JEWELRY & WATCHES
James Dean’s lucky golden pocket watch can be yours to own on June 22 as Antiquorum offers this keyless Elgin pocket watch (circa 1889) at the “Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces” auction in Hong Kong, with a pre-sale estimate of HK$39,000 to...
At Art Basel that opened on June 13, Audemars Piguet is presenting the second leg of its collaboration with British photographer Dan Holdsworth at the Collectors’ Lounge. The mini exhibit showcases a series of limited edition images of Vallée de Joux...
Melbourne-based artist Kate Rohde is best known for her psychedelic fluoro natural history-inspired resin sculptures but is developing a name for herself in the world of jewellery design thanks to her bold approach to wearable art.Rohde only began making...
There’s never an easy way of explaining Vianney Halter’s watches, but in a nutshell, the designer's new timepiece Deep Space Tourbillon is a device that reminds man of the four dimensions on Earth: length, width, depth and time, in case one loses his...
Christie’s “Important Jewelry” auction on June 5th showed strong sales, achieving just under £9 million. Pearls were in high demand as seven out of the top ten lots featured the beautiful gem, including the highest bid of the evening, lot 356. The triple-...
No other lifestyle brand embodies the colorful eclecticism of Italian design quite like Bulgari. The storied house, founded in Rome by the Greek-Italian jeweler Sotirios Voulgaris in 1884, is given the museum treatment in “The Art of Bulgari: La Dolce...
The year 2013 is no doubt a good one for Jaeger-LeCoultre and Aston Martin. It marks the 180th anniversary of the Swiss watchmaker and the British marque’s centenary, and incidentally, the two brands’ partnership that started in 2004 is coming to a 10-...
Vacheron Constantin’s Geneva boutique is currently presenting “Les Sons du Temps” (Sounds of Time), a themed exhibition of historical and contemporary striking pocket watches.Audible features on watches were essential at a time when there was no lighting in...
A Vacheron Constantin King Kalla watch sold for HK$5.8 million (US$743,590) at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on May 28, setting a new auction record for the watch.It is believed that less than 10 King Kalla were ever produced due to the difficulty of matching the more...
Two pieces of jewelry once worn by Angelina Jolie will be auctioned at the Tiancheng International jewelry and jadeite sale event in Hong Kong on June 15 to benefit Jolie’s non-profit organization.A vintage diamond choker sourced by celebrated...
