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Click through our slide show to see what’s trending. A special thanks to Platinum Guild International for sharing these images with us.
Luxury Watches: What do Women want?
Please don’t shoot the messenger, but luxury watch sales have been slowing over the last decade. According to Rene Weber, an analyst at Vontobel, as quoted in The Business of Fashion, “When it comes to luxury goods, the watch segment is the weakest and the best is jewelry, which, is primarily bought by women.” This observation has not been lost on the luxury watch industry, says Ariel Adams, founder and editor of A Blog to Watch. “They went crazy with men’s watches and over produced them. To […]
Bridal jewelry trend: Millennials are going platinum
Platinum sales have not only been up for the last three years, industry sources are predicting that even stronger retail growth will continue. And smart jewelers are stocking up to meet the demand being driven, in part, by the millennial bridal market. According to the Platinum Guild International’s (PGI) annual Retail Barometer study, platinum’s lower price tag—compared to gold—also encouraged both manufacturers and retailers to increase their platinum offerings. But back to those millennials: PGI also commissioned a study to dig deeper into the bridal jewelry preferences of […]
Bridal Jewelry Trend: Gemstone Engagement Rings
Diamonds may be forever, but they’re not for everyone when it comes to choosing an engagement ring. Just ask Penelope Cruz, Carrie Underwood, and Blake Lively who chose to add a little color to their center stones with a blue sapphire, yellow diamond, and pink diamond respectively. But it’s not just celebrity influencers who are choosing gemstone engagement rings over diamonds. More women in general are vowing to express […]
Cool, New Luxury Watches from Baselworld 2016
Of all the timepieces introduced at Baselworld 2016, the giant watch and jewelry fair held each year in Switzerland, there were a few new luxury watches that caught our eye and—we think—are so cool they’d make any collector’s head spin. We liked all of these watches for their slimmer, sleeker, more polished good looks and one is a standout for putting a new face on a classic version of one of the world’s most popular watches. Read on to see the cool, new luxury watches that won us over.