Watches & Jewellery
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Bold cuts mean this season’s high jewellery is easy on the eyeUnusual cuts and bright stones bring a joyful modernity to this season's high jewellery
By Hannah Silver Published
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Step inside Glenn Spiro’s sumptuous new London jewellery showroomFather and son duo Glenn and Joe Spiro worked with Venezuelan designer Valerie Name Bolaño on curating their elegant and eclectic jewellery boutique in Mayfair
By Hannah Silver Published
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‘It's dignified to the Balloon Dog’: Jeff Koons on partnering with HublotJeff Koons has collaborated with Hublot on the colourful Hublot Classic Fusion Balloon Dog and the MP14 Origin watch
By Hannah Silver Published
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Rolex releases the new Perpetual Padellone watchThe latest Rolex watch takes its inspiration from a 1940s model and maintains its elegant silhouette
By Hannah Silver Published
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Chopard celebrates 50 years of ‘Happy Diamonds’ with a new collectionDefined by diamonds that cut their own fluid path across watches and jewellery, the ‘Happy Diamonds’ series gets a new anniversary collection
By Hannah Silver Published
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This Cartier collection is the perfect accompaniment to black tieAn enduring Cartier collection, ‘Grain de Café’, celebrates a bewitching ingredient
By Hannah Silver Published
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Seiko marks the anniversary of the Honda Motocompo, a weird and wonderful folding motorbikeIt’s long been the case that watches and cars have gone hand in hand. But sometimes the associations are more nerdy and small-scale – take Seiko's new watch, released to mark the anniversary of the Honda Motocompo
By Josh Sims Published
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Jewellery designer Shaun Leane's new commission-only atelier will create 12 special pieces a yearWith the launch of 12, Shaun Leane is shifting towards a slower way of creating
By Hannah Silver Published
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Discover Rachel Boston’s chic and modern engagement rings for menMeet the designer rethinking men’s jewellery with a new ten-piece collection, ‘Relic’
By Hannah Silver Published
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Why Art Smith remains a defining figure in modernist jewelleryA new book, 'Bodyworks: The Jewelry of Art Smith,' published by Smithsonian Books, celebrates a jeweller who made modernist jewellery design his own
By Hannah Silver Published
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Vacheron Constantin celebrates craft and the animal kingdom with six new concept watchesAt Homo Faber, Vacheron Constantin unveils animal-themed collaborations with six artisans, each an ode to craft in all its forms
By Hannah Silver Published
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The Casio F-B100W-1A introduces subtle step tracking to a classic digital designMinimalism is at the heart of Casio’s timepiece culture. A new digital watch discreetly brings Bluetooth and step tracking to the company’s timeless aesthetic
By Jonathan Bell Published
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What predictions does Jean-Christophe Babin, CEO of LVMH Watches, have for the future of watchmaking?On the eve of Geneva Watch Days (September 2 - 6), Jean-Christophe Babin shares his thoughts on the watch industry
By Josh Sims Published
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Seiko’s designers let their imaginations run wild with a new generation of watchesFrom cat-shaped hands to maze-like indices, Seiko’s annual Power Design Project in London explores the playful possibilities of watchmaking
By Hannah Silver Published
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Step inside the chicest jewellery boutique in ParisNikos Koulis’ new Paris flagship is a haven of good jewellery – and good design
By Hannah Silver Published
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For artist Alec Doherty, diamond rings aren't just for special occasionsIn a new six-piece fine jewellery collection, Alec Doherty celebrates the everyday
By Hannah Silver Published
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As watches increasingly look to solar power, here are some of the bestLast year LVMH bought La Joux-Perret, a pioneer in solar tech for watches. Are major brands finally waking up to the potential of solar tech?
By Josh Sims Published
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In Edinburgh, discover the unique craft of 11 special jewellersNew exhibition ‘Terrane’, opening at Ætla gallery during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, unites jewellery defined by a considered craftsmanship
By Melanie Grant Published
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Art fans will be gripped by one of the USA’s most significant jewellery collectionsA rare chance to see more than 350 pieces of artist-designed jewellery at the Chrysler Museum of Art in Virginia
By Hannah Silver Published
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Breguet marks 225 years of the tourbillon with new precision timepiecesBespoke Partnership
More than two centuries after Abraham-Louis Breguet reimagined the relationship between gravity and precision, the maison marks the anniversary of horology's defining invention with a new generation of tourbillon timepieces
By Gavin Hastings Published
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‘Thinness isn’t a fad’: discover Konstantin Chaykin’s playful super-thin mechanical watchThe ‘ThinKing Mystery’ is the thinnest mechanical watch ever made, at just 1.65mm deep, and its maker calls it an exercise in radical minimalism. Has horology reached peak thin?
By Josh Sims Published
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Breitling’s partnership with Aston Martin gets off to a flying start with the Top Time TributeAn edition of three watches inspired by the Aston Martin DB5, the Top Time B01 Chronograph 41 bridges generations with a mix of classic style and contemporary technology
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Englebert pairs gold jewellery with the enduring forms of Swedish ceramicsEnglebert jewellery embodies timeless design principles, celebrated here in dialogue with ceramics
By Hannah Silver Published
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The horse is a sensual suggestion in Hermès’ new high jewellery collectionPierre Hardy, creative director of Hermès Jewellery, takes inspiration from the brand’s equestrian past in a dazzling new high jewellery collection
By Hannah Silver Published
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For jewellery designer Anna Sheffield, location and landscape shape an innate understanding of materialsFrom her studio in Taos, New Mexico, Anna Sheffield creates space for different ways of making, thinking and being
By Michael Reynolds - Producer Published
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Is Barrelhand’s Monolith the first watch designed for life in space?Niche maker Barrelhand unites new technologies to create a mechanical watch designed specifically – from the ground up – for spaceflight. Might this be the first of many?
By Josh Sims Published
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Anatomy of a logo: Snoopy by Charles ShulzAmong our series on enduring American design motifs, Snoopy is perhaps the most endearing – and still a hot shot
By Hannah Silver Published
