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Chopard announces Honayda Serafi as Ambassador for KSA; A. Lange & Söhne centennial tourbillon returns to the Museum Bautzen
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Company News
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Chopard announces Honayda Serafi as Ambassador for KSA
Chopard has recently announced its first ambassador for Saudi Arabia, Honayda Serafi, the talented Saudi Arabian fashion designer to convey the Maison’s creativity and expertise. Well-known for her elegance and her keen sense of fashion, Honayda Serafi’s main purpose is to empower women, a message that she shares with Chopard Co-President and Artistic Director Caroline Scheufele. From being one of the top fashion entrepreneurs in the Middle East region to embracing her culture through her unique designs, Honayda Serafi pays tribute to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. An Arab woman with global business ambitions, she gave her brand global recognition by dressing A-list international celebrities like Lupita Nyongo, Priyanka Chopra, Ashanti and many others. |
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A. Lange & Söhne centennial tourbillon returns to the Museum Bautzen
One of A. Lange & Söhne’s most famous and valuable pocket watches has returned to its place of origin, the Museum Bautzen, where it had been lost in the turmoil at the end of the Second World War. The elaborately designed gold hunter case with the artfully enamelled painting of the goddess Minerva is one of only a few tourbillons from the traditional Glashütte manufactory. The watch with the No. 41000 presented by Emil Lange at the 1900 Paris world fair went down in history as “centennial tourbillon”. This timepiece, which is extraordinary in every respect, inspired Walter Lange and Günter Blüm-lein to develop the TOURBILLON “Pour le Mérite” after the re-establishment in 1990. |
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Cartier opens its boutique at New Galleria Mall Abu Dhabi
From 1912, when Jacques Cartier’s first trip to the Gulf sparked a special bond with the region, the Maison’s creations have been inspired by local fauna, flora and cultural patrimony. Today, this exceptional relationship continues to flourish as the new boutique’s mesmerising universe intertwines local emblems with the Maison’s iconic staples. The sophisticated redesign led by Bruno Moinard, unveils a modern vision of warm hues, elaborate textures, and exceptional craftsmanship, where worlds and cultures mingle to offer visitors a uniquely local experience. Commissioned for the occasion, a large scale mosaic (368 x 260 cm) results from a collaboration between lacquer-making masters Atelier Midavaine and the mosaic specialist Mathilde Jonquière. |
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Mouawad announces its expansion around the globe in 2023
International diamond house and luxury jeweller Mouawad officially announces the opening of three new-generation boutiques around the world in 2023. The leading jeweller for bespoke and creatively elegant craftsmanship will be opening its boutiques in Los Angeles, London and Kuala Lumpur, throughout the year, following on from its opening in Hong Kong in September 2022. The three new boutiques will also unveil a new flagship boutique concept amid which visitors will be immersed in the world of Mouawad, with unique jewellery and watch collections presented alongside high jewellery and masterpieces. |
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Azza Fahmy partners with Bidayat
Azza Fahmy Jewellery, the leading luxury design house in the Middle East renowned for its exquisite craftsmanship and authentic cultural storytelling, is pleased to partner with Bidayat, an Alsara Investment Group company founded by Rachid Mohamed Rachid. The investment platform will inject new capital into the family-owned jewellery house to support its regional development, retail expansion and international growth. The strategic ambitions for Azza Fahmy Jewellery also include a focus on its product offering to further promote the brand’s luxury positioning, while continuing to capitalise on the unique design and artisanal expertise already established over the past decades. |
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CHAUMET announces Holiday 2022 campaign
The Chaumet countdown to the dawn of the new year has begun, as people everywhere get ready to share happily in celebrating the festive season. As part of this collective excitement, the Maison participates in the frenzy of preparations, scattering its gifts and blue boxes around the world. Glittering with gold and diamonds, the magic is heightened when the clock strikes twelve. Each peal announces a vibrant new destination, each destination relating its own fabulous version of these moments of happiness and sharing illuminated by Chaumet creations. To the rhythm of light bathed cities, the pleasure of the preparations and the euphoria of the festivities, the Maison’s gifts exquisitely emphasize each joyous instant of this thrilling time. Get ready for the season with Chaumet.
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Product Launch
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Jaeger-LeCoultre Rendez-Vous Sonatina Peaceful Nature Series
Inspired by Asia’s centuries-long artistic tradition of depicting the natural world, Jaeger-LeCoultre enriches the Rendez-Vous Sonatina ‘Peaceful Nature’ series with three new timepieces. An exquisitely feminine expression of time that celebrates both precision and artistry, the new trilogy unites Eastern and Western artistic traditions and links the richness of rare decorative crafts with the technical sophistication of high watchmaking. As a joyful ode to nature and its special place in the Asian artistic tradition, the new Rendez-Vous Sonatina trilogy calls upon three of the decorative crafts that Jaeger-LeCoultre has so thoroughly mastered in its Métiers Rares® (Rare Handcrafts™) atelier: miniature-painting, lacquer work and gem-setting. |
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Bell & Ross launches BR 03 Type A Patrouille de France
Bell & Ross has launched a new watch designed and produced in close collaboration with the Patrouille de France pilots, whose emblem of course adorns the dial. Adopting the aesthetic “rounded square” concept that constitutes a veritable visual signature for Bell & Ross, and designed for and by elite pilots, this new chronograph features the square BR 03 case in steel, with a diameter of 42mm. Intended for professional use, the watch is equipped with a quartz movement giving a dual analogue and digital display. The high drain battery provides 30 months of battery life. To provide the best possible readability even in intense situations, the hours and minutes are displayed with conventional hands, while the seconds are displayed on a digital screen. “This device gives pilots optimal reading speed,” stresses Bruno Belamich. |
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Montegrappa unveils “Al Tarikh Yaktub”, a limited edition pen collection created for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar
Crafted by Montegrappa, Italy’s oldest manufacturer of Luxury Writing Instruments, under license from FIFA, the Al Tarikh Yuktab limited edition pen collection celebrates football’s grandest stage, the FIFA World Cup™?. The name Al Tarikh Yuktab literally meaning “History is Written” is a fitting name for the collection as the tournament is to be played for the first time on Arab soil. The collection is launched officially to the public the on the 20th of November to coincide with the opening of Football’s most important event. Using bold architecture to articulate the visual elements of this historic world cup, the Al Tarikh Yuktab pen collection is shaped with the confident, modern profile of the QUATTRO, Montegrappa’s latest silhouette that embodies the new state-of-the art in Italian pen design. |
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Exhibitions & Events
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IIJS Signature team travels across the world, inviting buyers for the upcoming show
The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC), as part of its aggressive promotion of IIJS Signature 2023, has organised roadshows in important international markets. GJEPC, so far, has organised, roadshows in Nepal, Dubai, Singapore, Italy and Malaysia. Other markets like Abu Dhabi, Bahrain Bangladesh, Sharjah, Saudi Arabia and Thailand will be covered in the coming weeks. IIJS Signature is slated to be held from 5th to 9th January, 2023 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre (NESCO) Mumbai. This time, IIJS Signature will be as large as the IIJS Premiere, which is usually held in August each year. Given the bigger format of the show, Signature has been extended to 5 days instead of 4, so that visitors and exhibitors are not hard-pressed for time to cover the entire show floor.
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T.GOLD 2023 expands its showcase of jewellery technologies and machinery
The Vicenza exhibition centre will once more host the most important international exhibition of advanced technologies for the jewellery industry: T.GOLD, the number one international showcase for innovation, featuring the most advanced jewellery machinery and the most recent developments in gold and jewellery manufacturing. Organised by IEG - Italian Exhibition Group, it will be held on 20-24 January 2023, at the same time as Vicenzaoro January, the leading international exhibition for the gold and jewellery industry. With an even richer offering of technological solutions, T.GOLD presents an overview of new solutions for the production of gold and jewellery, attesting to the strategic value of specialisation and manufacturing in driving competition in the global marketplace. |
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GJEPC Committee of Administration inducts two new members at its board for 2022-24
The Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) is pleased to announce two new appointments to its Committee of Administration (CoA) for the term period 2022-24. Mr. Anil Virani is named a Member of the Diamond Panel (Reserved Category for Status Holder Exporters) and Ms. Khushboo Ranawat has been appointed as a Member of Gold Jewellery and Other Precious Metal Jewellery Panel (General Category). Mr Virani is the Managing Director of the KARP Group, Mumbai, and Ms. Ranawat is a Director of Swarnashilp Chain & Jewellers Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai. Both have held positions in the GJEPC CoA in the past. |
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