JEWELRY & WATCHES
Screen siren Gina Lollobrigida will be auctioning off her 22 pieces from personal collection of mid-century Bulgari jewels as part of Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels and Nobel Jewels Sale on May 14 in Geneva to raise funds for stem cell research. Many of these...
By Alvin WongBASEL - After a prolonged spell on the fringes, ladies’ chronographs got some overdue wrist time at this year’s BaselWorld watch fair. Long considered a preserve of horological machismo, chronograph complications, with stopwatch-like...
Bonhams Hong Kong watch auction on May 25 will pay homage to the tourbillon, with a line-up of important pieces by F.P Journe, Audemars Piguet, A. Lange & Söhne, Glashütte Original, and Richard Mille. The auction house will also have...
Christie's Hong Kong asked model and actress Lynn Xiong to show off a beautiful 75-carat briolette-style diamond. Expected to sell for between $8.5 to 12.5 million U.S. dollars, it's the largest pear-shaped diamond of its kind...
Missed our top stories on jewelry and watches this week? BLOUIN ARTINFO gets you up to speed: — While BaselWorld wrapped up on May 2, there were plenty of lasting impressions. Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop picked the top eight bejeweled...
BaselWorld, the world’s largest watch fair that showcases the most technologically advanced and glitziest watches, wrapped up on May 2 in Basel. But it's not just watches and jewelry fans who will be well-served at this event, as car freaks may also find...
BaselWorld 2013 is coming to a close May 2, and while there were plenty of new technical marvels unveiled, artistry was not just focused on the mechanisms. This year’s crop of colorful miniature artworks on dials included mainly scenes depicting nature in...
By Alvin WongBASEL - Crazy is back – tentatively but surely – at the world’s largest watch trade fair, BaselWorld. Where the mood of previous years had been tempered in the wake of global economic uncertainty, resulting in pared-down and...
An Indian man has taken his dual obsessions for gold and fame to an extreme level by getting one of the world's most expensive shirts made for himself in solid 22 karat gold.
Amidst the technically complicated and avant-garde designs at BaselWorld 2013, there is the usual crop of seriously bejeweled timepieces for ladies. While white diamonds dominate dials and bezels, purple amethysts are also making a push. One of the most...
