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    • Friday, 4 November, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      Luxury brands court Miami’s art and design crowd

      Wealthy collectors are drawing watch and jewellery makers to Florida

    • Friday, 7 October, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      Asian buyers cultivate taste for vintage pieces

      Antique jewellery is finding a new market, especially pieces by Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      Designers’ creations pay tribute to Queen’s 70 years on throne

      Platinum jubilee gave London designers the chance to share their stories of heritage and royal connections with customers

    • Friday, 28 January, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      Turkish jewellers bring shades of Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar to London

      A younger generation from Turkey is modernising and expanding its family businesses internationally

    • Friday, 5 November, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      Auctioneers increase frequency of luxury sales thanks to apps

      Pandemic-induced increase in selling online has seen demographic shift to younger buyers more comfortable using digital devices

    • Friday, 1 October, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      Diverse jeweller backgrounds shape inspiration and creativity

      A mixed-heritage Ghanaian, a Hong Konger and a Jordanian find success in different cultures

    • Friday, 3 September, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      Art of the experimental: young Chinese designers to watch

      Emerging talents are producing innovative, dynamically coloured high jewellery pieces

    • Saturday, 10 April, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      Sapphires and steel: industrial materials show their mettle

      From carbon fibre to aluminium, alternatives to precious metals are making their mark in high jewellery

    • Friday, 30 October, 2020
      The Aesthete
      China’s renowned couturier Guo Pei has a cosmetics fridge, a collection of kaleidoscopes and a studio full of dolls 

      The world of the designer famous for making Rihanna’s “pizza dress” brings together the ancient, the cute and the modern

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