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The brilliant minutes with Yeprem

The bracelets-watch by Yeprem: the brand famous for diamonds also counts the time ♦
Half a century ago, inspired by a gold bracelet given from her mother, the Lebanese-Armenian Yeprem Chakardemian founded the jewelry brand that bears his name. It was 1964. Having learned the art of jewelry, he has decided to make jewelery art. After he was apprentice, then jeweler, he showed his Maison around the world thanks largely jewels with white diamonds, and the company is managed now by the second generation of the family, with Loutfic Chakardemian. As often it happens, at some point in their lives the greats Maison of jewelry expanding their services with the proposal of watches-jewels.
So Yeprem presented at Baselworld Y-Momento. Five rich bracelets with a timepiece in the middle. But they are more jewels than watches: four are made of white gold, one with pink gold. Plus a large number of diamonds. Two models: Majestic White has automatic winding and white diamond marquise and round cut and 18 carat white gold. The Midnight Marvel line has smaller dimensions. Prices: the Yeprem bracelets-watches range from $ 20,000 up to 100,000. The Yeprem motto has always been: «Be the change you want to see in the world». The time for change has now a new time. Giulia Netrese




Majestic White, bracciale orologio con 367 diamanti
Majestic White, bracciale orologio con 367 diamanti

Majestic White, bracciale orologio con cassa a goccia, con 462 diamanti
Majestic White, bracciale orologio con cassa a goccia, con 462 diamanti
Majestic White, bracciale orologio in oro bianco con 354 diamanti
Majestic White, bracciale orologio in oro bianco con 354 diamanti
Midnight Marvel, orologio in oro bianco con 258 diamanti
Midnight Marvel, orologio in oro bianco con 258 diamanti

Midnight Marvel, orologio in oro rosa con 179 diamanti
Midnight Marvel, orologio in oro rosa con 179 diamanti







The time of Suzanne Syz

A limited edition jewel-watch (only eight pieces) and the new amazing jewelry by Suzanne Syz ♦
It’s time to Suzanne Syz. Or, rather, it’s time for the first watch-jewel by Swiss designer, one of the most imaginative independent creative and innovative in recent years. Her Maison based in Geneva, in fact, presented Ben, a mechanical watch (not quartz) in a limited edition of eight pieces with different materials and colors.

The cover is laser cut encrusted with diamonds and has a quote by Benjamin Franklin engraved inside the cover: “You may delay, but time will not.” For the timepiece enthusiasts, here are the characteristics of the Ben clock: has a diameter of 42 millimeters, 10 millimeters thick, is made of white agate, onyx black, with 478 diamonds (1,70 carats), and uses titanium, pink or white gold.

The edition is limited in eight different colors. But, of course, the main activity of Suzanne Syz are the jewels, which never disappoint the fans. As the ring called Power to the Flower, with a re-enactment of the sixties. It is made of titanium and gold, with a Colombian emerald five spinels, a diamond fancy yellow, three diamonds cut roses. Or with earrings, this time in aluminum, which follow a meandering path and have small diamonds set on edge. Margherita Donato




Suzanne Syz, anello con tormalina Paraiba
Suzanne Syz, anello con tormalina Paraiba

Orecchini One Night in Bangkok, in alluminio, oro bianco, titanio e diamanti
Orecchini One Night in Bangkok, in alluminio, oro bianco, titanio e diamanti
Orecchini Colorfull, in alluminio, oro rosa, spinelli
Orecchini Colorfull, in alluminio, oro rosa, spinelli
Orecchini in alluminio e diamanti
Orecchini Hello It’s me in alluminio e diamanti
Uno degli otto orologi Ben
Uno degli otto orologi Ben
Orecchini Hello It's me, in alluminio nero con 330 piccoli diamanti
Orecchini Hello It’s me, in alluminio nero con 330 piccoli diamanti

Anello Power to the Flower, in oro e titanio, con uno smeraldo colombiano, cinque spinelli, diamanti taglio rose
Anello Power to the Flower, in oro e titanio, con uno smeraldo colombiano, cinque spinelli, diamanti taglio rose







Graff, the time flys

For Graff is the time of new cuff Princess Butterfly Secret Watch, in four different versions.
At Baselworld is the Graff Diamond hour. The large Maison in London, specializing in jewelry with extraordinary diamonds, takes a road parallel and presents a new version of the bracelet that has also hidden a clock dial. But the construction of the timepiece jewel that is out of the ordinary. The jewel is called Princess Butterfly Secret Watch and follows the line of similar pieces also presented in 2016.
It is part of the series of fine jewelry bracelets that hide a clock following the habits of a century ago, when for a woman was considered vulgar wear a watch. Other times. Now these jewels are obviously anything but not to watch for an appointment. Anyway Princess Butterfly Secret Watch is revealed as one of the most impressive jewelry Baselworld. It is made with diamonds and gemstones that open the butterfly wings, with the invisible setting technique. It is a system introduced by Van Cleef & Arpels in the Thirties: a small guide rails in their place the stones, that are flowing through a tiny slot on the bottom surface. To view the time you push one of the diamonds on the surface: a hidden mechanism reveals the dial. Another difficulty to achieve this type of jewelry it’s find so many stones that have the exact same color. The watch bracelet using white gold and 66 baguette diamonds. The butterfly wings are available in four different variations: diamonds, rubies, sapphires and diamonds with sapphires. Margherita Donato




Princess Butterfly Secret Watch
Princess Butterfly Secret Watch aperto

Princess Butterfly Secret Watch chiuso
Princess Butterfly Secret Watch versione 2017 chiuso
Graff, Princess Butterfly con diamanti bianchi
Graff, Princess Butterfly con diamanti bianchi
L'orologio bracciale aperto
L’orologio bracciale aperto
È lei la principessa?
È lei la principessa?

Graff, Princess Butterfly Secret Watch con diamanti
Graff, Princess Butterfly Secret Watch con diamanti







The precious robot of Van Cleef & Arpels

A jewel-robot that marks the time: the amazing single piece of Van Cleef & Arpels.
There are objects that are not objects, but references. They are fantasies that become solid only to remember something else. For example, the time. If the fourth dimension, that of minutes that flow, in turn serves to evoke another time, you get a fantasy to the square, or a hyperdimension. Complicated? Yet it is the experience you can live meeting the Objet Extraordinaire Automate Fée Ondine. single piece designed by Van Cleef & Arpels, may mark the passage of time, but also evoke the fashion of automata that between late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were an attraction in the royal courts. But in this case more than curious object, is a product of art and ingenuity. It’s been presented at the International Motor Show Haute Horlogerie in Geneva. The Object Extraordinaire has the flavor of a challenge. The plateau is silver plates engraved and glazed, white gold, pink gold, diamonds, pink sapphires. The fairy is made of white gold, diamonds, sapphires, aquamarine milk, plique-à-jour enamel. The silver lilies, enamel, yellow gold, diamonds, yellow sapphires and orange butterfly in white gold, diamonds, pink sapphires, Australian white opal. It is worthwhile to list all of the elements of this surprising gem-watch: the ladybug was made in pink gold, white gold, diamonds, Serti MystОrieux Traditionnel (the patented by Van Cleef & Arpels) of rubies. Finally, the base has an ebony coating. The mode of operation is fun: the automaton mechanism has a mechanical hand-wound movement with entertainment on demand, with five cycles of animation 50 seconds after full charge of the mechanism. To be precise, it is appropriate to say, the mechanical movement is manual winding, retrograde hour, eight-day power reserve. It has only one flaw: it is unique. Giulia Netrese

Objet Extraordinaire Automate Fée Ondine
Objet Extraordinaire Automate Fée Ondine
Orologio Bouton d’or. Cassa in oro giallo di 20 mm di diametro. Quadrante in oro giallo, diamanti rotondi. Bracciale in oro giallo, diamanti rotondi. Movimento al quarzo. Collezione permanente
Orologio Bouton d’or. Cassa in oro giallo di 20 mm di diametro. Quadrante in oro giallo, diamanti rotondi. Bracciale in oro giallo, diamanti rotondi. Movimento al quarzo. Collezione permanente
Orologio Cadenas. Cassa in oro bianco, diamanti rotondi incastonati a neve, lunetta in oro bianco, smeraldi taglio princess. Quadrante in oro bianco, diamanti rotondi incastonati a neve. Bracciale a catena serpentina in oro bianco, fermaglio in oro bianco, diamanti rotondi incastonati a neve, smeraldi taglio princess. Movimento al quarzo. Collezione permanente
Orologio Cadenas. Cassa in oro bianco, diamanti rotondi incastonati a neve, lunetta in oro bianco, smeraldi taglio princess. Quadrante in oro bianco, diamanti rotondi incastonati a neve. Bracciale a catena serpentina in oro bianco, fermaglio in oro bianco, diamanti rotondi incastonati a neve, smeraldi taglio princess. Movimento al quarzo. Collezione permanente
Orologio sautoir Cerf-Volant. Collana lunga in oro bianco, diamanti rotondi, taglio asscher e baguette, rubini rotondi, taglio baguette e cabochon, spinelli neri rotondi, sfere di onice, perle di coltura bianche. Cassa in oro bianco, oro rosso, diamanti rotondi, quadrati e taglio baguette, rubini taglio cabochon, onice, madreperla bianca e grigia, Serti MystОrieux Traditionnel rubini. Quadrante in oro bianco, diamanti rotondi e taglio a goccia, rubini taglio a goccia, onice, madreperla bianca e grigia. Movimento al quarzo antiorario. Pezzo unico
Orologio sautoir Cerf-Volant. Collana lunga in oro bianco, diamanti rotondi, taglio asscher e baguette, rubini rotondi, taglio baguette e cabochon, spinelli neri rotondi, sfere di onice, perle di coltura bianche. Cassa in oro bianco, oro rosso, diamanti rotondi, quadrati e taglio baguette, rubini taglio cabochon, onice, madreperla bianca e grigia, Serti MystОrieux Traditionnel rubini. Quadrante in oro bianco, diamanti rotondi e taglio a goccia, rubini taglio a goccia, onice, madreperla bianca e grigia. Movimento al quarzo antiorario. Pezzo unico
Van Cleef & Arpels,  Bracciale in oro bianco, oro giallo, diamanti rotondi, taglio baguette e a goccia, onice, zaffiri taglio baguette suiffé, zaffiro taglio cabochon, 2 zaffiri taglio pan di zucchero di un totale di 27,34 carati (Sri Lanka), smeraldi taglio cabochon. Quadrante in oro bianco, madreperla, zaffiro taglio cabochon. Movimento meccanico a carica manuale. Collezione Seven Seas, pezzo unico
Van Cleef & Arpels, Bracciale in oro bianco, oro giallo, diamanti rotondi, taglio baguette e a goccia, onice, zaffiri taglio baguette suiffé, zaffiro taglio cabochon, 2 zaffiri taglio pan di zucchero di un totale di 27,34 carati (Sri Lanka), smeraldi taglio cabochon. Quadrante in oro bianco, madreperla, zaffiro taglio cabochon. Movimento meccanico a carica manuale. Collezione Seven Seas, pezzo unico

De Grisogono for luxury lovers

De Grisogono for Valentine’s Day: luxury proposals with the jewels of the house in Geneva ♦
Valentine’s Day at the table with de Grisogono. The Geneva brand offers a series of images of passion for jewelry and passion of gluttony. The feast of lovers, in short, also seen as an opportunity to celebrate all round. At least this is the atmosphere that you breathe from images which bring together some of the most brilliant pieces (it must be said) of the Swiss Maison. Beginning with Clusters, an emerald green jewel-clock covered with loose-briolette-cut stones. 18K white gold watch black rhodium, 70 emeralds briolette cut (about 52 carats) and 994 brilliant-cut emeralds (approximately 13.5 carats), quartz movement, a shagreen strap. For those who can, there are pieces of fine jewelry. Starting from the ring of white gold with a white emerald cut diamond of 7.23 carat, emerald-cut white diamond of 7.59 carats, 80 emeralds of 0.90 carats and 524 white diamonds of 6.24 carats. Or, earrings with a white oval-cut diamond of 5.38 carats, an emerald of 5.19 carat, emerald-cut white diamond of 10.05 carats, a white emerald cut diamond of 10.04 carats, two white diamonds marquise of 2.65 carats, 98 emeralds of 0.43 carats and 462 white diamonds of 2.01 carats. In the images, here it is also white gold earrings titanium with a white oval-cut diamond of 5.02 carats, a white oval-cut diamond of 5.01 carats, emeralds of 1.57 carat round cut, 576 emeralds 3.56 carats and 1,730 white diamonds of 51.00 carats.
They call India, moreover, a pair of earrings, a bracelet and a ring gently told by the powder pink opal tones, stone of the heart. Earrings, bracelet and rose gold ring set with pink opal and white diamonds. And that’s not all … Margherita Donato

The time of bijoux

Clocks turned into jewelry with a patient work of composition: it is the work of Tomoko Tokuda,Japanese designer who lives in Milan.
If Italians are drawn to the passion for food, what is that fascinates the Japanese? Who visits the Land of the Rising Sun knows it: the design. Essential and refined, rather than exotic. It must be the fruit of Japanese roots if a designer like Tomoko Tokuda, Japanese but grew up in Italy and France, found an absolutely original way in the world of quality bijoux. A Homi, the Milan exhibition dedicated among other things to the jewelry designer, Tomoko has presented her latest works of a story began when, at age 24, she was struck by old clocks at an antique store. Dials and lancets, metaphor of time passing and, at the same time, design elements as the same but always different, have become the material to work with. Time as a unique collection of jewelry made from a mosaic of wheels, gears and numbers: for sure it is an original choice. But it is also interesting from an aesthetic point of view. Her jewels are created with a selection of unique pieces “collected in antique markets around the world.” And, since the watchmaking work is a cousin of the goldsmith, with the work of Tomoko we are seeing a surprising marriage. But you do not ask what time it is to necklaces, earrings and rings.

Bracciale di Tomoko Tokuda
Bracciale di Tomoko Tokuda
Orecchini di Tomoko Tokuda
Orecchini di Tomoko Tokuda
Orecchini orologio
Orecchini orologio
Collana con ingranaggi
Collana con ingranaggi
Collana con ingranaggidi orologio
Collana con ingranaggidi orologio
Spilla con ingranaggi
Spilla con ingranaggi

Dior crowns the opals

The sumptuous opals in the new high jewelery collection by Dior: iridescent imagination and richness of colors.
Opal is back in a big way some years ago. But there are those who had never given up the charm of this stone with mysterious iridescent reflections. Dior is among those who have used the opal since long time, was 2003, and now the Maison reaffirms its leadership opalescent with a collection of high jewelry presented on the sidelines of the haute couture in Paris. The mind creative brand for jewelery, Victoire de Castellane, has put the cards on the table with a title explicitly for the collection: Dior et d’Opales. As if to say that yes, the jewels are extraordinary, but their charm is due above all of these stones by color elusive. Of course it is not true: the opals are fascinating, but without a jewelery design equally outstanding would not have that effect wow that causes the view of the Dior collection. In addition, next to the opals there are diamonds and precious stones such as emeralds, rubies, amethysts, pink sapphires, yellow or purple, spessartite garnet, tsavorite, Demantoid, Paraiba tourmalines. The stones are joined by un’architetture gold to offer rich solutions eyes. In all, 26 jewels: rings, bracelets, earrings and necklaces. But not only: there are also sumptuous bracelets concealing a watch inside them. Simply turn the opal in the center of the bracelet and appears the dial of the timepiece. Margherita Donato

Bracciale della collezione Dior et d'Opales
Bracciale della collezione Dior et d’Opales
Anello con opali e diamanti della collezione Dior et d'Opales
Anello con opali e diamanti della collezione Dior et d’Opales
Orecchini con opali e diamanti della collezione Dior et d'Opales
Orecchini con opali e diamanti della collezione Dior et d’Opales
Bracciale-orologio con opali e diamanti della collezione Dior et d'Opales
Bracciale-orologio con opali e diamanti della collezione Dior et d’Opales
Bracciale orologio con opale, diamanti, smeraldi, rubini e zaffiri
Bracciale orologio con opale, diamanti, smeraldi, rubini e zaffiri
Anello con opale, diamanti e zaffiri
Anello con opale, diamanti e zaffiri
Bracciale-orologio con opali e diamanti della collezione Dior et d'Opales
Bracciale-orologio con opali e diamanti della collezione Dior et d’Opales
Bracciale-orologio con opali e diamanti della collezione Dior et d'Opales
Bracciale-orologio con opali e diamanti della collezione Dior et d’Opales
Bracciale-orologio con opali e diamanti della collezione Dior et d'Opales
Bracciale-orologio con opali e diamanti della collezione Dior et d’Opales

Chanel stops time

High jewelry on the wave of tradition by Maison Chanel. The name of collection: Coco Avant Chanel.
Coco Chanel divided in two by the time: before and after. The first gave inspiration to a fine jewelry collection called, precisely, Coco Avant Chanel. The collection consists of 11 parure, imagine for many women, in each of which the Parisian Maison gave a name. As Emilienne, which prefers finery made from beads, while Jeanne entrusted the pink sapphires and white diamonds marquise cut. And pearls for Martha, who even gets 220 for her parure, while in other cases there is a total of white gold and diamonds. The collection includes also two jewelery watches. Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel, known as Coco for all, it would probably be proud: one time ago, for women wear a watch was dishonorable (yes, many years ago it was considered vulgar), and timepieces were transformed as precious jewels, for those who could afford it. The Jeanne clock, for example, uses 500 diamonds, with geometric patterns reminiscent of the style of Mademoiselle Chanel. The collection, presented in Paris during the haute couture shows, has aroused impression. But it not for the price of the jewelry: it is only communicated on request. Giulia Netrese

Collezione Coco Avant Chanel, oro bianco e diamanti
Collezione Coco Avant Chanel, oro bianco e diamanti

Bracciale della collezione Coco Avant Chanel, oro bianco e diamanti
Bracciale della collezione Coco Avant Chanel, oro bianco e diamanti
Orologio della collezione Coco Avant Chanel, oro bianco e diamanti
Orologio della collezione Coco Avant Chanel, oro bianco e diamanti
Collier della collezione Coco Avant Chanel
Collier della collezione Coco Avant Chanel
Parure della collezione Coco Avant Chanel
Parure della collezione Coco Avant Chanel
Spilla con diamanti e zaffiri rosa
Spilla con diamanti e zaffiri rosa
Coco Chanel, collier
Coco Chanel, collier
Lavorazione del collier-colletto
Lavorazione del collier-colletto
Collier con diamanti e zaffiri
Collier con diamanti e zaffiri
Parure di perle grigie, diamanti e zaffiri
Parure di perle grigie, diamanti e zaffiri

Michael Kors for Valentine’s Day

The proposals for Valentine’s Day signed Michael Kors: rose gold color and surfaces in the shape of heart. Here are pictures and prices.
Michael Kors has many followers, not only for his proposal in fashion, man or woman, but also in accessories. So every arrival of new collections of fashion jewelry are greeted with trepidation by those who follow the evolution of the brand created by American designer. Which, however, remains true to its philosophy. His collections of jewelry and watches, for both men and women, are full of metal rose gold plated, with crystals that form small pavé designed to bring the sparkle worn piece. No exception to the proposal by Michael Kors for Valentine’s Day, with special attention to the classic form of the heart, the most used icon for jewelry dedicated to the feast of love. Although prices have remained more or less the same as in previous years: earrings start at 59 €, the bracelets from 89 €, necklaces go up to 119 euro. Alessia Mongrando

Michael Kors, orologio con bracciale coordinato
Michael Kors, orologio con bracciale coordinato

Bracciale Activity Tracker: monitora i passi, il sonno e gli obbiettivi di fitness. In silicone sfaccettato con  dettagli in metallo. Prezzo: 99 euro
Bracciale Activity Tracker: monitora i passi, il sonno e gli obbiettivi di fitness. In silicone sfaccettato con dettagli in metallo. Prezzo: 99 euro
Collana con pendente e orecchini
Collana con pendente e orecchini
Bracciale con cuore e cristalli
Bracciale con cuore e cristalli
Orecchini color oro rosa. Prezzo: 69 euro
Orecchini color oro rosa e cristalli. Prezzo: 69 euro
Orecchini color oro rosa. Prezzo: 69 euro
Orecchini color oro rosa. Prezzo: 69 euro

12 jewelery watches for 2017

Here are 12 jewelery watches that all would like to have on your wrist.
To know what time is it you don’t need a clock: smartphones and computers are always on hand to unveil the time with absolute precision. But a bracelet that, among other things, also marks the time, is something else. The jewelry-watch does not belong to the category of simple mechanisms that mark the seconds. They are an ornament, an accessory, a precious ring that encircles the wrist and do a shining. The most precious also are masterpieces of high jewelry, with elaborate scale of diamonds and precious stones, able to warm up the eyes (and wallet) who seeks them and the wearer. Often they have diamonds, with pavé in elaborate geometric patterns shape. Others prefer intricate decorations around the watch case, usually reduced to a minimum. But there are those who embarks on combinations of colored stones and even coral. Here, then, 12 watches which are mostly jewelery, to count the hours of a new year. Lavinia Andorno

Harry Winston , Premier Collection, con oro rosa e diamanti
Harry Winston , Premier Collection, con oro rosa e diamanti
Bulgari, orologio Serpenti in oro bianco, diamanti taglio brillante e baguette
Bulgari, orologio Serpenti in oro bianco, con diamanti taglio brillante e baguette
Cartier, Cartier orologio meccanico Saturno in oro grigio, diamanti
Cartier, Cartier orologio meccanico Saturno in oro grigio, diamanti
Damiani, orologio in oro bianco con diamanti
Damiani, orologio in oro bianco con diamanti
Jaeger LeCoultre, orologio Rendez-Vous Secret, in oro grigio e 304 diamanti
Jaeger LeCoultre, orologio Rendez-Vous Secret, in oro grigio e 304 diamanti
Patek Philippe, orologio in oro giallo con diamanti e corallo. Prezzo: 32.000 euro
Patek Philippe, orologio in oro giallo con diamanti e corallo. Prezzo: 32.000 euro
Louis Vuitton, orologio con diamanti riviére in oro grigio e diamanti
Louis Vuitton, orologio con diamanti riviére in oro grigio e diamanti
Patek Philippe, orologio Gondolo, in oro bianco e diamanti
Patek Philippe, orologio Gondolo, in oro bianco e diamanti
Tiffany, orologio Cocktail, in oro bianco e diamanti
Tiffany, orologio Cocktail, in oro bianco e diamanti
Van Cleef & Arpels, orologio Sweet Charms, con pavé di diamanti con taglio brillante e baguette
Van Cleef & Arpels, orologio Sweet Charms, con pavé di diamanti con taglio brillante e baguetteorologio
Bracciale orologio Montre à Secret Signature Diamant
Chanel, mracciale orologio Montre à Secret Signature Diamant
Bracciale-orologio di diamanti
Graff, bracciale-orologio di diamanti

The precious hours of Chaumet

Chaumet enriches Rondes de Nuit collection with a gold jewel-watch and diamond.
Chaumet, the French Maison on Olympus of the jewelery, a year ago launched its collection dedicated to the Empress Joséphine (we talked about here). Review of history: Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763-1814), was the first wife of Emperor Napoleon I from 1796 to 1809. It was, therefore, Empress of the French from 1804 to 1809 and Queen of Italy from 1805 to 1809. But she was also an exceptional style woman and that’s why Chaumet has dedicated a collection of jewelry in white gold and diamonds, plus some colored gemstone. Now the collection, called Rondes de Nuit, is enriched with new pieces, including a jewel-watch that joins the models already present. It’s more a jewel that a watch, even if the dial hands work fine. The cuff that surrounds the wrist is made with the shape of a large chain, with diamond pavé. Among the others new pieces of fine jewelry, including a ring and earrings,are also added those who have already enjoyed a lot of success and a sigh among those who can not buy them. Margherita Donato

Anello con diamanti e zaffiri dedicato a Joséphine
Anello con diamanti e zaffiri dedicato a Joséphine

Anello con diamante fancy intense yellow
Anello con diamante fancy intense yellow
Bracciale-orologio Rondes de Nuit
Bracciale-orologio Rondes de Nuit
Didadema di Chaumet
Didadema di Chaumet
Anello doppio Rondes de Nuit
Anello doppio Rondes de Nuit
Anello Rondes de Nuit
Anello Rondes de Nuit

Swatch, it’s time for bijoux

The jewelry of Swatch, a perfect combination for those who love the Swiss watches.
There once was a mania for collecting Swatch watches with varying prices and, above all, available in dozens of different models, such as the fashion collections, sometime in limited edition. Cooled the fever of the watches, the Swiss brand has seen fit to expand the horizon with the addition of jewelry that follow the same philosophy: very affordable, but also a nice design, clean, simple. And, above all, with a large rotation of models and proposals. For the 2016-2017 winter, for example Swatch is selling rings, necklaces and earrings with brightly colored crystals, of course, they go well in conjunction with the timepiece of the House. Prices are in line with the rest: rings and earrings only cost a few tens of euro. But they have that air saucy already seen about the cousins, the clocks. They are distributed in the many shops of the Swiss brand. Alessia Mongrando

Orecchini Acolori
Orecchini Acolori

Orecchini ColorTwist
Orecchini ColorTwist
Anello Merry Blue
Anello Merry Blue
Anello Merry Pink
Anello Merry Pink
Anello Merry White
Anello Merry White
Orecchini Puntoluce
Orecchini Puntoluce
Collana Puntostella
Collana Puntostella

Octopus’s time

A jewel-watch signed Zannetti, in addition to the jewels of the Italian Maison.
There are watches that are not clocks: to use them to control what time it is almost a crime. Some of the watches crafted by Zannetti are part of this category. Although the entire production of the Italian brand founded in 1982 by Riccardo Zannetti is composed by little artworks. They are refined timepieces, true works of art of the goldsmith applied engineering. But some, in fact, are less watches and more jewelery with a strap and, en passant, a dial with lancets. As in the case Ovum Octopus watch, a single piece. The outer bezel is made of black mother pearl of Tahiti and with 32 diamonds and rubies, the inner set is in 18 carat white gold, and then there is the octopus paved with blue sapphires and diamonds, the dial with blue agate. Incidentally, the watch movement, automatic, is Swiss. The ability to build watches-jewelry also has prompted the House to make jewelry that have as subjects frogs and butterflies. Do not mark the time, but probably nobody cares. Federico Graglia

Ciondolo in argento, tsavoriti, diamanti, rubini sugli occhi
Ciondolo in argento, tsavoriti, diamanti, rubini sugli occhi
Anello con diamati a forma di rana
Anello con diamati a forma di rana
Orecchini a forma di rana con diamanti
Orecchini a forma di rana con diamanti
Orecchini a forma di farfalle in oro bianco, argento brunito, zaffiri, peridoti
Orecchini a forma di farfalle in oro bianco, argento brunito, zaffiri, peridoti
Orologio polipo, con madreperla, diamanti, zaffiri
Orologio polipo, con madreperla, diamanti, zaffiri
Anello in oro bianco, diamanti, rubini
Anello in oro bianco, diamanti, rubini
Anello con rana in oro giallo, smalto verde e rubini
Anello con rana in oro giallo, smalto verde e rubini

Where it flies forward to Graff

Princess Butterfly, precious watch bracelet signed Graff.
Bracelets that combine beauty with usefulness: are watches that are not watches, but jewels that, in addition, a clock running. This is the case of the Graff collection that takes the name of Princess Butterfly. The butterfly is a motif that recurs in jewelery: slight, graceful, legendary, the butterfly more often is posing on luxury lovers. No exception this bracelet-watch Graff, the Londoner synonymous of the finest diamonds. The volatile insect’s wings are covered in diamonds or blue sapphires, baguette with precious stones on the edges, with yellow diamonds or pink. The jewel has two faces because it has a hidden mechanism that allows the butterfly has two positions: the closed cuff completely hides the face of the watch. Opened, it shows the hour. The mechanism is hidden by seven diamonds in the center: by pressing on one of the stones, the wings are separated and reveal a dial of 17 mm mother pearl. This miracle of gold is only possible due to the ability of the artisans working for Graff, but at the same time, it is also the result of 3D technology used to map the curve and contour of the wings. The watchstrap can be made of metal and diamond or satin. Federico Graglia

Princess Butterfly versione diamanti bianchi
Princess Butterfly versione diamanti bianchi

Princess Butterfly versione diamanti bianchi, aperto
Princess Butterfly versione diamanti bianchi, aperto
Princess Butterfly versione diamanti rosa, aperto
Princess Butterfly versione diamanti rosa, aperto
Princess Butterfly versione zaffiri e diamanti
Princess Butterfly versione zaffiri e diamanti

The hour of the Bulgari’s snake

Bulgari has always been the brand that best identifies with the development of the form of jewelry inspired by the snake. Her bracelets with sinuous coils of the reptile are over half a century one of the flagships of the Italian jeweler who is now part of the LVMH stable. The snake icon has thus grown to become a jewelery-watches. At Baselworld 2016, for example, Bulgari presented Seprenti Incantati: watches that are jewelry at 90% and the remaining 10% are also used to know the time. They are made with precious stones like red rubellite or diamonds, combined with pink or white gold. The strap can be a real leather or metal bracelet and gemstones. There’s also a limited edition: a black snake that is a massive bracelet studded with emeralds and diamonds. The snake head opens and reveals a hidden timepiece. Alternatively, the bracelets-watch can be enriched with enamel with turquoise or colored. Lavinia Andorno

Seprente orologio di Bulgari con turchesi
Seprente orologio di Bulgari con turchesi
Serpenti Incantati con cinturino in oro e diamanti
Serpenti Incantati con cinturino in oro e diamanti
Serpente orologio di Bulgari
Serpente orologio di Bulgari
Serpente bracciale con il segnatempo nascosto nella bocca
Serpente bracciale con il segnatempo nascosto nella bocca
Serpenti Incantati
Serpenti Incantati

What brilliant hours with Chanel

To start 2016, Chanel introduced Signature de Chanel (we talked about here). At Baselworld the Maison has decided to insist on quilted style, as the iconic quilted handbag named 2.55. But this time the protagonists are jewelery-watches (more jewelry that timepieces, for the truth). The high jewelery timepieces are part of The Eternal Chanel line. Two models that use the plot into diamonds are exceptional pieces, as you can see from the pictures. La Montre à Secret Signature Diamant takes the form of a bracelet rather broad, in 18 carat white gold with pavé diamonds and 16 triangles, also of diamonds. And the center is another diamond, this time to 5.26 carat briolette cut, which conceals a round dial. The other model is called Montre à Secret Signature Morganite, this one again in the shape of wide bracelet in white gold with diamonds. But in this case the center is a 43.66 carat pink morganite pyramid covering the dial. By the way, what time is it? Margherita Donato

Montre à Secret Signature Morganite
Montre à Secret Signature Morganite
Bracciale orologio Montre à Secret Signature Diamant
Bracciale orologio Montre à Secret Signature Diamant
Montre à Secret Signature Diamant
Montre à Secret Signature Diamant

The watches bracelets by Van Cleef & Aarpels

There are jewelry that, among other things, mark the time. They are no real watches, but precious items with a pair of small lancets. In short, jewelry with a small job of utilities in addition to the pleasure to shine at the sight. One example we saw in Geneva, at the annual Salon International de la Haute Horlogerie. Among the precious objects on display in the halls muffled, they stood out proposals for Van Cleef & Arpels. In particular, the Rubis Secret bracelet-watch: one piece in white and pink gold, covered with 115 oval rubies Mozambique (151.25 carats total). The stones are carefully aligned on three more files, despite the slight cutting variations, oval cushion. Each row of rubies is separated by four rows of diamonds. It is not the only “time-jewel” by Van Cleef & Arpels. Pompon is a jewel that can be worn as a necklace or a bracelet, and you can add the quartz watch in the end tassel. A style reminiscent of the 1940s and 1950s, as saus the Parisian Maison. With a little less fantasy, but with equally luxurious, are the bracelets-watches Snowflake and Fleurette Snowflake. They have more traditional forms, apart from the fact that they are covered with white diamonds: a style not very common on the subway or in the office. The first bracelet has a 20 mm platinum case with bezel, white dial and strap in platinum with diamonds. The second is a 18 mm version with a lot of the same materials, such details, but a little different. Federico Graglia

Il bracciale o collana Pompon
Il bracciale o collana Pompon
Immagine a guache di Snowflake, Fiocco di neve
Immagine a guache di Snowflake, Fiocco di neve
La parte posteriore di Rubis Secret
La parte posteriore di Rubis Secret
Aspetto anteriore di Rubis Secret, bracciale-orologio di Van Cleef & Arpels
Aspetto anteriore di Rubis Secret, bracciale-orologio di Van Cleef & Arpels

Bulova, is the time for a necklace

When the jewelry feels the Valentine’s day meet Bulova. The proposal is original: to combine in a single box a watch and a chain with pendant in the shape of heart. The brand Bulova is specialized in timepieces, and in a nutshell has chosen a path that includes both the typical gift items, jewelry and watch. The proposal includes a steel watch with white mother of pearl dial and bezel with crystals. The same material for the bracelet of the watch, with the top four mesh heart-shaped, covered with crystals. Same goes for the necklace, which is made of steel and covered with crystals. Box Price: 280 €. Giulia Netrese

(Italiano) È tempo di frangipane per Sicis

There is a kind of bracelet that is classified as watches, but in fact is part of the category of jewelry: now Sicis proposes three new creations to become part of this category. This company from Romagna who makes mosaics, and that embraces different fields (from furniture to jewelry), presents the line Jar, timepieces that are primarily of bracelets. They take the shape of the tree flower frangipanis scented plant which grows in tropical climates. The flower is a micro-mosaic, made patiently crafted, 18K gold and diamonds (2.18 carats). The watch movement is, as expected, Swiss made. The bracelet is available in three versions, with the difference of metal (pink gold, white or yellow) and stones (amethysts are also used). The strap is made of satin. M.d.B.

Jar in versione nera: micromosaico, oro bianco, diamanti (2.18 carati), movimento al quarzo (Swiss made)
Jar in versione nera: micromosaico, oro bianco, diamanti (2.18 carati), movimento al quarzo (Swiss made)

 Oro Rosé, diamanti, ametiste. Movimento al quarzo (Swiss made)
Oro Rosé, diamanti, ametiste. Movimento al quarzo (Swiss made)

Backes & Strauss jewel watch

This it’s a jewel or a watch by Backes & Strauss? The London-based company known for the processing of diamonds, has unveiled the Piccadilly Princess Royal Emerald Green, a bracelet-timepiece consists of emeralds encrusted. The work is part of ongoing collaboration with the group Gemfields. The timepiece, which is actually a precious bracelet, is the third in a series of five watches designed to commemorate the 225 years of Backes & Strauss. The Piccadilly Princess Royal Emerald Green uses 245 emeralds from Kagem mine, in Zambia. The stones were arranged and cut in ten different ways, for a total 31.91 carats. “A dedication to the shared responsibility of environmental and human rights, together with a commitment to high-quality cut is what encouraged us to continue a partnership and create another masterpiece with Gemfields,” commented Vartkess Knadjian, ceo of Backes & Strauss. Federico Graglia

Il bracciale-orologio Piccadilly Princess Royal Emerald Green
Il bracciale-orologio Piccadilly Princess Royal Emerald Green
Il bracciale-orologio Piccadilly Princess Royal con diamanti bianchi
Il bracciale-orologio Piccadilly Princess Royal con diamanti bianchi
Il bracciale-orologio Piccadilly Princess Royal con diamanti bianchi e fancy
Il bracciale-orologio Piccadilly Princess Royal con diamanti bianchi e fancy