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.

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 (...)

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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 (...)

Salanitro launches its own jewellery brand

ENTRETIEN

Less than a month after announcing the acquisition by Patek Philippe of a minority stake in his company, Pierre Salanitro is back with the news that he is (...)

Collecting vintage jewellery: an initiation

Collecting vintage jewellery: an initiation

ADVICE

How can you create a collection of vintage jewellery when you can’t afford the pieces signed by prestigious brands that fetch record prices at auction? (...)

Wallis Hong's startling art jewellery

Wallis Hong’s startling art jewellery

The audacious gems of a Madrid-based jewellery designer at the start of his career are signalling a master in the wings. Titanium sculptures take flight (...)

Atelier Allure: in praise of shadows

Atelier Allure: in praise of shadows

The Austrian jeweller and goldsmith Thomas Hauser is a contemporary alchemist who has developed his own alloy, called Niellium, to craft the jewellery of (...)

Alexandra Jefford: jewellery that feeds the mind

Alexandra Jefford: jewellery that feeds the mind

When English painter and illustrator Alexandra Jefford creates jewellery, it becomes a miniature work of art that you can carry with (...)

Saurabh Bhola gives new life to ancient stones

Saurabh Bhola gives new life to ancient stones

We met the young Indian jeweller Saurabh Bola during the GemGenève fair. His jewellery tells stories of today with stones of yesterday. And they are madly (...)

Gaelle Khouri's thoughts on beauty

Gaelle Khouri’s thoughts on beauty

The Lebanese designer has a unique approach to jewellery. Everything she creates is the result of philosophical reflection. For her latest collection, she (...)