The extraordinary combinations with the stones designed by Paul Wild for Baselworld 2019 ♦ ︎
Baselworld is not only a great opportunity to observe watches and, above all, magnificent jewels. But without magnificent stones there would not exist much of the magnificent jewels. Here, then, the exceptional stones of Paul Wild, a fixed presence in Baselworld. Unlike other companies specializing in the sale of precious and semi-precious stones, Paul Wild makes his business an art. He interprets the stones, in short, and every year he orders them according to new sources of inspiration, with an ear that listen the influences of fashion. For example, anticipates the German Maison, the shades for spring 2019 are the red and orange shades. But the desire for a life that follows a more natural rhythm remains present. Not to mention the blue color, which is associated with other aspects of life: stability, trust, truth, faith, loyalty, wisdom, trust. From these considerations Paul Wild has composed three key chromatic themes for 2019: Bright Sight of Light, Abundance of Nature, Liaison de Couleurs.
Bright Sight of Light
This trend is inspired by the Pantone color for 2019, Living Coral. Paul Wild translates the concept with African tourmalines and golden yellow beryl from Brazil. Stones that can make up a necklace, a ring and earrings, in a suite of 71 gems for a total of 176.74 carats. The necklace radiates from a 39.4-carat golden beryl gold cabochon, with four cascading tiers of pear-shaped tourmalines in a mix of sizes and shades, pink to purple. “We chose this theme to express the spirit of Living Coral, which is radiant and joyful,” says CEO, Markus Paul Wild. A 22,01 carat cushioned tourmaline is chosen for the ring and 10 pear-shaped tourmalines in increasing sizes and color saturation are in the layout to match dangling earrings (10.05 total weight in carats).
Abundance of Nature
Chromatic trends closely aligned with nature have predominantly green and blue hues. Green is the universal symbol of nature, health. Blue is the color of the sky and the sea. With these images, Paul Wild assembled a vivid green-blue Paraiba tourmaline suite from Mozambique, consisting of a cluster ring and earrings totaling 77.32 carats and a teardrop necklace totaling 146.61 carats, with 63 stones in the set. A suite of beryls and tourmalines, 104 pieces for a total of 407.42 carats, is also part of this line. Like the droplets of water on the petals, the necklace, the earrings and the arrangement of the rings includes 195.30 carats of briolettes of aquamarine, 68.09 carats of morganite and 144.03 carats of Afghan tourmaline. A magnificent necklace of 109 pear-shaped Ceylon sapphires includes a total of 154.25 carats, with a range of colors ranging from blue to green to yellow and pink and all other imaginative colors.
Liaison de Couleurs
The new fashion colors for spring are vivid. Liaison de Couleurs, as the name suggests, combines natural precious stones to create new combinations. “We see this product as something visionary and innovative,” adds Wild. “We have chosen Basel as the best place to debut this innovation. We want to gather feedback from our good customers there to see what they think about colors, cuts and applications to help us move forward with product marketing. ”
