ROLEX & THE OPEN
Detailing the brand’s long tradition with the oldest and most prestigious golf championship PLANET PROBLEM
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Three Rolex Laureates are tackling some of the world’s biggest problems
FAST & FURIOUS
We preview the next generation of Luxury EVs
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t 's an absolute pleasure to welcome you to Kelley Jewelers Magazine, which is a great way for us to share our considerable knowledge about fine jewelry and luxury timepieces with loyal customers like you. We hope you enjoy flipping through these pages, which discuss the history of Rolex and their long standing relationship with the British Open and the great champions who have tested their wills on the challenging course.
ILearn about Rolex Laureates Felix Brooks-church and Gina Moseley. Brooks-church tackles malnutrition in Tanzania while Moseley aims to lead the first expedition to explore the planet's northernmost caves to improve our knowledge of climate change in the Arctic.
And don't miss our Gift Guide where our team has hand selected their favorite gifts! We invite you to come into our store and let our team of jewelry and watch experts find the right gifts for you. Thank you for your patronage for over 90 years, and we look forward to seeing you soon!
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Associated with this competition since 1981, Rolex is today a privileged partner of world golf.
A NEW GENERATION OF PLANET PROBLEM SOLVERS
Three Rolex Laureates tell us how they are tackling some of the world's biggest problems.
FAST AND FURIOUS We preview the next generation of Luxury EVs.
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STYLE STAPLES
Chic and easy jewelry that you can wear every day from our Dutchess, Fiori and Heirloom Collections.
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Congratulations to our Kelley Jewelers couples who found their engagement rings with us. Let us help you find your perfect match.
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RING LEADERS Seven engagement ring trends that sparkle with unique touches.
IT’S ABOUT TIME We review the new GM-B2100 G-Shocks for 2022.
GIFT GUIDE THE KELLEY JEWELERS TEAM shares their personal picks for the best pieces to give the jewelry and watch lovers on your list.
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KELLEY CUSTOM Our team of jewelry experts can work their magic to bring your jewelry back to life, into pieces you will cherish & wear for years to come!
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Diamonds are not just meant for special occasions. Every day should be celebrated!
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Rolex & The Open: Golf’s Oldest Major
Traditionally contested in the United Kingdom during the third week of July, The Open is the fourth and final tournament that make up the men’s annual Majors.
The partnership between Rolex and golf began in 1967 when Arnold Palmer became the sport’s first Testimonee. The brand has since been named Official Timekeeper and is a principal partner of many leading events and stakeholders in the game.
Inaugurated in 1860, The Open is played every year on a historical course in the United Kingdom. The tournament regularly comes to St Andrews, as is the case for the 150th Open Championship.
THE HOME OF GOLF
The Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is one of the oldest golf clubs in the world. In the late 19th century, it came to be regarded as a governing authority of the sport including in the administration of its rules, in conjunction with the United States Golf Association. St Andrews is considered by many to be “the home of golf”.
STEEPED IN ELEGANCE AND TRADITION
Tradition has it that The Open is always played on a links course, that is, one located by the sea, featuring sandy soil and few water hazards or trees. Given the particularly unpredictable nature of the weather conditions, the 156 players competing in the tournament every year need their fair share of fighting spirit, self-control and humility given the potential for heavy showers, strong gusts of wind and even heatwave conditions.
The winner of The Open is announced as “The Champion Golfer of the Year” and receives the prestigious Claret Jug. This famous silver trophy has appeared on bank notes issued by the Royal Bank of Scotland twice.
UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS
With its unique past, the wild beauty of the coastal courses where it is played and its knowledgeable fans, The Open is forever etched in the great history of world sport from the duels of Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen in the 1920s to the between Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus in 1977, or the tears of Tiger Woods upon winning his third trophy in 2006.
ROLEX AND GOLF: PARTNERS FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY Rolex enjoys a privileged relationship with golf, one founded on shared values: respect for tradition, responsibility, technical precision, the elegance of movement, the perpetual quest for excellence and a commitment to future generations.
Today, the partnership between Rolex and golf extends to many areas of the sport: with governing bodies and world rankings, with the greatest names in international golf, and with the circuits and Major tournaments both men’s and women’s, professional and amateur, at senior and junior levels.
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Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player, multiple-time winners at The Open.
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Jordan Spieth. Winner of The Open in 2017.
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Moreover, the brand has also championed the creation of: the Rolex Series, the finest tournaments on the DP World Tour; the Rolex Player of the Year award which recognizes the best woman golfer on the LPGA circuit; and the Rolex Junior Players of the Year awards, which honour players aged 18 or younger, boy and girl, who perform best in a given season. Undeniably, Rolex has become “the partner watch of world golf”.
TIGER WOODS
A winner of 15 Majors, he has triumphed at The Open on three occasions, including twice at St Andrews.
ROYAL PORTRUSH
The venue in Northern Ireland hosted The Open in 1951 and 2019.
TOM WATSON
Between 1975 and 1983, he won The Open five times, with four victories on Scottish soil and one in England.
ROLEX TESTIMONEES AND THE OPEN
Among the many great names in golf who belong to the prestigious family of Rolex Testimonees, several have won The Open: Gary Player, Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson, Tiger Woods and Jordan Spieth.
ROLEX AND SPORT
Hans Wilsdorf believed in challenging oneself and held a lofty view of sport’s role in society. To test his watches, he entrusted them to those who pushed themselves to the absolute limit. Driven by an unwavering quest for excellence, the founder of Rolex discovered valuable allies in athletes through their exceptional feats.
For many decades, the brand has actively championed culture, architecture, exploration and planetary conservation. And in the sporting world, it has built a diverse range of partnerships across tennis, golf, equestrianism, skiing, sailing and motor sport. Rolex partners governing bodies, competitions and athletes from established champions to promising talents in long-standing engagements that perpetuate the future of these disciplines and promote excellence.
Associated with this competition since 1981, Rolex is today a privileged partner of world golf.
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A New Generation of Planet PROBLEM
Three Rolex Laureates tell us how they are tackling some of the world's biggest problems
In 1976 Rolex’s ground-breaking Oyster watch, the world’s first waterproof watch, celebrated its 50th anniversary. To honor the stellar achievement that changed the world of watchmaking, Rolex launched a new program, the Rolex Awards for Enterprise.
The award is as singular as the watch it pays tribute to. It is given to remarkable men and women who are tackling challenges in unique, inventive ways as they attempt to solve problems such as climate change, pollution, health care, or the imperiled state of the ocean. The award winners draw on personal reserves of enterprising and innovative spirit, the same
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qualities that Rolex prides itself on possessing.
The awards stand out for another very important reason as well—they are given to those who would not otherwise have access to traditional fundraising, due in part to the originality and uniqueness of each winners’ pioneering visions. Nearly 1000 hopefuls apply each year to receive the award, out of which only five are chosen.
Since its inception Rolex has awarded 155 exceptional winners. Here are three of the awardees who, with Rolex’s support, are dedicated to making the world a better place.
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Rolex Laureates Felix Brooks-church, Miranda Wang and Gina Moseley
FELIX BROOKS-CHURCH
HIS MISSION: SOLVING POOR NUTRITION
One of the saddest statistics of our time is that 15,000 children die worldwide each and every day, largely due to poor nutrition.
Enough, thought Felix Brooks-church. So he came up with a solution to stop the tragic losses of life. He worked out a way to solve the nutrition crisis by adding basic nutrients—Vitamin B12, folic acid, iron, and zinc—to a universal diet staple, flour. He started a program in Tanzania, patenting a “dosifier”, a device that looks like an electronic scale, that releases precise quantities of nutrients as the bags are being filled with flour in small, local flour mills, mills often overlooked by any sort of government assistance.
Brooks-church’s program has taken off and helps nourish two million people a day, and all for a reasonable cost. Less than $1 dollar will fortify food for one person—a child, mother or baby--for an entire year.
Brooks-church was struck with the pervasiveness and devastat-
ing result poor nutrition can have on health and life itself when he volunteered to run a program in Cambodia to get children off the streets and into safe environments. He saw first-hand the toll that poor nutrition took on the youngsters. “These children were often sick. They had weak immune systems, low IQs, learning disabilities and some died from things that you should not die from.”
The program is set to expand to other countries. “What we are doing is not just adding nutrients to food,” Brooks-church said. “What we are doing is ensuring a basic human right, to good nutrition.”
MIRANDA WANG HER MISSION: SOLVING PLASTIC POLLUTION
In 2010 Miranda Wang’s high school environmental club took a field trip to a local landfill in Vancouver. The teenager was appalled by what she saw: mountains of trash representing only two or three days of Vancouver’s municipal waste—and mountains contained mostly plastic. She was even more horrified when she learned that this heap of garbage would soon be carted away to other landfill, or be incinerated or, more likely, dumped in the ocean and replaced with a new monumental collection of polluting plastic waste.
Wang and her fellow student Jeanny Yao knew something had to be done, and decided that they could do it. They came up with a solution: why not utilize a bacteria that would feed on plastic to eliminate the problem. With the help of a professor, they located two such bacterium in a local river.
For more than four decades, through the Rolex Awards for Enterprise, Rolex has supported exceptional individuals who have the courage and conviction to take on major challenges.
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Felix Brooks-church
The plan, while brilliant and effective, could not readily be applied on the global scale that Wang and Yao wanted, and that the world needs. So they developed another strategy, using recycling technologies that transform the plastic into quality materials that can be used on a grand scale and tapped to make other products, like perfume.
The program is currently undergoing a pilot run in San Jose, California, before being rolled out on a bigger scale to tackle the worldwide problem of the 340 million metric tons of plastic being produced every year. By 2050, unless something drastic is done, there will be 12 billion metric tons of plastic in landfills. Wang credits the Rolex Award for Enterprise with helping the solution she and Yao developed go global. “Rolex has shone a light on the work we do, and boosted my fundraising to scale up this new technological invention.”
GINA MOSELEY
HER MISSION: SOLVING GLOBAL WARMING
In the north of Greenland there are caves that are so distant and difficult to reach that they have only ever been spotted at a distance, but never entered. Gina Moseley and a team of six explorers are determined to do so for a very important reason; each cave holds a treasure trove of information that could help prevent our earth from literally drowning.
That’s the premise and the promise of Artic explorer Mosely. The caves are believed to hold calcite deposits known as speleothems. “Caves are like time machines,” Mosely told Rolex. “Calcite forms layers, like tree rings. We can analyze each layer to get information about the past climate.” From studying past cooling and warming periods, scientists can gain insight into the impact the current melting of the polar caps will have on everything from rainfall patterns to ocean currents.
And what a past the northern caves will provide. Currently scientists are studying ice cores that are “only” 28,000 years old. The speleothems Mosely plans to reach are anticipated to date back half a million years.
The work is vital and can’t come a moment too soon. Polar regions are heating up twice as fast as other areas on the earth. In 2019 so much of the ice in Greenland melted that it added 12 billion tons of water to the ocean in one day. Said Mosely “The Rolex Awards are pretty much the only program out there that could or would support such an expedition.”
Miranda Wang
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Gina Moseley
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EXTRAORDINARY GEMS
Diamond couture is still going strong. In fact it never went away.
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You don’t have to wait for a night on the town to add a little sparkle to your go-to wardrobe pieces. Diamonds can take your basics up a notch,” says Genevieve Yraola, a fashion contributor and stylist for numerous magazines including People Style Watch Here are some essential pieces shown here which you can wear to any occasion and feel just right.
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Jewelry you can wear every day from Kelley Jewelers
Jewelry you can wear every day from ABC Jewelers
Whether you want to punch up a little black dress or elevate a turtleneck or tee, there are certain go-to pieces that are as easy and effortless to slip on as a pair of jeans. “And with more people working from home and Zoom meetings on the rise, accessorizing is more important than ever,” says our store manager who picked these everyday-wearable trends from our collection.
Whether you want to punch up a little black dress or elevate a turtleneck or tee, there are certain go-to pieces that are as easy and effortless to slip on as a pair of jeans. “And with more people working from home and Zoom meetings on the rise, accessorizing is more important than ever,” says our store manager who picked these everyday-wearable trends from our collection.
Stackable bracelet Crisp, clean and timeless, these are the season’s must have accessories. In 18K gold with diamonds, a great way to complement any look.
Stackable bracelet Crisp, clean and timeless, these are the season’s must have accessories. In 18K gold with diamonds, a great way to complement any look.
A lariat necklace A 18K gold and diamond Aria necklace is a classic — and it’s chic and sparkling with a modern edge.
A lariat necklace A 18K gold and diamond Aria necklace is a classic and it’s chic and sparkling with a modern edge.
Statement-making rings 18K gold rings, also in pumped-up sizes, have an air of effortless cool. It's the fastest way to elevate any outfit — no matter how casual. It's also fun to wear a few together.
Statement-making rings 18K gold rings, also in pumped-up sizes, have an air of effortless cool. It's the fastest way to elevate any outfit no matter how casual. It's also fun to wear a few together.
Heirloom diamond bracelet
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the next generation of luxury EVs
Say the words “Aspark Owl.” Just about as fast as you can. In the time it took, you went from zero to 60 in 1.69 seconds in an Aspark Owl, the fastest-accelerating car in the world.
It’s all-electric, costs $3.5 million, and packs 1,985 horsepower with 1,475 pounds of torque.
The rare 2023 Owl is just one of the hot EVs (as electric vehicles are known) available today, as more and more automakers, from plain vanilla to super luxury, are putting out emission-free, lithium-ion-battery offerings.
Ferrari, Bentley, and Lamborghini EVs are not on the market yet, but those elite automakers promise that in the next few years they’ll be joining this green, quite expensive, and very fast trend.
How fast? The Owl, for example, made by the Japanese engineering firm Aspark, hustles up to 186 mph in 10 seconds, with a motor for each wheel. To ensure equally fast stops, the Owl has a carbon-ceramic braking system with ten-piston front calipers and four-piston rear calipers, the equal of most racing cars.
Today, most EV buyers are concerned with range on a full charge. The Owl takes 80 minutes to ramp up with a high-velocity charger.
Still, in that range category the Owl is only middling: you’ll get 280 miles at most before you find yourself immobile and stuck by the side of the road. And you will need a home charging station, which costs about $5,000 with installation. But when you’re spending $3.5 million for your ride, why quibble?
Equally short on range, but the Owl’s opposite in every other respect (including price), is the Chevrolet Bolt hatchback, which gets 247 miles on a charge. The Bolt costs $28,035, has front-wheel-only drive, and pumps out a relatively puny 200 horsepower. It cannot be called luxurious, but here again, at $28K and change, why quibble?
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The Aspark Owl
The The Lucid Air is the champion in the range department, at 516 miles on a full charge if you don’t stomp on it. And when you buy any Lucid model, you get three years of complimentary charging on the Electrify America charging network.
As for cost, the Air is the mean between the extremes. The Sapphire model, at $250,000, jumps to 60 mph in 2.6 seconds if you do push that pedal to the metal. Like other high-end EVs, the Lucid has several big touch screens, including one that folds into the dashboard.
It also has an array of safety features, like blind-spot alert, forwardcollision warning, automated emergency braking, lane-keeping assist, cruise control, and a rear camera.
Mercedes Benz also offers a high standard of luxury in its three EVs: two sedan models, the ESQ 580 and ESQ 450, and a SUV with a third row for three, where someone who’s 5’11’’ will feel comfortable without bending over. Pretty unusual for a third row.
For any of the Benz models, 30 minutes plugged in provides a boost from 10 percent of charge to 80 percent, and about a 350-mile range for all three.
The SUV has enough off-road gears to plow through sand. Fold down the seats in the second and third rows and you have 31 cubic feet of space.
Not to be outdone is the rear-wheel-drive Lyriq, Cadillac’s first EV ever, at a base price of $59,990. It has fast charging in 70 minutes, and a zero to 100 mph time of 14.4 seconds—hardly the cumbersome King Turtle among cars.
The Lyriq takes infotainment seriously, with a curved screen up front that measures two feet, six inches wide. No speedster, the Lyriq has a top end of 118 mph, but comfort and quiet are the premium here. Just like those Cadillacs of 70 years ago.
Meanwhile, perhaps the most unusual EV on the market is a truck. Yup. It’s the Rivian R1T, with all-wheel drive, 835 horsepower, and strong enough to tow 11,000 pounds. The very base price is $79,000, but cough up $150,000 for the Adventure model and you’ll get a Meridian sound system, a cabin with leather and wood panels, and big trunks in the front and back where you can lock up 12 cubic feet of storage.
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From the top: Lucid Air, Cadillac Lyriq, Ford Mustang Mach E, Jaguar IPace.
Perhaps the most unusual EV on the market is a truck. Yup. It’s the Rivian R1T, with all-wheel drive, 835 horsepower, and strong enough to tow 11,000 pounds
It also has three 110-volt outlets.
The R1T’s safety features include automated braking and lane-departure warning. And even though it’s a truck, it can jet to 60 mph in 3.3 seconds with the optional large battery pack. The 2023 model with that “Max” battery will provide more than 400 miles with a full charge, according to Rivian, an American company that sells its EVs directly to buyers. But what would the American field look like without a Ford Mustang EV? Well, it’s here already ¬-— the Mach E, with several models to choose from, starting at $44,995. Power up to more than $66,000 for the Premium model, with a panoramic sunroof, Bang & Olufsen sound system, and a power liftgate because the Mach E is really sort of a crossover. You can order a Ford charging station, available online and connected to certified electricians for installation. It can charge fully overnight with household current, and the GT and GT Performance models with 480 horsepower both hit 60 in 3.7 seconds.
That US favorite aside, there are several foreign big-name luxury EVs out there, such as the BMW i4M50, crossing 60 mph in 3.3 seconds and costing $76,760. Like other EVs, it has optional one-pedal driving, called regenerative braking: when you take your foot off the accelerator, the BMW slows down nicely, not abruptly. You still have a standard brake, though.
The Jaguar IPace SUV has a modest-for-a-Jaguar base price of $71,300. For that you get a vehicle with all-wheel drive and a reasonably robust 394 of horsepower to take you from zip to 60 in 4.5 seconds. Leather seating is standard, as are heated and ventilated front seats and ventilated rear seats. Also standard is traffic-sign recognition, so you’ll never hear that “Didn’t you see that stop sign?” shout from the passenger side again.
But the big advantage for the Jag, and for all SUVs, is the charging cost: not $4.60 a gallon for premium, but rather with batteries, at an annual charging cost of $850 based on an average of 15,000 miles driving per year, which is typical of American drivers.
Numerous other overseas-manufactured EVs are also available, including offerings from Kia, Audi, Hyundai, and others. The lithium-ion future is here and now. Jump in.
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From the top: Mercedes Benz ESQ, BMW i4M50, Rivian R1T
RING LEADERS
This coming engagement season prepare to see something different. As more brides seek to express their individuality, you’re going to see many more unique touches, says Severina Ferrari, founder of Engagement 101, who helped curate these looks for us. Even if you're work ing with a stone passed down in your family, you'll find plenty of ideas here for giving it your own special look.
YELLOW GOLD is making a major return
THE CLASSIC SOLITAIRE, which took a backseat to the halo for a few years, is on top again.
A HALO is still a great way to make any stone appear larger.
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4THE OVAL CUT is unique, contemporary and right now the trendiest cut of all.
5A THREE-STONE RING is can be interpreted to stand for friendship, love and fidelity.
FANCY ETERNITY BANDS are still going strong.
7INVISIBLE SET DIAMONDS make it look like a diamond is virtually floating inside the ring.
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Congratulations to our Kelley Jewelers couples who found their engagement rings with us. Let us help you find your perfect match!
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Grayson & Brooklyn Dozier
Tyler Stelzig & Jenna Steadman
Heston & Kelby Brown
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Preston & Jenny Garner
Spencer & Berkley Huiatt
Chisolm & Rylee Kliewer
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THE ICONIC GABRIEL BUJUKAN™ COLLECTION
It’s about TIME
Introducing the GM-B2100, the latest addition to the continually evolving Full Metal Series. It’s a true heir to the identity of the first-ever G-SHOCK. Boasting luxe full-metal construction while retaining the original streamlined design along with the comfortable sizing and fit on the wrist.
Casio has been developing this new model targeting the younger generation for several years, and the GM-B2100, inherits the philosophy of the original G-SHOCK, but with a smaller and more minimalist look.
Now in a full-metal construction, the watch features an iconic octagonal form inherited from the DW5000C, the very first G-SHOCK that debuted in 1983. With its screw-back case, bezel and band crafted with stainless steel, protects the module from drops and impacts with its G-SHOCK shock-resistant structure. With its tough, dimensional forged form, the bezel shines with an attractive circular
hairline finish on its top surface. Reproducing the dimpled portions of the DW5000C in metal, the band presents enhanced textures with differentiated hairline and mirror finishes.
Employing a slim Tough Solar powered timekeeping module with Bluetooth connectivity, the watch maintains the same sense of size as the previous GM2100 while offering a wider range of functions and full-metal construction. Tough Solar enables the watch to absorb energy from not just the sun, but also from low-power non-solar light sources such as indoor lighting. G-SHOCK has got your back in even in the darkest of times. This watch even syncs with a dedicated Casio Watches app and is armed with functions like a phone finder, multitime alarm, event reminder, countdown timer, 1/100-second stopwatch and world time for 300 cities. If you’d like to record the date, time and position at an important moment in your life, the Casio GSHOCK GM-B2100 does that for you at the press of a button. In
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G Shock’s newest GM-B2100 Series offers style and functionality.
The GM-B2100 has a case thickness of only 12.8 mm.
Offered in three distinctive colors, silver, all-black and rose gold.
addition to the Smartphone Link and Tough Solar functionality, the GMB2100 offers a comfortable fit on the wrist as well.
Buffering components made of fine resin are installed between the stainless-steel bezel and case to protect the module from shock. Undergoing meticulous processes of forging, cutting, and polishing, the bezel and case are precisely crafted down to the intricately shaped face, and also to the back, which is the key to the precision fit. Additionally, a three-pronged structure is employed for the lugs on the case to disperse shock to the connective part of the band.
The GM-B2100 has a case thickness of only 12.8 mm, achieved by trimming the center case and the inside of the top bezel to the barest minimum, while further reducing the clearance between the top of the bezel and the glass surface. In addition to being the thinnest in the full metal series, it is only 0.6 mm thicker than the GA2100, allowing the compact and slim proportions of the 2100 series to be maintained.
Dial finishing achieved with microfabrication technology
Dual-layer dial construction is employed to present the inset dial and LCD portion with distinct finishes of their own. With a minute grindmark finish and vapor deposition applied to the inset dial ring, laser welding used to secure it to the dial, and more, precision die moulding technologies applied by Yamagata Casio deliver an intricate form
and meticulously detailed surface finish. In addition, the vapour deposition applied to the dimensional index marks and the indicator hand emphasizes the metallic texture for a dial design that complements the watch’s metal exterior.
Three distinctive IP colors for full-metal design
In addition to brilliantly gleaming silver (GMB2100D), two other options are offered: all-black IP for an intrepid look (GMB2100BD) and fashionable rose gold IP (GMB2100GD).
Tech Specs
Movement: Quartz module; battery operating time: 7 months on rechargeable battery (operation period with normal use without exposure to light after charge), 18 months on rechargeable battery (operation period when stored in total darkness with the power save function on after full charge) CTL920
Functions: Smartphone Link, Tough Solar, Bluetooth , world time, phone finder, alarm, event reminder, count down timer, 1/100-second stopwatch
Case: Stainless steel; 49.8 x 44.4 x 12.8 mm; water resistant to 200m
Bracelet: Stainless steel Total weight: 165g
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HolidayGIFT Guide
“To me, a diamond tennis bracelet is a staple for any jewelry wardrobe. We always carry a variety of sizes in stock so you’ll be able to find the perfect one! Meaningful jewelry, beautifully designed.”
-Kim
THE KELLEY JEWELERS TEAM shares their personal picks for the best pieces to give the jewelry and watch lovers on your list.
“This diamond necklace is one of our favorites for its stunning sophistication. Beautifully crafted, it is a bold reflection of confidence and style. The 51 hand-set diamonds add interest to the design while adding to its refinement… a true statement piece perfect for today’s lifestyle!” -Rhonda
“My pick for this year is a newer version of a veteran timepiece. The Rolex Perpetual 41mm Datejust, featuring an Oystersteel case, timeless Jubilee bracelet and a captivating slate dial with a sunray finish that creates delicate light reflections across the dial of the watch. Those that know me know I love color, but the warm, mono-colored texture and smooth lines of this timepiece allow it to endure as one of the most iconic watches of all time.”
-Ben
“These Lovebright diamond studs are fresh and innovative as they take on the classic diamond stud and are designed to be as comfortable as they are stylish. A big look you can wear everyday at a great price point!” -Merrisa
“This classic diamond initial pendant is one of our most popular gift selections. Initials are the perfect gift for anyone. I love how the diamonds sparkle! So subtle, but beautiful.” -Alyssa
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“Stacking jewelry of any style is quite popular and Kelley Jewelers leads the way with their amazing stackable rings. They are always great for adding to your wedding ring or creating any beautiful ring stack."
-Megan
“I love this delicate gold station necklace featuring bezel set round cut diamonds in 14K. My favorite style of jewelry is casual enough to wear everyday but also has just enough shine to show off its simplistic elegance.” -Maria
“Layering jewelry is a favorite of mine when helping clients create fresh looks. Mixing different textures, colors, or a little sparkle to pieces people already own breathes new life into their jewelry box. This curb link bracelet is great to wear as a statement alone or to adorn your bracelet stack.” -Candace
“Diamond hoops are hot right now and nothing tops the excitement of the zigzag layout of these baguette diamonds, with round cut diamonds in this unique pattern. I love unique pieces!” -Laurin
“The Rolex Datejust 31 is the expression of everlasting appeal. The diamond bezel sets off any dial to enhance the watch. Aesthetically, the Datejust has spanned eras, it is one of the most recognized and recognizable of watches.”
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