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Goodbye Baselworld, Hour Universe arrives

Published on October 15, 2020

Hour Universe. The after Baselworld is (also) a play on words. Hour, an English word that indicates the time span of 60 minutes, also resembles to ours. In short, a universe that alludes to the concept of time, that measured by watches. After the sensational suicide of Baselworld, the most famous fair dedicated to jewelery and watches, the organizing company Mch has changed everything.

Hour Universe will take place in Basel from 8 to 12 April 2021, covid permitting. The new initiative is described as a hybrid platform for the watch, jewelry and gemstone community with a modern digital offering throughout the year, combined with physical meetings at the show. The planned and inclusive live event aims to facilitate networking and provide an experience based on the needs of exhibitors and visitors.
Mch also promises a new hospitality concept based on fair prices and supported by the local hotel industry. The exorbitant costs for participating in Baselworld were the deterrent that put the fair in crisis.

Uno degli allestimenti a Baselworld 2019. Copyright: gioiellis.com

Will Hour Universe be able to convince the big groups that have left Baselworld? It will not be easy. The big names in the luxury sector not only said goodbye, but also organized other events. Companies such as the LVMH Group greeted Baselworld, with brands that include Tag Heuer, Hublot and Zenith and the Maison Bvlgari, as well as Rolex, Tudor, Patek Philippe, Chanel and Chopard, Swatch and many others, including major jewelry brands. Many will participate in Watches & Wonders Geneva, an event that also brought the format to China. Other brands will organize events on their own. In short, the road to Hour Universe seems to be uphill.

Baselworld 2019. Copyright: gioiellis.com

Il booth di Jacob a Baselworld — Il booth di Jacob & Co a Baselworld

The appointment with Faraone Casa d’Aste is back

Published on June 5, 2020

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After the long lockdown period, the desire for jewelry auctions returns. There are two scheduled in Milan, organized by Faraone Casa d’Aste. The dates identified for the sale are June 29 and July 20. Although, compared to past years, the health emergency of the past few months has, however, reduced the number of pieces that will be beaten by a third: they are 200 compared to about 300 usual ones. It should be added that the two appointments will also be strictly regulated by the health security provisions in force: they will be behind closed doors and in live streaming, with the participation of the public by telephone, via the web and through written offers.

The first auction, scheduled at 15.30 on 29 June, will offer the first 100 lots, divided into jewelery by the most famous maisons such as Buccellati, Cartier, Sabbadini, Chantecler and Cusi, but also watches from brands such as Rolex, Patek Philippe, Cartier and Jaeger LeCoultre. Among the jewels, in the catalog stand out a ring with Burmese no heat ruby weighing 3.80 carats, two rings with Colombian emeralds weighing 6.60 and 6.61 carats respectively, two diamonds of about 7.70 and 4, 02 carat.

anello con smeraldo colombiano — Anello con smeraldo colombiano

Other notable pieces are a pair of earrings in platinum, white gold and diamonds signed Chaumet, a Giraffe brooch and a Panthére pendant both Cartier, a Frascarolo bracelet, four Sabbadini bees and an eighties snake bracelet signed Pharaoh.

For watch enthusiasts, a 2001 Rolex Daytona steel and gold is on sale, with still film and seal as well as box and warranty, a yellow gold Patek Philippe Tegolino from the 1940s and a 1998 Jaeger LeCoultre Reverso Grand Taille Duoface with case in pink gold.

Anello in oro bianco, diamanti e smeraldo

Farewell Baselworld also for Rolex, Chopard and …

Published on April 15, 2020

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Padiglione 1 di Baselworld. Copyright: gioiellis.com

It is the end of an era, that of Baselworld. What happened now, until three or four years ago seemed unthinkable. Perhaps the fair will attempt a relaunch, no one knows: but the great event dedicated to watches and jewels will certainly not be the same if it ever lives on.

Il cielo dal piazza che collega i padiglioni di Baselworld

The largest companies, capable of attracting visitors and buyers from all over the world, namely Rolex, Patek Philippe, Chanel, Chopard and Tudor, have announced their farewell to Baselworld. Alternatively, companies will offer a new watch trade show, but at the Palaexpo in Geneva. It will be held from April 2021, together with the Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie, which organizes the Watches & Wonders (ex Sihh) salon. This year the two events, Baselworld and Watches & Wonders, have been suspended due to the coronavirus.

We have been present at Baselworld since 1939. However, despite our great attachment to this event, given its evolution and the recent decisions made by the Mch group we decided to withdraw and, following the discussions started by Rolex, it seemed natural to us to create a new event with partners who shared our vision and our continuous and unshakable support for Swiss watchmaking.
Jean-Frédéric Dufour, CEO of Rolex and board member of Tudor

Days ago, was born a dispute arose about the costs incurred from the companies: Baselworld, in fact, proposed to use 85% of the advance payment by exhibitors for the subsequent fair, set at the end of January 2021, while 15% was calulated to cover the costs incurred by Mch, the company that manages the Basel fair. A proposal that raised companies and led to the strong decision to abandon Baselworld to their fate.

Business a Baselworld. Copyright: gioiellis.com

“The goal is to offer partner brands the best possible professional platform, with a shared vision that allows them to face future challenges in the watchmaking world. The event will also give crucial importance to the sector’s expertise and innovations, both in Switzerland and internationally “, is written in the press release of the transfugee companies.

Today Patek Philippe is no longer in line with Baselworld’s vision: there have been too many discussions and unresolved problems that have undermined our trust. We must meet the legitimate needs of our dealers, customers and the press around the world. These must be able to discover new models from Swiss watchmakers every year, at once, in one place and in the most professional way possible. This is why, following an in-depth comparison with Rolex and in agreement with other participating brands, we decided to create, all together, a unique event in Geneva, representative of our know-how.
Thierry Stern, president of Patek Philippe

Mch Group, for its part, expressed “great surprise and deep regret”. But the damage is been done.

Interno di Baselworld. Copyright: gioiellis.com

The second edition of Vo Vintage is already scheduled

Published on January 21, 2020

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Lavoro su orologi d'epoca a Vo Vintage. Copyright: gioiellis.com

A great little success. The first edition of Vo Vintage, a mini fair inside the VicenzaOro fair, met with great public interest. The area dedicated to watchmaking and vintage jewelery was, in fact, a gamble. Organized in a floor open to the public of VicenzaOro (which is instead an event reserved for operators), and in a more limited period (18-20 January) it saw the participation of 30 exhibitors. A success that pushed the organizers of Ieg to already plan the next edition.

Al piano superiore Vo Vintage, sotto VicenzaOro. Copyright: gioiellis.com

Vo Vintage has attracted collectors of vintage jewelry and watches, a growing market estimated in our country at 1 billion euros. Not only fair, however, but also cultural events, such as Vo Vintage Talk, a dialogue between Michele Mengoli, one of the greatest Italian watchmaking experts and Sandro Fratini, famous Italian collector of vintage watches, with a heritage of over 2000 pieces from the worth approximately 1 billion euros, among which the Rolex, Patek Philippe, Vacheron Constantin and Audemars Piguet brands stand out. The new format could also count on the valuable contributions of Giulio Papi, director of Audemars Piguet Renaud & Papi, Stefano Mazzariol, one of the greatest experts of Rolex Daytona in the world, and Bruno Bergamaschi, with his Watches & Passions forum, Ugo Pancani of the Foundation de la Haute Horlogerie, by the president of Assorologi Mario Peserico.

Gioielli d'epoca a Vo Vintage. Copyright: gioiellis.com — Gioielli d’epoca a Vo Vintage. Copyright: gioiellis.com

Baselworld 2018, selection and news

Published on March 21, 2018

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Ingresso principale allo spazio espositivo di Baselworld

Baselworld 2018 starts with the selection. But news jewelry are not lacking ♦ ︎
“The world is changing fast. Faced with this challenge, there are only two alternatives: to grow larger or to concentrate. We have chosen to concentrate”. The words of Sylvie Ritter, managing director of Baselworld, have opened the new edition, the number 101, of the great fair dedicated to luxury watches and jewelery. Indeed, more and more luxury, because if Baselworld 2017 counted 135,000 total visitors, down from 145,000 in 2016, in November the Mch group, which organizes the fair, announced that it would have halved the list of exhibitors and reduced the duration of the event, two day less, in response to the difficult phase recorded by the Swiss watchmaking players (the export of Swiss watches, however, after two years of crisis started to rise again at + 12.6% in the first few months of 2018). Baselworld also reduced the rental fee for the stands by 10%.
The result is that in Basel there are about 700 exhibitors, almost halved compared to 1,300 in 2017, when they had already fallen by 200 compared to 2016, but still the past year attracted 106 thousand buyers and 4,400 journalists (including those of gioiellis.com). And yet, if there are no more brands like Movado or Eberhard in watchmaking, there are always leading names like Rolex, Patek Philippe, the Swatch group with its many brands, some of which, like Omega. There is also the Lvmh group with Maison like Bulgari and Tag Heuer. And there are many top brands of jewelry, from fashion like Swarovski, or haute joaillerie with Graff, de Grisogono or Harry Winston, up to small Maison but with great creativity like Alessio Boschi, and the classic brands of Italian jewelry, Nanis, Giovanni Ferraris , Annamaria Cammilli, Picchiotti, Fope, Leo Pizzo, Casato, just to name a few. In short, Baselworld has lost weight, but still retains a lot of charm: the 101 years brings them well. We will tell the news in the next few days.

Gobbi, a 175 year long spiral

Published on September 30, 2017

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Pendente in oro e diamanti della collezione Fairytale

Gobbi has 175 and launches his first jewelery collection ♦ ︎
In the world, he discovered a few years ago a search, few big companies manage to exceed 40 years of life. If, however, you considered the small businesses in Italy, life is even shorter: the national average is around 12-13 years.
This premise serves to emphasize a record, that of a jewelery store that is located in the center of Milan, just in Piazza Duomo: Gobbi. The company, in fact, holds the Guinness of longevity in the industry: it has now 175 years. Not only. In spite of the venerable age, Gobbi is flirty, as has been demonstrated by an excellent dinner party organized at the Sforzesco Castle in Milan to celebrate the birthday, along with Rolex and Patek Philippe. Not only that: the occasion was also used to launch Fairytale, the first Gobbi jewelery collection. The location was also adequate because it reminds the company’s origins, which are related to the time when castles were not just a tourist destination.
Therefore, since Gobbi represents a unicum, it is worth recalling the story of this family enterprise that is rooted in 1842. The following is the reconstruction of its story as tells the company.

In 1842 Raimondo Gobbi, enthusiast of watchmaking, opened in Modena, under the Portico of the Collegio San Carlo, his shop. The activity was carried out with such expertise and commitment as ten years later, in 1852, the Gran Duca granted him the status of Orologio del Real Court. At that time, trade and assistance were only for pocket and pendulum items. His younger son Giuseppe contributed with his technical skills to the development of the company and in 1896 moved to Milan where he opened his shop on Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, also today awarded the honor of Boutique Storica. At that time, her nephew Adriana married Luigi Pozzolini, an enterprising representative of watchmaking brands who took over in the direction of family business. The great-grandchildren Aldo and Gastone have been engaged in the company since the early thirties, deciding on their definitive success and gaining the primacy in Swiss watch trade in Italy. It was with them that the jewelry and jewelery were added later and they took shape with the activity as we know it today. Unfortunately, the first venue was destroyed during the Second World War, but strong on the history and the path undertaken until that moment, on 4 September 1949 was inaugurated the current boutique which still enjoys the original furnishings of the time and its top floor technical workshop. The company is currently run by Luca Pozzolini Gobbi, son of Gastone, and his daughter Serena.

In short, a historic company which, however, still today is active and attentive to current trends. “We can proudly say that it is a very important point of reference for Milanese customers and today also for the international one, a small and exclusive lounge where you can choose your object of desire,” commented Serena Pozzolini Gobbi. “We want to carry on our philosophy and to promote our tradition as we have done so far, always remaining faithful to the principle of never sacrificing quality for ephemeralism and always ensuring the utmost seriousness and competence. We are convinced that there is not only a perfect watchmaker’s watch, but also a precise and timely service. The passion for watches naturally influenced our personal vision in creating this jewelery line. There is a very subtle blend between soul and body, between thought and rationality, between creativity and realization. We have found in the spiral the perfect symbol to represent the DNA of our company and of our secular tradition.”
The collection of jewels includes 20 pieces of necklaces, rings, earrings and pendants, soft shapes and spiral-shaped sinuous lines, a universal symbol that combines the idea of continuous movement of the watch with the most classic of immortality.

Orecchino in oro rosa e diamanti bianchi della collezione Fairytale

Gioielli indossati della collezione Fairytale

Serena Pozzolini Gobbi, accanto al ritratto del fondatore Romualdo Gobbi

Luca Pozzolini Gobbi, accanto al ritratto del fondatore Romualdo Gobbi

Bolaffi auction with a top diamond

Published on March 29, 2017

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Anello con diamante da 10,40 carati, taglio smeraldo

Bolaffi to auction a 10.40 carats diamond (and 300 other jewels).
Even Milan, for one day, become the capital of diamonds. A large stone 10.40 carats, mounted on a ring, emerald cut, will star Bolaffi auction scheduled for April 5 at the Grand Hotel et de Milan. In the rooms of the hotel which hosted Giuseppe Verdi, Via Manzoni, they will go on sale nineteenth jewelry today and about 300 watches. The diamond, in particular, is certified as color F, clarity VVS1 and starts at a base price of 320,000 euro. “The color F, the international classification, indicates a white extraordinary,” says Maria Carla Manenti, expert Jewelry department Bolaffi. “Added to this is a high purity, certified by the QC data sheet stating that the diamond could become potentially flawless”.
Among other jewels, are classified a pair of earrings with diamond of 14.50 carats by Calderoni, early twentieth century (starting price 90,000 euro), a demi-parure in diamonds signed Van Cleef & Arpels (base 33 000 euro) and a diamonds ring by Faraone (base 15 thousand euro). They will also sell the creations of famous names from the fashion house Capello Turin, official supplier of the Savoia, until Orisa (Anna Bacchelli) that, since the thirties, conquered the high Piedmontese company with the exquisite workmanship of its jewels often inspired the nature and original style characterized by the refusal of symmetry.
Among the clocks are included, however, exemplary wrist and pocket watches from the eighteenth century to today, as a rare savonette Patek Philippe 1915 with chronograph and 30-minute counter (base 9000 Euros) and a late nineteenth century clock triple complication realized in Rome by the famous watchmaker Franz Michaelsen (base 13 000 euro). Among the more sought after wrist specimens, the top lot is a New Rolex Daytona 1953, at auction for 40,000 euro, “particularly rare for the state of exceptional preservation, original and perfect in all its parts, and no restoration . A quality that in the eyes of collectors will make it even more sought after, “says Maurizio Piumatti, operations director at Bolaffi.
“After the successful autumn auction, during which we won a rare natural diamond Very Pink light at stellar figure of 755 thousand euro, a record for our auction house, we return with a new proposal at the highest level on jewelry and precious stones, with prestigious lots for a total starting price of nearly half million euro. We are also proud to present a catalog of watches, for the first time, a selected choice of wrist specimens of the major brands, including Patek Philippe and Rolex, “concludes Filippo Bolaffi, ceo of company. Federico Graglia

12 jewelery watches for 2017

Published on December 13, 2016

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Jaeger LeCoultre, orologio Rendez-Vous Secret, in oro grigio e 304 diamanti

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

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

Damiani, orologio in oro bianco con diamanti

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

Patek Philippe, orologio Gondolo, 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 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