Hong Kong

Roman & Xander’s Jade Magic

Jade, opals, morganite. In addition, of course, to gold and diamonds: Roman & Xander is a Hong Kong jewelery company that looks back on three generations of craftsmen and traders. The name, however, reflects that of the two younger Roman and Xander, while Philip Choi is the owner and director of the Maison. Roman & Xander sells worldwide through online platforms such as 1stdibs.com and forms a bridge between East and West. Jade is one of the most used stones, both carved with shapes linked to the oriental tradition, and in simple spheres used for a bracelet or with a cabochon cut for a ring. Furthermore, when we say jade, we must remember that there are different varieties, including the one called imperial, particularly valuable, used by Roman & Xander.

Anello com zaffiro non scaldato e diamanti
Ring with unheated sapphire and diamonds

Jade is not, however, the only gem used by the Chinese brand. The vast repertoire of jewels offered includes the classic rings with diamonds and sapphires alongside elaborate brooches or pendants. Or, jade is used in combination with other stones. A particularly elaborate necklace, for example, combines jade and semi-precious stones.

Anello con morganite di 3,66 carati e diamanti
Ring with morganite of 3.66 carats and diamonds
Orecchini con zaffiri taglio asscher e diamanti
Earrings with asscher cut sapphires and diamonds
Anello con opale nero di 70,84 carati, diamanti e zaffiri
Ring with black opal of 70.84 carats, diamonds and sapphires
Bracciale con perle di giada icy e diamanti
Bracelet with icy jade beads and diamonds
Pendente spilla con giada icy e diamanti
Brooch pendant with icy jade and diamonds
Orecchini di giada e diamanti
Jade and diamond earrings
Spilla con giada imperiale e diamanti
Brooch with imperial jade and diamonds

India in Hong Kong by Sunita Nahata

Jaipur, capital of the Indian state of Rajasthan, is one of the world centers of jewelry. No wonder Sunita Nahata grew up in what is also called the Pink City, and where so many famous jewelers work. However, she is one of those Indian designers (she is not the only one) who has chosen Hong Kong as a base. Even though she has moved to China, however, she hasn’t forgotten her Indian roots, with a touch of Chinese eclecticism blended with Western taste. The result is original. The roots of Jaipur, one of the most important gemstone sourcing and production centers in the world, remain strong. Also because Sunita Nahata looks back on a family made up of grandfather, father, uncles and brothers all involved in the trade of precious stones.

Anello con ametista e turchese
Ring with amethyst and turquoise

Sunita Nahata founded her own jewelry brand in 2017. She previously worked extensively in a stone trading company Keen Jade, specializing in the most valued gem in Asia. But behind her she also has a Masters in Art and Literature obtained in Jaipur. Her jewels range from cocktail rings with colored gems, to chandelier pendants inspired by the architecture of ancient Indian palaces, up to the most classic jewellery, with diamonds and precious stones combined in the usual forms of high jewellery.

Collana con pendente in diamanti, onice, smeraldo
Necklace with pendant in diamonds, onyx, emerald
Collana con pendente chandelier con pietra luna, diamanti e gemme
Necklace with chandelier pendant with moonstone, diamonds and gems
Orecchini con acquamarina di oltre 44 carati, tormalina paraiba, alessandrite
Earrings with aquamarine over 44 carats, paraiba tourmaline, alexandrite
Anello in oro 14 carati con peridoto e tsavorite
14 karat gold ring with peridot and tsavorite
Anello in oro bianco con smeraldo e diamanti
White gold ring with emerald and diamonds

Austy Lee’s psychedelic high jewelry

Austy Lee makes high jewellery,, but psychedelic. It is not a usual combination. Psychedelic art, which flourished in the late 1960s, referred to the abstract and surprising use of colors to represent the hallucinations caused by taking drugs such as LSD or DMT. Over time, the psychedelic style is no longer linked to those specific experiences, but has taken on its own independent characteristic. A style that does not hinder the imagination and that always manages to amaze. Like Austy Lee’s high jewelry. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Austy Lee is a high-end jewelery designer with nearly 20 years of experience in the industry who started out as a graphic designer before focusing her creative mind on the world of jewellery.

Anelli con acquamarina, smalto, diamanti, zaffiri, tormalina, abalone. Copyright: gioiellis.com
Rings with aquamarine, enamel, diamonds, sapphires, tourmaline, abalone. Copyright: Gioiellis.com

But to further broaden her perspectives, and mostly out of curiosity, she decided to get a diploma in Product Design, to learn the art of gemstone setting and chiselling, bone and jade tooth carvings, artifacts and restorations ancient. Due to his exceptional drawing and design technique, he was offered the opportunity to work as a jewelry design apprentice at Adler Jewelery in Hong Kong.

Anello con tanzanite di 47 carati, diamanti, zaffiri, abalone. Copyright: gioiellis.com
Ring with 47-carat tanzanite, diamonds, sapphires, abalone. Copyright: Gioiellis.com

Experience in Adler Jewelery increased experience as a jewelery designer and gemstone buyer. Austy was then Chief Designer for Wendy Yue. His designs are worn by many Hollywood and international celebrities and famous personalities around the world.

Austy Lee. Copyright: gioiellis.com
Austy Lee. Copyright: gioiellis.com

His style is unique. It is the representation of new age, graphics and fashion in jewellery, but which he himself also defines as industrial, pop-punk, angular, rigorous, audacious, symbolic and colourful. The jewels use many colored gemstones often carved such as sphene, paraiba, padparadscha, star sapphire, indigolite, pink diamonds and the different colors of jade, as well as less usual materials, such as abalone.

Il suo stile è unico. È la rappresentazione in gioielleria di new age, grafica e moda, ma che lui stesso definisce anche industriale, pop-punk, spigoloso, rigoroso, audace, simbolico e colorato. I gioielli utilizzano molte pietre preziose colorate spesso intagliate come sphene, paraiba, padparadscha, star sapphire, indigolite, pink diamonds e i diversi colori della giada, oltre a materiali meno usuali, come l’abalone.

Anello con tanzanite, retro. Copyright: Gioiellis.com
Ring with tanzanite, back. Copyright: Gioiellis.com
Orecchini con giada bianca, diamanti, smalto blu. Copyright: gioiellis.com
Earrings with white jade, diamonds, blue enamel. Copyright: Gioiellis.com
austy lee bracciale tanzanite 47 ct diamanti smalto giallo diamanti copyright gioiellis
Bracelet with tanzanite, diamonds, yellow enamel, diamonds. Copyright: Gioiellis.com
Bracciale con tanzanite, diamanti, smalto giallo, diamanti, lato Copyright: gioiellis.com
Bracelet with tanzanite, diamonds, yellow enamel, diamonds, side Copyright: Gioiellis.com
Anello con acquamarina, lato. Copyright: gioiellis.com
Aquamarine ring, side. Copyright: Gioiellis.com
La lavorazione dell'anello con acquamarina, smalto, diamanti, zaffiri, tormalina rosa, abalone. Copyright: gioiellis.com
The workmanship of the ring with aquamarine, enamel, diamonds, sapphires, pink tourmaline, abalone. Copyright: Gioiellis.com
Anello con acquamarina, smalto, diamanti, zaffiri, tormalina rosa, abalone. Copyright: gioiellis.com
Ring with aquamarine, enamel, diamonds, sapphires, pink tourmaline, abalone. Copyright: Gioiellis.com
Il pendente Blue Divine, la collezione di luci psichedeliche. Oro bianco 18 carati, zaffiro birmano blu reale non riscaldato, zaffiri birmani non riscaldati, opali australiani, zaffiri e diamanti
The Blue Divine pendant, the psychedelic light collection. 18k white gold, unheated royal blue Burmese sapphire, unheated Burmese sapphires, Australian opals, sapphires and diamonds
Bracciali di Austy Lee Art Jewellery
Bangle by Austy Lee Art Jewellery

The East-West in Michelle Ong’s Carnet

Michelle Ong was named one of the 15 most influential women in Hong Kong. Promotes the art of Italian Renaissance. And she is also the designer of the refined Maison Carnet ♦

You don’t need to fly to Hong Kong to learn who is Michelle Ong. The designer founded Carnet together to Israeli Avi Nagar in 1985. Since then he has become a kind of Jar of East. So much so that the legendary Joel Arthur Rosenthal gave her compliments and has written for her the preface of a book by Vivienne Becker that collected the images of the work of the designer. His curiosity has produced a strange cross between Art Nouveau and  Ming tradition. Actually the two terms simplify a lot of the complexity of the creativity of Michelle Ong. In reality, what matters of most it’s see the virtuosity to jewelry with great and precious stones. His pieces, not surprisingly, are appreciated by those who can and want to show off their fine jewelry, like the soprano Renee Fleming and Kate Winslet.

Orecchini con tanzanite, rubellite, tormalina, zaffiri e diamanti
Earrings with tanzanite, rubellite, tourmaline, sapphires and diamonds

On his style they were wasted many adjectives: stately, exuberant, expressive … But the truth is that with a few words don’t sum up a production so dense it is very difficult. And to say that Michelle Ong is self-taught. She started designing jewelry as a hobby. He loves perfectionism: even after reaching the success continues to follow closely the artisans who make her designs. “The materials we use are a means to an end,” she explained. The absence of a school behind her also has advantages: for example, the Hong Kong designer began using the titanium 17 years ago, in advance of the others. Here are some pieces of her production.

Spilla a forma di conchiglia in oro bianco 18 carati e diamanti
Shell-shaped brooch in 18K white gold and diamonds

Michelle Ong is also a refined art lover. She has been appointed president of the Marco Polo Society, a non-profit organization that promotes cultural exchanges between Italy, Hong Kong, Macao and mainland China. And in the city, her former British colony, she promoted Shaping the Human Body: Florentine Sculpture of the Italian Renaissance, an exhibition of ten key masterpieces of the period, at the University of Hong Kong.

Spilla a forma di farfalla con diamanti, rodolite
Butterfly-shaped brooch with diamonds, rhodolite
Orecchini a forma di foglie con diamanti colorati
Leaf-shaped earrings with colored diamonds
Spilla con diamante nero briolette, tormalina violacea briolette, 260 rubini e zaffiri rosa
Brooch with black briolette diamond, purplish briolette tourmaline, 260 rubies and pink sapphires
Collana con pendente di diamanti e smeraldi
Diamond and emerald pendant necklace
Il libro Carnet scritto da Vivienne Becker e edito da Thames&Hudson
The book Carnet written by Vivienne Becker and published by Thames&Hudson

Bijoux et oursons gommeux par Lauren X Khoo




The jewels of the Lauren X Khoo brand, a mix of cultures, traditions and high jewelery ♦ ︎

She is of Chinese culture and origin, but born in Singapore, Lauren Khoo is also at home in Hong Kong and New York, the city where she lives and where her jewels are distributed, as well as on Moda Operandi. Not only: auction house Phillips has just presented 17 innovative fine jewelry pieces by designer Her style has nothing to do with those sprawling Chinese fantasies that translate into often very elaborate pieces, with dragons and peach blossoms. On the contrary, the jewels of her brand, Lauren X Khoo, have an international aesthetic, and in some cases even wink at the works of Jeff Koons, in her series of animals inspired by the Chinese zodiac. It is no coincidence that she lives in the US, studied in New England and graduated from Brown University, as well as in gemology at the Gia.

Her style ranges from geometric and rational design to that with oriental influences.

Collana di perle di Lauren X Khoo
Collana di perle di Lauren X Khoo

Born into a wealthy family in Singapore, the designer promised herself when she was a girl (today she is 35), to wear different jewels from those classic Cartier or Van Cleef & Arpels worn by her mother and her grandmother. She works indifferently with gold, precious stones and pearls, which he wants to interpret in a more modern way.

Orecchini con la forma di foglie di albero di castagno
Orecchini con la forma di foglie di castagno
Orecchini blu di forma concava
Orecchini concavi
Collana in oro e tsavorite a forma di orsetto
Collana in oro e tsavorite
Collana con pendente con orsetto e cane
Collana con pendente con orsetto e cane

Anello in oro e diamanti a forma di orsetto
Anello in oro e diamanti con orsetto

Orecchini con la forma di castagne nel loro riccio
Orecchini con la forma di castagne nel riccio






Where Dickson Yewn’s imagination flies




The charm of ancient China in the jewels of the designer Dickson Yewn. From Hong Kong, the young Chinese jeweler, married to the model Coco Chiang, produces jewels in the style of the ancient tradition of the Asian country, rich in 5000 years of history, but not only. The tradition is renewed through his goldsmithing skills: Yewn revives it through gold (“I love the nature of gold,” he says), as well as stones, including jade. Often his jewels are formed by a kind of metal lattice, which recalls the traditional architecture of ancient Chinese buildings.

Spilla farfalla Golden Kaiserihind (maschio), Teinopalpus aureus. Ali anteriori e posteriori: palissandro, zaffiro giallo, granato tsavorite, diamante bianco e nero, oro bianco. Nervature: argento sterling. Testa e antenna: onice, granato tsavorite, diamante nero, oro rodiato nero. Torace e addome: diamante nero, zaffiro giallo, granato tsavorite, snodato oro rodiato nero. Apice e margine costale: palissandro. Fondo e spille: oro rodiato nero, oro giallo
Spilla farfalla Golden Kaiserihind (maschio), Teinopalpus aureus. Ali anteriori e posteriori: palissandro, zaffiro giallo, granato tsavorite, diamante bianco e nero, oro bianco. Nervature: argento sterling. Testa e antenna: onice, granato tsavorite, diamante nero, oro rodiato nero. Torace e addome: diamante nero, zaffiro giallo, granato tsavorite, snodato oro rodiato nero. Apice e margine costale: palissandro. Fondo e spille: oro rodiato nero, oro giallo

A style that is also very popular outside of China: for example, his clients include wealthy admirers in Russia, Great Britain and Japan. “I hope to pay homage to ancient China and revive the traditional Chinese jewelry craftsmanship, especially the imperial goldsmith skills of the Qing Dynasty,” explains the designer. Which also takes its name from him: Yewn, in the Mandarin language, means “affinity” and “luck”. An aspect that pleases those who buy the jewels of the Hong Kong jeweler.
Anello in oro con fiore di diamanti
Anello in oro con fiore di diamanti

Some of his creations are brooches in the shape of butterflies, meticulously reproduced. For example, an esmeralda (male), the name Cithaerias esmeralda in Latin. The front and back wings are crystal, rose cut diamond, pink sapphire, blue sapphire, yellow gold; ribs in black rhodium-plated gold; head and antenna in onyx, brown diamond, black rhodium-plated gold, thorax and abdomen with brown diamond, black rhodium-plated gold joint; apex, costal margin, spine and pins in yellow gold.
Anello in oro, giada, diamanti
Anello in oro, giada, diamanti

Bracciale in legno, oro, smalto, diamanti
Bracciale in legno, oro, smalto, diamanti

Spilla farfalla L'Esmeralda (maschio), Cithaerias esmeralda. Ali anteriori e posteriori: cristallo, diamante con taglio a rosa, zaffiro rosa, zaffiro blu, oro giallo. Nervature: oro rodiato nero. Testa e antenna: onice, diamante brown, oro rodiato nero. Torace e addome: diamante brown, snodo nero rodiato oro. Apice, margine costale, dorso e spilli: oro giallo
Spilla farfalla L’Esmeralda (maschio), Cithaerias esmeralda. Ali anteriori e posteriori: cristallo, diamante con taglio a rosa, zaffiro rosa, zaffiro blu, oro giallo. Nervature: oro rodiato nero. Testa e antenna: onice, diamante brown, oro rodiato nero. Torace e addome: diamante brown, snodo nero rodiato oro. Apice, margine costale, dorso e spilli: oro giallo







The winning challenge of Nelson Jewelry




From Hong Kong the collections of Nelson Jewelry, a giant in the industry ♦ ︎
Hong Kong has long been one of the jewelers’ capital. Not only because in the city in South China’s holding one of the most important trade fairs, but also because Hong Kong has flourished activity before artisanal and then industrial linked to the world of jewelry. The story of Nelson Ho is exemplary. Born in a family of carpenters, Nelson decides to learn craftsmanship of jewelry.

Orecchini in oro e zaffiri rosa
Orecchini in oro e zaffiri rosa
In 1980 he founded Nelson Jewelery Arts in a 50 square meter office. In 1991 the company already has the first office abroad. Now the company is all over the world and has become a powerful jewelery reality. He introduced the first computerize all the production chain, he got the official quality certificates on production. In short, Nelson Jewelry has all the cards in place to be the protagonist of the jewelry world. But not only. Maison has also received international awards for jewelery design, such as the JCK Jewelers’ Choice Awards 2008 for its Invincible Setting technique. In short, European jewelers should try to figure out what the key to Nelson’s success is. China is near…

Anello in oro bianco e diamanti
Anello in oro bianco e diamanti
Anello con zaffiri verdi, gialli e orange
Anello con zaffiri verdi, gialli e orange
Anello in oro rosa con zaffiri orange
Anello in oro rosa con zaffiri orange
Orecchini con diamanti e zaffiri blu
Orecchini con diamanti e zaffiri blu

Orecchini in oro e zaffiri orange
Orecchini in oro e zaffiri orange

Bracciale con ametista, acquamarina, citrino, diamanti, quarzo lemon, peridoto, tormalina
Bracciale con ametista, acquamarina, citrino, diamanti, quarzo lemon, peridoto, tormalina







Karen Suen, high jewelery in Hong Kong







At the 2019 Couture Design Awards, Karen Suen won the Best in Pearls category award. The designer, among other things, has a predilection for rare conch pearls. But the jewelry designer does not need this recognition to get on the jewelery stage. Karen Suen made her debut in 2007, and has been very successful since then. The elements of the recipe are those typical of fine jewelry: excellent stone, scrupulously executed goldsmith’s, attractive design. But in addition, Karen puts her own personality into it.

Orecchini con diamanti, perle e conch pearl
Orecchini con diamanti, perle e conch pearl

A creativity that allowed, in 2013 and 2014, to get another award, this time at the Outstanding Greater China Design Awards. Her brand was renamed Karen Suen in the same year. Between glam and classic jewelry, the design of the brand based in Hong Kong is popular in China, but also in the US and Europe. And there is a reason: her Maison was created in the likeness of the European ones of the early twentieth century, where each jewel is unique in its kind and produced according to the standards of fine jewelry.

Anello con diamanti e granato demantoide
Anello con diamanti e granato demantoide
Orecchino pendente con smeraldi e diamanti, Emerald Collection
Orecchino pendente con smeraldi e diamanti, Emerald Collection
Collana con smeraldi, diamanti e grand e perla
Collana con smeraldi, diamanti e grand e perla
Karen Suen
Karen Suen
Anello con diamanti e perla naturale orange
Anello con diamanti e perla naturale orange

Collana con diamanti e rubellite
Collana con diamanti e rubellite




Design, gems, Etcetera




Edmond Chin’s extraordinary and rare jewelery, from as expert manager for Christie’s to jeweler for collectors ♦

For five years, Edmond Chin managed the department of jewelry at Christie’s in Hong Kong. The experience and knowledge of the market has suggested, in the 2000, to found his own brand: Etcetera. The Latin word, which means “and other things”, has become a brand in the jewelry world, thanks to the recognition during the best appointments, as years ago in Baselworld. Edmond Chin has focused on two aspects: technical innovation and the quality of the stones used. But now Chin, who was born in Singapore, has become creative director of Boghossian: Etcetera’s jewels have therefore become collector’s items.

Orecchini con smeraldi di 9,12 e 8,84 carati e perle naturali
Orecchini con smeraldi di 9,12 e 8,84 carati e perle naturali

According to experts polled by Gioiellis, Etcetera collections often use new methods of assembly to expose the gems. A skill that can surprise more than once. And even if the headquarters of the brand remained in his native Hong Kong, the jewels of Mr. Chin are becoming increasingly popular in Europe and America from private collectors. Like is demonstrates by the auction where his jewels are sold.

Anello con smeraldo di 38,51 carati e diamanti
Anello con smeraldo di 38,51 carati e diamanti
Collana con un rubino star centrale di 19,53 carati, rubini taglio ovale, diamanti taglio brillante e pera
Collana con un rubino star centrale di 19,53 carati, rubini taglio ovale, diamanti taglio brillante e pera
Anello con rubino di 6 carati con petali di diamanti taglio cuscino
Anello con rubino di 6 carati con petali di diamanti taglio cuscino
Orecchini con perle e diamanti
Orecchini con perle e diamanti
Orecchini con rubini e diamanti
Orecchini con rubini e diamanti
Collana con diamanti, giada e zaffiri
Collana con diamanti, giada e zaffiri







In the design of L’Dzen




An international background, a family tradition in jewelry, a great desire to enter the Olympus of luxury designers: with these premises Payal Shah founded L’Dzen. The designer’s mother and father worked as consultants for the diamond market in Singapore and Hong Kong, where Payal Shah established his Maison (but sells worldwide). This training started when she was a little girl served her to combine the commercial aspect with the creative one. By the way, the name L’Dzen literally means The Design By Payal Shah. Before creating jewelry, in fact, Payal Shah obtained a degree in architecture and design from the University of Westminster, London, and a diploma in Interior Design, also obtained in the English capital. Not only that: she started working as a designer for luxury hotel furniture.

Orecchini in oro rosa 18 carati, diamanti e pietre di colore
Orecchini Vera in oro rosa 18 carati, diamanti e pietre di colore

Until the desire to merge the cultural roots of India with the Chinese tradition emerged: the result is L’Dzen Jewelry, founded in 2011, when Payal Shah was 21 years old. But, in reality, the style of the Maison has nothing of the traditional Indian and Chinese elements, except an explicit desire to offer luxury jewelry. One of the most recent collections, for example, is called Gun’s N ‘Roses, like the Californian rock band. One of the aspects that distinguishes L’Dzen jewels is lightness: even with larger earrings you can barely feel the weight. Michelle Obama, Katy Perry, Rihanna and Nick Jonas were spotted on the red carpet with L’Dezen jewels.

Anello in oro 18 carati, diamanti e zaffiri rosa
Anello in oro 18 carati, diamanti e zaffiri rosa
Orecchini Briar in oro giallo e diamanti
Orecchini Briar in oro giallo e diamanti
Orecchini in oro giallo e diamanti
Orecchini in oro giallo e diamanti

Orecchini in oro, smalto, diamanti
Orecchini in oro, smalto, diamanti

Anelli in oro bianco e diamanti, indossati
Anelli in oro bianco e diamanti, indossati

Il brand produce anche borse, come questa Brenda Fleur Headband
Il brand produce anche borse, come questa Brenda Fleur Headband







The pink diamond challenge: Williamson Pink Star sold for 57 million




A pink diamond breaks all records. The sample is the Williamson Pink Star, an 11.15 carat vivid fancy pink diamond. The stone was sold in Hong Kong by Sotheby’s for over 57 million, exceeding the presale estimates, which had prudently stopped at 21 million dollars. However, it was not a Chinese tycoon who bought the precious diamond, but a billionaire from Florida. As is tradition, the new owner has changed the name of the gem, which is now called The Rosenberg Williamson Pink Star.

Il diamante rosa Williamson Pink Star
Il diamante rosa Williamson Pink Star

The diamond was extracted from the Williamson mine in Tanzania and then cut by Diacore. It was also the second largest vivid pink diamond ever to appear at auction, later, the CTF Pink Star, which weighs 59.6 carats and was bought in 2017 by Hong Kong group Chow Tai Fook for 71.2 million: it is the most expensive gem ever sold at auction. Soon after, however, is the Williamson Pink Star, with a price per carat of around 5.2 million, double the previous record of 2.7 million per carat of the 18.96-carat Winston Pink sold by Christie’s in 2018. .
Il diamante grezzo di 32 carati da cui è stato ricavato The Williamson Pink Star
Il diamante grezzo di 32 carati da cui è stato ricavato The Williamson Pink Star

How long will the new record last? On November 8th, in Geneva, Christie’s will sell another 18.18-carat pear-shaped fancy diamond, called The Fortune Pink: pre-sale estimates indicate a value between 25 million and 35 million dollars. The race is underway.
Il diamante The Fortune Pink, 18,18 carati
Il diamante The Fortune Pink, 18,18 carati







A record pink diamond is on sale at Sotheby’s




An 11-carat pink diamond is a very rare gem. For this reason, the auction by Sotheby’s to be held in Hong Kong on 5 October is a special event also in terms of price: the diamond, which has been called Williamson Pink Star, is valued at over 20 million dollars. It will be sold at a single lot auction. Williamson Pink Star is the result, after cutting, of a diamond that was originally a 32-carat rough stone found in the Williamson mine in Mwadui, Tanzania. It is a mine that has already supplied diamonds with this rare color.

Williamson Pink Star, diamante rosa di 11 carati
Williamson Pink Star, diamante rosa di 11 carati

Diacore purchased the diamond for $ 13.8 million, approximately 427,000 per carat, from the mining company Petra Diamonds in December 2021. The diamond was subsequently cushion-cut and mounted on an 18-karat gold ring, flanked by trapezoid cut diamonds and brilliant cut rose. The gemstone is of impeccable quality and, according to Sotheby’s, is the second largest fancy vivid pink diamond ever to appear at auction, after the 59.60-carat CTF Pink Star, purchased by Chow Tai Fook of China for 71.2 million. dollars in April 2017.

Williamson Pink Star è montato su un anello diamanti taglio trapezio e rosa taglio brillante
Williamson Pink Star è montato su un anello diamanti taglio trapezio e rosa taglio brillante
Il diamante rosa Williamson Pink Star
Il diamante rosa Williamson Pink Star

Il diamante grezzo di 32 carati da cui è stato ricavato The Williamson Pink Star
Il diamante grezzo di 32 carati da cui è stato ricavato The Williamson Pink Star







Heting’s high jewelery

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Hè Tíng (鶴 庭) is a Chinese word that is part of the «Water pavilion of the Hermit Lin» (林 處 士 水亭), an ancient poem of the Song dynasty, written by Yaozuo Chen. Nowadays it is also a high jewelery Maison that takes the name, simplified, of Heting. The poem tells the story of a contemplative hermit who lives in a peaceful garden, taking the time to admire and reflect on the world around him. It is therefore not surprising that Heting’s founder, Carina Wong, draws her inspiration from nature.

Collana in oro 18 carati, smalto, diamanti, tsavorite
Collana in oro 18 carati, smalto, diamanti, tsavorite

Observing the natural environment translates into sophisticated jewels that have mushrooms, insects and leaves as their subject. Gold and precious stones, together with enamel and jadeite, are the elements that Carina Wong serves to compose luxury jewels, but which at the same time recall delicate atmospheres. And perhaps, for some, even the world of gnomes.

Carina Wong, among other things, is a designer with multiple qualities: in addition to being a virtuoso of jewelry, she also excels in activities such as calligraphy, wood carving, metalworking and gemmology. After graduating from the Gemological Institute of America in Hong Kong, she founded Heting in 2015, between crafts and high jewelery. She firmly believes that the human hand is irreplaceable when it comes to creating art objects, and supports the importance of preserving and continuing this heritage, passing on this knowledge and skills to the next generation of craftsmen.

Orecchini in oro 18 carati, perla nera e tsavorite
Orecchini in oro 18 carati, perla nera e tsavorite
Anello Mushroom in oro 18 carati, smalto, tsavorite, diamanti
Anello Mushroom in oro 18 carati, smalto, tsavorite, diamanti
Anello Little Anello doppio Little Cratures, in oro bianco 18 carati, diamanti, smalto
Anello Little Anello doppio Little Cratures, in oro bianco 18 carati, diamanti, smalto
Spilla libellula in oro 18 carati, smalto
Spilla libellula in oro 18 carati, smalto

Spilla in oro 18 carati, smalto, diamanti, zaffiri
Spilla in oro 18 carati, smalto, diamanti, zaffiri







Few and incredible: the jewels of Saboo

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Strepitosi, refined, complicated: the exclusive jewels (40 per year) of Saboo Fine Jewels ♦ ︎
In India, the city of Jaipur, in Rajasthan, is also the capital of jewelry for its tradition in the processing of gems. There are many jewelry companies that cut and assemble precious stones. But few are those able to embed the gems one inside the other, with complicated, delicate and very difficult joints. As you know, for example, Saboo Fine Jewels. La Maison has become famous, among other things, precisely because of its processing capacity, which sometimes touches the unthinkable.

Anello con zaffiro incastonato in calcedonio
Anello con zaffiro incastonato in calcedonio

The company’s history began in the 1930s, with Chand Bihari Saboo. From the business of gems the company founded by Saboo has evolved and in 1980, his sons, Rajendra and Surendra, formed Saboo Fine Jewels. Which, however, now is based in Hong Kong. Even in the Chinese city, however, they have not lost contact with the world of precious stones. Indeed, Saboo Fine Jewels is famous for the choice of gems, as well as for their processing. But not only: for some jewels, for example, it uses the conch pearls, among the rarest and most expensive. A pearl conch is the fruit of a non-pearly calcareous concretion produced by the Queen Conch mollusk. They have a pinkish color, with different shades.
Anello Royalle con diamanti e rubini
Anello Royalle con diamanti e rubini

Given, however, that the jewels of Saboo are the top of the top and, above all, difficult to manufacture, the Maison manages to produce only 40 per year. The last frontier is the use of colored titanium, light metal, resistant, but very difficult to work with. To create a pin, a unique piece made to measure, for example, a half year of work is been needed, between the search for stones, the special cut and the goldsmith’s art. And what is more precious than time?

Orecchini con rubini e diamanti
Orecchini con rubini e diamanti
Orecchini con smeraldi, diamanti, tsavoriti, rubini, zaffiri
Orecchini con smeraldi, diamanti, tsavoriti, rubini, zaffiri
Orecchini con smeraldi intagliati e fiori con smalto
Orecchini con smeraldi intagliati e fiori con smalto
Anello con diamanti e smeraldi
Anello con diamanti e smeraldi
Orecchini Royalle con diamanti e smeraldi
Orecchini Royalle con diamanti e smeraldi







Sotheby’s sells the third most expensive diamond ever: 57.5 million




The 3 most expensive grams in the world: in Hong Kong the De Beers Cullinan Blue Diamond was sold for just under 57.5 million dollars. The diamond weighs 15.10 carats, which corresponds exactly to 3.02 grams. This gem was sold by Sotheby’s, with a price that even exceeded the pre-sale estimate, which was 48 million. Yet this is not the record, which belongs to another diamond, the 14.62-carat Oppenheimer Blue, sold for $ 57,541,779 in 2016. It is, however, a minimal difference compared to the entire value. The buyer? He is anonymous and concluded the deal over the phone.

Il De Beers Cullinan Blue Diamond
Il De Beers Cullinan Blue Diamond

An extraordinary achievement, this diamond is considered to be one of the best De Beers ever seen and we are incredibly proud to join forces with Sotheby’s to share this defining moment in history.
Bruce Cleaver, CEO of the De Beers group

Il diamante blu, con un taglio rettangolare a gradini, pesa 15,10 carati è stato recentemente tagliato da un'eccezionale pietra grezza scoperta nell'aprile 2021
Il diamante blu, con un taglio rettangolare a gradini, pesa 15,10 carati è stato recentemente tagliato da un’eccezionale pietra grezza scoperta nell’aprile 2021

The De Beers Cullinan Blue Diamond therefore became the third most expensive jewel ever sold at auction, behind The Pink Star, which sold for $ 71.2 million in 2017, also at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, and The Oppenheimer Blue. The diamond beaten in Hong Kong was mined at the famous Cullinan mine in South Africa in 2021 and was carved from a rough stone of 39.34 carats.

The De Beers Cullinan Blue ha una stima di 48 milioni di dollari
The De Beers Cullinan Blue ha una stima di 48 milioni di dollari

Il diamante The De Beers Cullinan Blue
Il diamante The De Beers Cullinan Blue







Entice, teacher of luxury

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Necklaces and earrings royals: the new diamonds by Entice shine even more.
Since 2004 Entice has become the brand of Indian family Kothari, from Jaipur, who with KGK Group has been active for decades (and still is) in the gems trade. The debut marked the high-end jewelery, and took place under the sign of luxury, precious stones, but also a design that does not yield almost never the oriental taste, sometime a bit too convoluted to please the Western women. And to say that Entice chose as an alternative basis to its Indian origin the city of Hong Kong.

Orecchini pendenti con diamanti
Orecchini pendenti con diamanti

La Maison has the advantage, however, to do everything alone, from the choice and the purchase of stones, to design, to the manufacture to make the jewelry, such as those presented. The activities of Entice are guided by the creative director, Manju Kothari, who also coordinates the five boutiques in Hong Kong and India (Jaipur, New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore). Entice relies on two factors: the exclusive design and a competitive price compared to similar classes of jewelry, made of large diamonds, stones and high quality only.

Bracciale in oro rosa con rubini e diamanti
Bracciale in oro rosa con rubini e diamanti
Collana in oro rosa e diamanti
Collana in oro rosa e diamanti
Orecchini in oro rosa e diamanti
Orecchini in oro rosa e diamanti
Orecchini in oro bianco e diamanti
Orecchini in oro bianco e diamanti
Orecchini pendenti in oro rosa e diamanti
Orecchini pendenti in oro rosa e diamanti

Orecchini in oro rosa e diamanti
Orecchini in oro rosa e diamanti







The jewels of Peter Lam




Peter Lam: the name sounds vaguely Teutonic, but in reality the designer was born and operates in Hong Kong. In addition to creating collections under the name of his own company, Peter Lam is a manufacture that works on behalf of third parties. In 2008, a brand new factory with state-of-the-art technology was opened, which also opened the doors to international cooperation with world-renowned companies.

Anello in oro rosa con diamante
Anello in oro rosa 14 carati con diamante

Jewelery with the Per Lam brand is made of 14-karat white or rose gold, decorated with diamonds and sapphires, but in some cases also with synthetic colored stones. The style is quite traditional and the brand’s catalog is very large. Peter Lam started his business in 1985, in Hong Kong. A passion for jewelry that began as a young man, when he worked in the jewelry shop inside the Hilton Hotel. He managed to make a career. And to make his dream come true.
Orecchini in oro rosa e rubini
Orecchini in oro rosa e rubini

Orecchini in oro rosa e smeraldi sintetici
Orecchini in oro rosa e smeraldi sintetici
Anello in oro rosa 14 carati e diamanti neri
Anello in oro rosa 14 carati e diamanti neri
Collana con pendente in oro rosa 14 carati e diamanti neri
Collana con pendente in oro rosa 14 carati e diamanti neri
Anello in oro rosa 14 carati e diamanti
Anello in oro rosa 14 carati e diamanti

Collana con pendente in oro rosa 14 carati e diamanti
Collana con pendente in oro rosa 14 carati e diamanti







Sotheby’s presents a record-breaking blue diamond




It’s record time for diamonds. This time in the most precious competition in the world, Sotheby’s came first, presenting The De Beers Cullinan Blue, the name of an extraordinary natural diamond. The stone is also one of the most precious blue diamonds ever offered at auction: its value is estimated at over 48 million dollars. The blue diamond, with a rectangular stepped cut, weighs 15.10 carats and was recently cut from an exceptional rough stone discovered in April 2021. In addition, it is the largest internally flawless step cut vivid blue diamond that the Gemological Institute of America (Gia) has ever ranked.

Il diamante The De Beers Cullinan Blue
Il diamante The De Beers Cullinan Blue

Blue diamonds of this type, quality and weight are exceptionally rare. There are only five examples exceeding 10 carats that have been auctioned, but none have exceeded 15 carats. The De Beers Cullinan Blue is the most important piece of Sotheby’s Hong Kong Luxury Week: it will be offered in a single lot live auction in late April 2022 (exact date is yet to be determined). Given the global interest in a treasure of this nature, the diamond will first be presented on a world tour in New York, London, Dubai, Singapore, Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen and Taipei.

Blue diamonds of any kind are rare on the market, but this is the rarest of the rare; nothing of remotely similar calibre has appeared at auction in recent years. Hundreds of millions of years in the making, this extraordinary blue diamond is surely one of nature’s finest creations. Now brought to dazzling life by the hand of one of the world’s most skillful cutters, it is the ultimate masterpiece – as rare and desirable as the very greatest works of art. At a time of unprecedented demand for the finest, world-class, coloured diamonds, we are incredibly excited to bring to the market what is sure to become one of the most celebrated gems in the world.
Patti Wong, President of Sotheby’s Asia

The De Beers Cullinan Blue ha una stima di 48 milioni di dollari
The De Beers Cullinan Blue ha una stima di 48 milioni di dollari

The diamond was discovered in the Cullinan mine in South Africa in 2021, one of the very few sources of extremely rare blue diamonds in the world. Over the past year, De Beers has partnered with his partner, Diacore, one of the most experienced diamond master cutters, to cut and polish the stunning rough diamond and bring The De Beers Cullinan Blue to life.
Il diamante blu, con un taglio rettangolare a gradini, pesa 15,10 carati è stato recentemente tagliato da un'eccezionale pietra grezza scoperta nell'aprile 2021
Il diamante blu, con un taglio rettangolare a gradini, pesa 15,10 carati è stato recentemente tagliato da un’eccezionale pietra grezza scoperta nell’aprile 2021

The De Beers Cullinan Blue stands as a proud masterpiece that has been gifted from nature with the hues of the sky and sea, perfected through a step-cut that is bold, distinctive and masterful. Among the rarest of stones in what is arguably the most desirable of colours – powerful and vivid, but at the same time calm and majestic – it must surely rank among the greatest wonders of the natural world. It is literally irresistible.
Wenhao Yu, Chairman of Jewelery and Watches at Sotheby’s Asia

While other colored diamonds can be found in mines around the world, there are very few sources of blue diamonds, most of which are recovered from the Cullinan mine in South Africa. Cullinan has produced many of the most famous diamonds in the world, including the 530-carat Great Star of Africa, the largest faceted colorless diamond in the world. Cullinan continues to produce some of the most extraordinary treasures in the world, including all De Beers Millennium blue diamonds. Notably, the De Beers Millennium Jewel 4, a 10.10-carat oval-shaped Fancy Vivid blue sold for $ 31.8 million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in April 2016.

The De Beers Cullinan Blue. Solo cinque esemplari che superano i 10 carati sono stai venuti all'asta
The De Beers Cullinan Blue. Solo cinque esemplari che superano i 10 carati sono stai venuti all’asta

This diamond ranks as one of the best De Beers has ever seen. It is extremely rare and unique, and as the Home of Diamonds, De Beers is pleased to join together with Sotheby’s to bring this diamond to the world.
Bruce Cleaver, CEO of De Beers Group







Yewn, art jewelry with roots in ancient Chinese culture

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What is the border between jewelry and art? It depends. In the case of Hong Kong jeweler Yewn, the border does not exist. Her jewels, unique pieces, are made to be worn only occasionally and, on the contrary, to be admired often. Since the end of the Chinese monarchy in 1911, the Maison says, Chinese jewels had been a rare sight, not only in the rest of the world, but also in greater China. Yewn aims to continue the Chinese millennial tradition with contemporary jewelry that neither the past nor the present Chinese generations have ever seen before.

Anello con giada indossato da Michelle Obama
Anello con giada indossato da Michelle Obama

Dickson Yewn, Yewn’s creative director, in fact, creates works of art to wear. With a slow, meticulous manufacturing process, he make jewels using a sophisticated artisanal process that resembles the works produced by imperial artisans and which are now exhibited in Chinese museums. In short, more than a jeweler, Dickson Yewn is an artist fascinated by the traditions of ancient China. Until 1995 Dickson was a full-time painter. Then, almost by chance, he started designing high jewelry for his clients.

BaDaShanRen, anello in ceramica, con diamante a taglio brillante incastonato in oro bianco 18 carati su ceramica color avorio
BaDaShanRen, anello in ceramica, con diamante a taglio brillante incastonato in oro bianco 18 carati su ceramica color avorio

Among other things, the word Yewn is the name of the designer, but also a play on words: in Chinese it sounds like affinity and luck. And this symbolism is also deeply rooted in Chinese philosophy and culture, which is found depicted in the large recycled wood bracelets, with floral patterns and bas-relief figures. For example, the brooch representing the Golden Kaiserihind butterfly (male), Teinopalpus aureus in Latin, was made with rosewood front and rear wings, yellow sapphire, tsavorite garnet, black and white diamond, white gold, sterling silver ribs. , head and antennae in onyx, tsavorite garnet, black diamond, rhodium-plated black gold. Finally, the chest and abdomen are set with black diamond, yellow sapphire, tsavorite garnet, rhodium-plated articulated black gold, the apex and rib margin in rosewood and on the back and brooch are black rhodium-plated gold, yellow gold.

Spilla a forma di farfalla Teinopalpus Aureus
Spilla a forma di farfalla Teinopalpus Aureus
Spilla di Yewn, materiali diversi
Spilla di Yewn, materiali diversi
Bracciale di Yewn
Bracciale di Yewn
Bracciale Dream of the Red Chamber in legno di recupero, diamante brillante, tsavorite e zaffiro giallo, oro giallo 18 carati, argento
Bracciale Dream of the Red Chamber in legno di recupero, diamante brillante, tsavorite e zaffiro giallo, oro giallo 18 carati, argento

Spilla a forma di farfalla Teinopalpus Aureus
Spilla a forma di farfalla Teinopalpus Aureus

Bracciale in oro giallo, zaffiri, tsavoriti, diamanti
Bracciale in oro giallo, zaffiri, tsavoriti, diamanti

Anello in oro, smalto, diamanti
Anello in oro, smalto, diamanti
Spilla di Yewn, materiali diversi
Spilla di Yewn, materiali diversi
Bracciale di Yewn
Bracciale di Yewn

Bracciale Dream of the Red Chamber in legno di recupero, diamante brillante, tsavorite e zaffiro giallo, oro giallo 18 carati, argento
Bracciale Dream of the Red Chamber in legno di recupero, diamante brillante, tsavorite e zaffiro giallo, oro giallo 18 carati, argento







Boochier without borders




She has been described as a designer who is inspired by the musical world of the nineties. But in reality Melinda Zeman is much more. First, she represents a synthesis of different cultures. She lives in Hong Kong, where she married Jonathan Zeman, son of Allan, the Chineseized Canadian who founded the Lan Kwai Fong Group, the city’s real estate giant. But not only that: she is half Chinese and half Ghanaian, she was born in the United Kingdom and raised in the United States. In short, a mix of history and culture that is the basis of the brand you created: Boochier.

Anello in oro 18 carati, diamanti, smalto
Anello in oro 18 carati, diamanti, smalto

Melinda founded Bouchier in 2019, with no background in jewelry design. She started making her own jewelry for fun, but she became successful and decided to turn a hobby into a profession. And even though her stated goal is to bring East and West together, her jewelry style looks more to European and American design than Chinese. She offers colored ear cuffs and stackable rings with gold and brightly colored enamel, chunky hip-hop style chain necklaces, chevalier rings with diamonds. The name of the Maison, on the other hand, is inspired by Guillaume Bouchier, a Frenchman who traveled between Paris and China in the nineteenth century.
Bracciale in oro giallo, diamanti, smalto
Bracciale in oro giallo, diamanti, smalto

Anello in oro e diamanti
Anello in oro e diamanti
Anello Slinkee in oro, titanio e diamanti
Anello Slinkee in oro, titanio e diamanti
Bracciale Fruit Hoops in oro giallo, diamanti, smalto
Bracciale Fruit Hoops in oro giallo, diamanti, smalto
Orecchini Fruit Hoops in oro giallo, diamanti, smalto
Orecchini Fruit Hoops in oro giallo, diamanti, smalto
Anello Intergalactic in oro rosa e diamanti
Anello Intergalactic in oro rosa e diamanti

Melinda Zeman
Melinda Zeman







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