March 31 Diamond Shavings: Your Internet Roundup 

This week: Tiffany’s reworked flagship is able to open. Jacob & Co. releases “bonkers” watch.  And a botanical artist creates jewellery from vegetation. All beneath.

 

Signet cuts Blue Nile Seattle workers, together with prime brass

 

Why jewellery crime hit a brand new excessive final yr

 

COVID habits fade as buyers return to brick-and-mortar shops

 

Bots Taking place?

– Botswana buys 24% of HB Antwerp

– De Beers’ Cleaver assured of new Botswana deal

– Okavango “relishes” prospect of promoting more Debswana diamonds

– However it’s additionally “struggling” to promote its share of Debswana goods

– Mine staff vowing motion at Lucara

– Gem Diamonds mine faces final closure

– Is Botswana “taking pictures itself in the foot”?

 

India worries about lack of Russian goods

– Russians aren’t completely happy about potential diamond sanctions

– De Beers information lobbying disclosure kind

 

Inside Tiffany’s excessive jewellery acceleration plan

– Tiffany is reopening its flagship in four weeks

 

Public sale homes hope huge items will break recent “rut”

– Sotheby’s promoting “most vital” pink diamond ever

 

The Wonders of Watches 

– New Rolex watch tells time and affirmations

– Resellers are asking hundreds extra for discontinued Rolex Milgauss watches

– Hodinkee thinks folks ought to be “freaking out” about Rolex’s wearable titanium watch

– Jacob & Co. releases “bonkers” $20 million watch

– Breitling breaks into top 10 Swiss watches

– Jean-Claude Biver begins new watch brand

– eBay curates line of discontinued watches

– Tag Heuer hopes to turn into billion-dollar brand (subscription)

– FT’s roundup of new trends

 

The Swiss watch trade is “growing by shrinking”

 

Watchmakers look to spice up sustainability cred

 

Edahn Golan: When will lab-grown diamond gross sales be the majority?

– De Beers’ Cleaver says lab-grown “not cannibalizing natural”

– Gary Roskin compares lab-grown diamonds to cultured pearls

– John Jeffay: Lab-growns dominate Israeli forum

– Lab-grown diamonds want “disruptive pricing strategy”

 

Diamond Foundry desires to buy more land

– Forbes profile of Diamond Foundry (subscription)

– Vrai launches customized diamond service

 

Mehul Choksi accused of overvaluing lab-growns

 

Singapore lab-grown firm information second lawsuit against director

 

Gautam Adani’s odyssey from diamond sorter to wealthy man to fraud allegations

 

David Yurman information copyright case towards jeweler in Puerto Rico

 

Canadian jeweler scammed in credit card scheme

 

Zimbabwe silent over allegations of gold smuggling

 

Worldwide Peace Institute panel on Kimberley Process (video)

 

Richemont builds database to combat watch theft

– Richemont shakes off Swiss bank concerns

 

U.Ok. jewellery gross sales rise due to strong dollar

 

Speidel jewellery retailer returns to Rhode Island after 100 years

 

D.C. jeweler that honored 50-year-old gift certificate closes

 

Pandora appoints chief of retail operations

 

Bloomingdale’s CEO to interchange Macy’s chief Jeff Gennette

 

Alan Revere to move American Jewellery Design Council

 

How is trade doing when it comes to diversity? (video)

 

Botanical artist makes jewellery using real plants

 

How luxurious manufacturers are taking advantages of Charles’ coronation

– King Charles III sports activities particular piece of bijou in official portrait

 

Angelina Jolie applies for trademark for clothing, jewelry line

 

Erika Jayne trashed in courtroom after demanding damages for diamond earrings from husband’s bankruptcy

 

DJ Envy admits to shedding $250,000 in jewelry at airport

 

Deluxe Vodka is made with gold, crystal, and diamonds

 

Breitling opens second restaurant

 

Archaeologists in Armenia unearth “golden tomb” with ancient jewelry

 

Australian man finds big gold nugget worth $160K

 

Media Watch

Yahoo Finance speaks with Brilliant Earth

Day by day Mail says fancy-colored diamond sales are rising

Monetary Occasions on 14 karat gold, Munich jewelry exhibition, the rise in luxury visual media, and watchmaker Megan Young.

 

From the Weblog
Why Jewellery Crime Hit a New Excessive Final 12 months

 

From the Podcast
The Jewellery District, Episode 92: 24 Karat Weekend, Russian Diamonds, and Lab-Grown Diamond High quality

 

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