Audemars Piguet Sapphire Orbe: Sapphires from Dusk till Dawn

  More than 12,000 stones are rigorously selected and set by hand. This piece combines a wide array of diamonds and sapphires in orange and blue hues. The dial is paved with graded orange sapphires. High jewellery, horology and design cues from nature have united in Audemars Piguet’s Haute Joaillerie collection since 2013. Started in … Read more

Greubel Forsey Balancier Contemporain catches the eye with three-dimensional aspects, extensively revealing the heart of the mechanism

    In creating the Balancier Contemporain, a white gold 33-piece limited edition, Greubel Forsey, the Swiss watchmaking company specializing in complicated, high-end timepieces imagined providing a particularly compact showcase for its exclusive balance-wheel system. Creating such a moderately-sized new movement and dial imposed the challenge of maintaining well-balanced forms and pleasing proportions, along with … Read more

Koons apes the old masters and robots invade Edinburgh – the week in art

Jeff Koons heads to Oxford, Tracey Emin shows new work in London and the V&A debuts a sumptuous survey of Christian Dior – all in our weekly dispatch

Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: the ‘pencil towers’ of New York’s super-rich

An extreme concentration of wealth in a city where even the air is for sale has produced a new breed of needle-like tower. By Oliver Wainwright

David Yurman obtains a Victory Against Jewelry Counterfeiters

  David Yurman Obtains Default Judgment, Permanent Injunction, and Monetary Award Against Counterfeiters   On January 2, 2019, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a default judgment in favor of American luxury jeweler David Yurman, awarding the company $1,550,000 in aggregate statutory damages against 31 defendants who operated … Read more

Black History Month: the seven must-see art exhibitions

This February across the US, a range of exhibitions will showcase the expansive work of black artists and photographers