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Botswana's state-owned Okavango Diamond Company unveiled the biggest blue diamond ever discovered in the Southern Africa country and it's truly a rare gem

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Botswana's state-owned Okavango Diamond Company unveiled the biggest blue diamond ever discovered in the Southern Africa country and it's truly a rare gem

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To celebrate the month of April and Diamond Month, jewellery retailer Wah Chan will be hosting an exclusive three-day Diamond Month event at its flagship showroom at Wisma Wah Chan. From April 19 till 21, you are bound to be dazzled by over 500 rare collector’s jewellery pieces that will be available for acquisition, which are especially perfect for those who are in search of elusive heirloom pieces to be passed down from generation to generation.

All jewellery pieces have been stringently pre-selected by Wah Chan in terms of clarity and rarity, which encompasses the certified rating of a particular diamond. White diamonds are, for example, rated colour-categorised EFG and clarity-certified VS.

To achieve symmetry, all jewellery pieces feature matching diamonds, either of the same cut or colour. The time taken to assemble the diamonds found in some of these jewellery pieces is near immeasurable and requires indeterminable patience, which means it takes supreme craftsmanship to transform these gemstones into a work of art worn on the body.

To shed some light on just what it takes artisans to craft these rare collector’s pieces, below are some of the highlights from the Diamond Month event:

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Jade doesn't have to be old-fashioned. These artisans are turning the gemstone into beautiful, contemporary jewellery.

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Jade doesn't have to be old-fashioned. These artisans are turning the gemstone into beautiful, contemporary jewellery.

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As the old Chinese proverb goes, “Gold has value, but jade is priceless”. Here’s why.

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As the old Chinese proverb goes, “Gold has value, but jade is priceless”. Here’s why.

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Nigora Tabayer is an upcoming Jewellery Designer who recently debuted her fine jewellery collection at Paris Fashion Week

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Nigora Tabayer is an upcoming Jewellery Designer who recently debuted her fine jewellery collection at Paris Fashion Week

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For more than a century, six generations of the Boghossian family have committed themselves to creating fine jewellery that marries rare and precious gemstones with exquisite execution.

Based in Geneva and with stores in London, Gstaad and Hong Kong, Boghossian's expertise lies in the curation of its collection of exceptional fine gems. The jewellery house is also celebrated for its mastery of revolutionary craftsmanship such as the Inlay or its proprietary Kissing technique, in which one gemstone is set on top of another. The Merveilles, is another groundbreaking technique for near-invisible gemstone setting.

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Last October, in the midst of London’s hectic autumn art season, the jewellery house introduced a new high-jewellery collection inspired by the Silk Road. The launch event, held at Whitehall’s Banqueting House, took place during a unique surrealistic dinner crafted by Charles Kaisin, while models dressed in Stephane Rolland outfits each displayed one of the high-jewellery sets from the Silk Collection.

The Silk Collection, consisting of 11 sets, pays homage to the Boghossian family’s predecessors, Armenian gem traders from Mardin, Turkey who traversed the Silk Road to eventually settle in Switzerland. 

Boghossian’s Hong Kong-based creative director, Edmond Chin, worked closely with the family to design the new line. Each set in the Silk Collection was inspired by a masterpiece of ancient silk weavers or art and culture from key oases along the trade route, from Xi’an, China to Venice, Italy.
As with all Boghossian jewellery, some of the world’s rarest gems, gathered by the Boghossian clan from all over the world, appear in the new collection. The finished Silk Collection sees metal, hardstones and gemstones stream together seamlessly in an intricate tapestry of brilliance and colour.
The jewels also pay tribute to Boghossian’s own origins in Mardin. A necklace with interlaced rows of aquamarines set in diamonds pays homage to the intricate motifs found in the town’s limestone architecture.

The Tashkurgen set – a necklace with branches drenched in diamonds – is inspired by an imperial carpet from 16^th-cenutry Mughal India and can be converted into a jewelled tiara.

Other notable pieces see influences from China, including the Seres bracelet set with antique jadeite tubes and rough diamonds with matching earrings; and the Xi'an inspired pearl cum jadeite necklace featuring a heart-shaped pendant with matching earrings. 

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Bvlgari returns to Milan Design Week 2019 after its debut in 2018 with installations that celebrates the 20th anniversaary of the iconic B.zero

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A record-breaking watch set in 15,858 diamonds and unmatchable painting of a diamond on the dial

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