Jewellery & watches

Jewellery & watches

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Jewellery & watches

A selection of Europa Star articles on the many interactions between the worlds of jewellery and watchmaking.

Game of Thrones co-producer launches his jewellery line in Geneva

Game of Thrones co-producer launches his jewellery line in Geneva

Nothing about the Jaqueline Powers jewellery brand, created by Vince Gerardis, co-executive producer of the series, brings to mind the fantasy world (...)

An encounter with an enlightened jewellery collector

An encounter with an enlightened jewellery collector

SOTHEBY’S

On May 14, over 250 jewels belonging to a private collector were sold at auction by Sotheby’s, including the largest collection of Boivin jewellery in the (...)

Gübelin leads the way in coloured gemstone traceability

Gübelin leads the way in coloured gemstone traceability

As luxury companies, watchmakers and jewellers included, are increasingly held accountable for their efforts to become more sustainable, transparency and (...)

Gübelin: a spectacular cocktail ring in aquatic colours

Gübelin: a spectacular cocktail ring in aquatic colours

The fascinating colours, shapes and structures of a rare gemstone reminded the designers of Gübelin Jewellery of a tropical lagoon off the coast of Myanmar (...)

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The new Europa Star Jewellery magazine will be launched in 2024

The new Europa Star Jewellery magazine will be launched in 2024

REVIVING A RICH JEWELLERY HERITAGE

On 9 April 2024, just in time for the opening of Watches and Wonders, Europa Star will be launching an ambitious new publication devoted to jewellery. The (...)

Aso Leon's captivating titanium jewellery

Aso Leon’s captivating titanium jewellery

Chinese jeweller Aso Leon made his European debut at the GemGenève fair in March – the chance to discover his nature-inspired titanium (...)

Chanel reinvents tweed as high jewellery

Chanel reinvents tweed as high jewellery

As if by magic, but really thanks to the skill and talent of its high jewellery workshops, Chanel has transformed a legendary Scottish weave into an (...)

Dinh Van: “instinctive” jewellery for every day

Dinh Van: “instinctive” jewellery for every day

We caught up with Dinh Van’s managing director Corinne Le Foll in Geneva to talk about developments at the brand, which was founded in 1965 by Jean Dinh Van (...)

Hermès Kellymorphose: an icon made jewellery

Hermès Kellymorphose: an icon made jewellery

The legendary Kelly bag becomes a collection of elegantly playful high jewellery. Drawing inspiration from its vast archives as well as from its core (...)

The true story of the Tiffany Diamond

The true story of the Tiffany Diamond

One of the largest fancy yellow diamonds in the world, the legendary Tiffany Diamond has been reset for the fifth time in its history. This latest (...)

Chopard according to Caroline Scheufele

Chopard according to Caroline Scheufele

PORTRAIT

By creating high jewellery collections when Chopard was purely a watchmaker, by becoming official partner to the Cannes Film Festival 26 years ago and by (...)

Giorgio Bulgari launches his jewellery label

Giorgio Bulgari launches his jewellery label

INTERVIEW

The son of Gianni Bulgari has launched his namesake Giorgio B collection of jewellery inspired by the 1930s Streamliner (...)

Chaumet's dazzling tiaras

Chaumet’s dazzling tiaras

Few, if any, can rival Chaumet’s collection of historical tiaras and head ornaments. Founded by Marie-Étienne Nitot in 1780, Chaumet’s ancestor, the House of (...)

Hint's Morse code jewellery

Hint’s Morse code jewellery

Virginie Parent speaks a language whose letters are round and baguette diamonds hyphenated with gold. The French jeweller’s Morse code designs are (...)

Pierre Salanitro creates a 21st-century cabinet of wonders

Pierre Salanitro creates a 21st-century cabinet of wonders

After a debut collection of jewellery, co-created with The Unnamed Society, master jeweller Pierre Salanitro hosted a viewing in Geneva of the first (...)

Alice Fournier, the jewellery whisperer

Alice Fournier, the jewellery whisperer

Alice Fournier imagines extraordinarily delicate jewellery in which precious or fine stones in unusual colours play a starring role. Her jewellery doesn’t (...)

Jewellery: the fantastical world of Maison Belmont

Jewellery: the fantastical world of Maison Belmont

Sarah Mugnier, whose Maison Belmont label launched in December 2022, creates fantastical jewellery which she presents to clients in her equally creative (...)

Jewellery magic in the air

Jewellery magic in the air

PORTRAITS

Young jewellers exhibiting at GemGenève, Geneva’s international gem and jewellery show, presented collections that are rich in imagination and seemingly (...)

Audemars Piguet's double rainbow

Audemars Piguet’s double rainbow

GEM-SETTING

Marking the 50th anniversary of the Royal Oak, Audemars Piguet has imagined two sets of fine jewellery watches using only the invisible setting, the most (...)

In Venice, Nardi revives the men's jewellery tradition

In Venice, Nardi revives the men’s jewellery tradition

ENCOUNTER

Nardi is an ambassador for Venice, capturing the city’s special beauty in its jewels, which now include brooches, rings and cufflinks for men, in the shape (...)

The jewellers' ode to nature

The jewellers’ ode to nature

GALLERY

Ever since humans invented jewellery, they have always drawn inspiration from nature. Representations of flowers or animals worn as an ornament are part of (...)

Messika's success story

Messika’s success story

INTERVIEW

Unable to find jewellery to her taste, Valérie Messika founded her namesake brand in 2005. Messika, whose ethos is to create diamond jewellery as (...)

Piaget's treasure hunter

Piaget’s treasure hunter

INTERVIEW

Guillaume Chautru, the head of Piaget’s gemmology department, is constantly on the lookout for rare stones to grace the brand’s jewellery. Sourcing the (...)

Van Cleef & Arpels: the fabulous destiny of the Lesotho Legend

Van Cleef & Arpels: the fabulous destiny of the Lesotho Legend

JEWELLERY

This exceptional 910-carat, Type IIa rough diamond was found in 2018 and has given rise to one of the most extraordinary high jewellery collections ever (...)