Luxury Watches and Jewelry Reviews and News
Versace launching work of art jewelry collection Versace’ Fall 2012 Atelier couture show at the Ritz Paris (July 1) will see the lauch of Versace’s Atelier Jewelry collection. The label’s creative director Donatella Versace created 16 designs of hand-sculpted rings mounted with precious stones such as diamonds, sapphires, emeralds, and amethysts. The jewelry will be custom-made … Read more
The Comité Colbert, French Luxury association that promotes French art de vivre at international level, is pursuing its policy to open up to and support new players on the French luxury scene. The design firm headed by Hervé Van der Straeten has been co-opted by the General Assembly as a member of the Comité … Read more
Montblanc Régulateur Nautique Timepieces Set from the Montblanc Villeret 1858 Collection Seafaring and navigation on the high seas were crucially important for the evolution of precise time measurement, so Montblanc has given the wristwatch chronograph a worthy companion which can ideally serve aboard a private yacht, but which will also attract admiring attention on dry land. … Read more
In 2012 designer Fabien Cacheux opened his own Haute Horlogerie house that became known thans to Galibier GT concept watch. For Fabien Cacheux’ latest luxury creation, the artist was inspired by the figure eight – the lucky number in Chinese culture. “The figure eight is also a symbol of final balance, in Asia, it represents, … Read more
The 2012 Giraglia Rolex Cup was be 60th anniversary of the event and the 16th edition to be sponsored by Rolex, which has been a partner of the event since 1997. The 60th Giraglia Rolex Cup consisted in a serie of inshore races in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, followed by a 241nm offshore race via … Read more
After a decade dedicated entirely to invention and development of new mechanisms for tourbillon watch complication, Greubel Forsey stunned the watchmaking world with a new artwork – the reinterpreted GMT watch indicating a second time zone with a three-dimensional temporal representation. The case features a rotating terrestrial globe with a truly original view of time … Read more