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    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: July
      Designers woo VIPs with first dibs to high jewellery collections

      Brands offer latest pieces to preferred clients well ahead of official unveilings

    • Monday, 20 June, 2022
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      Bling ring: the ultimate versatile jewellery

      A party jacket is a bespoke gem-set jewel that can transform a treasured solitaire, giving it extra sparkle — and a new lease of life

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      FT SeriesThe HTSI Escape issue 2022
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      The all-female 1,500km race will push you to your limits – and make you friends for life

    • Friday, 13 May, 2022
      The Aesthete
      Cartier’s Marie-Laure Cérède: ‘Humility and doubt are creation’s best allies’

      The brand’s watch and jewellery creative director on the artists, music and spaces that inspire her

    • Friday, 1 April, 2022
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      Watches and jewellery brands show their colours in support of Ukraine

      From products to fundraisers, the industry has responded rapidly to raise money for charities

    • Saturday, 12 February, 2022
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      Manufacturers are opening their creative doors to the public and find they are learning a lot about their core customers

    • Friday, 5 November, 2021
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      Auction site looks to grab bigger share of $18bn second-hand market, as supplies of new pieces tighten

    • Friday, 1 October, 2021
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      Jewels and watches mix with contemporary artworks in fairs and auctions

      The presence of Cindy Chao jewellery at a charity auction at Frieze Art Fair highlights the trend for cross-collecting

    • Friday, 9 July, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      Maisons back with bold looks to woo buoyant Asian market

      Luxury houses have looked beyond traditional European launches and expanded digital channels

    • Tuesday, 11 May, 2021
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      ‘It makes me smile’ — weird and wonderful watches

      Cartier, with its reissue of the quirky Cloche timepiece, is among the brands playing with unexpected shapes and proportions

    • Saturday, 10 April, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      Santi Jewels: Tech tycoons provide rich seam for Indian diamond upstart

      Krishna Choudhary’s decision to diverge from the traditional customer base of his father’s Jaipur business has proved fruitful

    • Saturday, 30 January, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      Boucheron’s retail plans cater to an audience closer to home

      CEO Hélène Poulit-Duquesne and creative director Claire Choisne talk about giving the storied Paris jewellery house a contemporary boost

    • Saturday, 19 December, 2020
      The Aesthete
      Taiwanese jeweller Cindy Chao has a taste for haute luxury and hot sauce

      The designer talks through her favourite things 

    • Saturday, 7 November, 2020
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      Jaeger-LeCoultre’s Catherine Rénier: ‘Zoom will never replace the thrill of live events’

      Watchmaker aims to be more accessible digitally and physically, says its CEO

    • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
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      Cindy Chao’s east-west jewellery fusions augurs well for collectors

      High jewellery clients see investment potential in designer’s sculptural pieces

    • Tuesday, 11 August, 2020
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      Why it’s time to sport an all-black watch

      This season’s monochrome models are the opposite of bling

    • Saturday, 25 July, 2020
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      The art of selling €700,000 necklaces online

      High jewellery maisons are turning to augmented reality — and China — to market their latest collections

    • Saturday, 9 May, 2020
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      Annoushka looks to resume China growth as lockdown lifts

      Founders plan for further expansion in Wuhan and beyond

    • Saturday, 25 January, 2020
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      Zodiac watch interest wanes as Chinese Year of the Rat starts

      Brands pander to Chinese tastes with limited edition releases

    • Sunday, 3 November, 2019
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      Bold jazz-age designs make this fiercely tricky high-fire technique shine bright on jewellery and objets

    • Thursday, 3 October, 2019
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      The scion of an Asian design dynasty and creative director of Shanghai Tang is drawn to jewellery imbued with memories

    • Thursday, 30 May, 2019
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      Tasaki pearl house dives into Europe’s luxury market

      Chief executive Toshikazu Tajima blends fashion with heritage to push Japanese brand beyond Asia

    • Thursday, 21 March, 2019
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      My Favourite Pieces: Aldis Hodge on empowerment through black jewels

      How dark metal and stones helped him feel more emboldened as a black actor in Hollywood

    • Thursday, 21 March, 2019
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      When going downhill is good for business

      Luxury brands cultivate their client base in mountain-set ski boutiques

    • Tuesday, 27 November, 2018
      The Aesthete
      Designer Fabrizio Buonamassa Stigliani on Japanese stationery, driving shoes and apricot tart

      The director of watch design at Bulgari talks taste

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