will be sold in a 220-lot sale of fine jewellery at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions. The wider auction will feature collections from the UK and Europe, spanning across the late 18th Century through Victorian, Edwardian…
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Jun- 2014 -17 JuneEvents
Graff to showcase rare gemstones and diamonds at Paris event
Graff Diamonds is set to showcase its collection, featuring extremely rare diamonds and gemstones, at this year’s La Biennale Des Antiquaires in Paris. Graff will showcase both emerald and sapphire pieces in their collection, including a ‘dramatic’ necklace with richly coloured clusters of sapphire beads entwined with Pavѐ diamond leaves…
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May- 2014 -1 MayInternational
Sotheby’s achieves record per-carat price for sapphire ring
A new world auction record price per carat for any sapphire was set yesterday at Sotheby’s New York, when an exceptional platinum, Kashmir sapphire and diamond ring sold for £3.02m ($5,093,000, or $180,731 per carat). The square emerald-cut Kashmir sapphire weighing 28.18 carats is one of the finest sapphires ever to…
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Apr- 2014 -8 AprilDesigners
Bric-a-brac £20m Fabergé egg to go on display
A £20 million Imperial Easter Egg designed by Karl Fabergé, which was unknowingly bought by an American scrap metal dealer to melt down before he realised its value, is to go on display at Wartski’s showroom in London later this month. The owner, who wanted to remain anonymous, purchased the gold…
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3 AprilCelebrities
Carat* appointed official BAFTA television awards jewellery partner for fourth year
Luxury fashion jewellery manufacturer, Carat*, has been appointed official jewellery partner to May’s British Academy Television Awards, for the fourth consecutive year. The firm will be pushing its new Regent collection at the red carpet event, which includes “long elegant strings of synthetic pearls, sapphire briolettes, and timeless emeralds using our uniquely created…
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Mar- 2014 -24 MarchTaking Stock
Deakin & Francis launches new collection of lapel pins
High-end cufflink manufacturer, Deakin & Francis, is set to launch a brand new collection of lapel pins due to popular demand. The collection, which consists of over 20 new designs, features ducks, pheasants and bees inspired by the existing cufflinks collection. James Deakin, head designer, said: “My brother Henry and I had…
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18 MarchInternational
Objet bought by scrap-dealer identified as £20m Fabergé egg
A £20 million Imperial Easter Egg designed by Fabergé himself was unknowingly bought by an American scrap metal dealer to melt down before he realised its value. The owner, who wanted to remain anonymous, purchased the gold and diamond and sapphire encrusted egg for £8,000 at a bric-a-brac market in…
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3 MarchDesigners
Theo Fennell names student winners of his Central Saint Martins competition
Renowned fine jewellery designer Theo Fennell has named the five winning students of a competition he set at Central Saint Martins as part of its design competition. Fennell provided 14 entrants with five types of precious stone: a marquise-shaped golden beryl, a heart-shaped padparadscha sapphire, emerald-cut green tourmaline, a tsavorite…
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