Diamond Cellar Fall/Winter 2022

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A MILLION MOMENTS

Being a jeweler is the best job in the world. We get to wake up every day knowing that we are helping our customers celebrate the moments that mean the most.

As we continue our celebration of 75 years, we are forever grateful to our customers, our partners, our staff, and the communities we serve.

It’s hard to quantify how many lives we’ve touched throughout the years. But I challenged my team to do so anyway. After crunching numbers, we concluded that we’ve had over a million customers through our doors. It has been such a blessing to be a part of your birthdays, anniversaries, engagements, and so much more.

Our jewelry brings people together. Not simply because of its beauty, but for what it represents.

True art doesn’t just invite us to see beauty, it invites us to feel it. When someone gives you jewelry, it has this magical ability to supersede reality. In these crazy times, people are searching for ways to share love and show significance. Jewelry has always been a way of doing just that.

We hope that this holiday season, we can help you celebrate the moments that mean the most to you and yours. From beautiful diamond jewelry to a timepiece that will last for generations –we’ve got something for everyone.

To a million moments celebrated together. Here’s to the next million.

Cheers, Andy Johnson

STORE

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THE DIAMOND CELLAR DIFFERENCE

For over 75 years, Diamond Cellar has been helping you celebrate the moments that mean the most.

The Diamond Cellar difference begins the moment you walk through our doors.

Whether it’s in sales, custom design, or repair, you’ll deal with some of the most talented and highly trained people in the country.

“We approach jewelry differently,” says Alex Johnson, partner & president of Diamond Cellar. “The rarity of the materials and the craftsmanship involved is just the beginning. The relationships we build with our customers and the special moments we get to celebrate with them is what this business is all about.”

CRAFTSMANSHIP

Our roots are in the goldsmith trade. Diamond Cellar started as a small jewelry repair shop and has grown into one of the largest independent jewelers in the United States. We haven’t forgotten where we started. With over 250 years of combined experience, our in-house designer goldsmiths are true experts in their craft.

TRUST & TRANSPARENCY

Diamond Cellar takes pride in operating with integrity in everything that we do – even when no one is looking. As a family-owned business, we understand the importance of trust. Every diamond we sell is hand-selected, responsibly sourced, and shown under a microscope before purchase because we know that doing the right thing is always the right thing.

ONLY THE FINEST

We scour the globe for only the finest diamonds, jewelry, and timepieces to provide our customers with the ultimate luxury shopping experience. Our long-standing relationships with the world’s most prestigious brands allow us to bring you the widest selection of your favorite jewelry – all in the most beautiful showrooms in the country.

TRUE EXPERTS

Diamond Cellar is more than a jewelry store – we are true experts in our field. Our success is credited to our remarkable staff of jewelry professionals who make our customers’ satisfaction their mission every single day.

“You can’t do it all by yourself; We surround ourselves with brilliant, hard-working people that are constantly driven to grow and be better,” says Alex. “Our staff is not only some of the most talented people in world, but they are also truly passionate about what they do. And that makes all the difference.”

The experts at Diamond Cellar are ready to help you celebrate the moments that mean the most. Come visit us in-store and see the Diamond Cellar difference for yourself.

STYLE

PREPPY

VINTAGE

CHRIST HARMET PARKOUR ATHLETE

ROMANTIC

EXOTIC

CLASSIC

BOHEMIAN

SUPERHERO STATUS

For a photo call in Madrid for his film Unchartered, British actor Tom Holland showed off his Rolex GMT-Master II with a two-tone bezel in both black and chocolate brown. It was the perfect complement to his brown suede jacket, sure, but also apropos for this press tourl this watch displays the hour in two different time zones.

BY HALEY LONGMAN

As Spider-Man, Tom Holland flicks his wrist to unleash his all-powerful spiderwebs. And offscreen, his wrist tricks are just as impressive, as this young star has a luxury watch collection that would do credit to a much more seasoned connoisseur.

British actor Thomas Stanley Holland is certainly best known—so far—for his role as the webbed superhero in Marvel’s newest trio of Spider-Man films: Homecoming, Far From Home and No Way Home, in that order. Rumor has it that it was his physical skills that differentiated Holland from the thousands of other young thespians vying to play a teenage Peter Parker—he somersaulted in and out of the frame during his audition to show off his stamina. In fact, Holland is a trained dancer and gymnast who began his career playing boy ballerina Billy Elliot on stage in London. Two years after that gig wrapped, in 2012, he starred in his first film, The Impossible, alongside Naomi Watts, which solidified for him that movies were his passion.

He was also developing an off-screen passion: watch collecting. Before he began earning that Marvel money, the now 26-year-old was spotted at his first-ever Comic-Con with a $350 Nixon Sentry in stainless steel. After his Marvel Universe debut in 2016’s Captain America: Civil War, his timepieces reflected his heightened net worth: In 2017, during the Homecoming era, he was first seen wearing a Drive de Cartier with moonphase. By 2019’s Far From Home, he also had a Cartier Santos with a square dial and black leather strap to his name, likely inspired by his then co-star Jake Gyllenhaal, who is the face of the brand. Holland has referred to this particular piece as a “chameleon,” having worn it at both awards shows and casual jaunts around the neighborhood. He rounds out his Cartier vault with a Santos-Dumont Skeleton with blue hands and a white-gold case, as well as a yellow gold Cartier Tank Américaine.

At age 7, Holland was diagnosed with dyslexia, a big part of his life that he’s been open about in interviews.

“It’s just about taking your time,” he explains. “The better prepared you are for anything, the more you

will be able to do and accomplish things that are fantastic,” he told Entertainment Weekly But this disability hasn’t stopped him from reading the time in style. The BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Rising Star Award winner has at least four Patek Philippe pieces: three Aquanauts and a Perpetual Calendar in rose gold with a silver dial. The last was his watch of choice for the Spider-Man: No Way Home premiere; it has a 240 Q movement that’s self-wound and displays day, date, month, leap year and 24-hour indication. The actor’s self-proclaimed “daily beater” watch is the 40mm Aquanaut in 18K rose gold with a brown dial, Ref. 5167R.

As with that famous red-and-blue Spidey suit, Holland isn’t afraid to accessorize with some color. His collection also includes the Patek Philippe Aquanaut Ref. 5168G with a blue dial; the Rolex GMT-Master II Ref. 126711, nicknamed the “Root Beer” for its black and brown bezel; the Rolex Submariner Date in Oystersteel with a Cerachrom bezel insert in green ceramic and a black dial; and the Rolex GMT-Master II Ref. 126710BLRO (“Pepsi” for its blue-and-red, Spider-Manesque dial). Holland even owns the Rolex GMT-Master II “Batman” with blue and black—ironic, because Batman is part of the rival DC Comics universe.

Holland’s taste for luxury watches is sophisticated and smart—he gravitates toward pieces that can be dressed up or dressed down, choosing ones that can be worn to the Oscars (like the ultra-thin Piaget Altiplano with an 18K rose gold case and exposed movement, which he wore to the 2018 ceremony) or on the greens, as Holland is an avid golfer in his spare time. Rounding out his collection are the Baume & Mercier Classima, the Rolex Daytona Ref. 116500 with a white dial and a handsome Tag Heuer Monaco.

And perhaps his affinity for expensive timepieces has rubbed off on his other Spider-Man co-star and onand-off girlfriend, Zendaya too, just as Gyllenhaal’s did on him. When doing press for 2021’s No Way Home, she was seen wearing a woman’s Patek Philippe Nautilus. Hey, it helps to have friends with good taste.

FACE TIME

Like the Avengers, Tom Holland has assembled an impressive lineup of luxury timepieces, each a superhero in its own right:

This classic Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona in Oystersteel features a white dial and an Oyster bracelet.

Holland owns three Patek Philippe Aquanauts: this one with a black strap, a second in rose gold and a third with an in-demand blue dial.

The Rolex Submariner, like this one in Oystersteel with a Cerachrom bezel insert in green ceramic and a black dial, was originally intended for divers, so it’s fitting for Spider-Man too.

Playing Spider-Man is a standout achievement British actor Tom Holland may yet top. At 26 he’s got time—and luxe watches to track it.

BRIDAL TRENDS

TRUST THE EXPERTS

Our staff of experienced jewelry professionals is here to guide you through the engagement ring buying process – educating you at every step of the way.

Here we highlight some of 2022’s most popular engagement ring trends with insight from our very own in-house expert, Gabe Truxall.

OVALS EVERYWHERE

We are seeing a large increase in demand for oval-shaped diamonds. Its elongated shape has more coverage on the finger making the diamond appear bigger than a round diamond of equal carat weight.

Ovals have taken celebrity engagements by storm including Kourtney Kardashian, Hailey Bieber, and Blake Lively – just to name a few.

“Couples are embracing ovals – not just because they are on trend,” says Truxall. “It’s a highly functional cut. Not only do they look bigger, but they are less prone to chips when compared to other fancy shape stones.”

LAB-GROWN DIAMONDS — THE MODERN APPROACH

We have seen a recent explosion in popularity of lab-grown diamonds – especially for engagement rings. Lab-grown diamonds are created above ground using advanced technological processes that simulate the same conditions under which mined diamonds develop beneath the earth’s crust.

A lab-grown diamond costs up to 70 percent less than a mined diamond, making it a far better value with no compromise in quality. Lab-grown diamonds are physically, chemically, and optically identical to a diamond mined from the ground. It’s not a diamond alternative like moissanite or cubic zirconia – it is a true diamond – the only difference is its origin.

YELLOW GOLD RENAISSANCE — A CLASSIC RETURNS

Yellow gold is back and bigger than ever. While platinum and white gold rings continue to be in high demand, we are seeing more and more couples choose yellow gold as the perfect companion for their diamond.

Engagement rings crafted in yellow gold were widely popular in the 1980s until they were overtaken by the boom of white gold and platinum in the decades to follow. We are seeing the next generation of couples cycle back to the timeless look of yellow gold.

“I love engagement rings in yellow gold. It will always be a sophisticated look,” says Truxall. “…and a great way to make that beautiful diamond stand out.”

THREE STONES ARE BETTER THAN ONE

Three-stone engagement rings are a popular option with couples looking for a traditional look. The three stones represent the past, present, and future – a fitting way to honor a lifetime of love. Whether it’s three classically matched diamonds of a similar size or a large center stone flanked by smaller accents – there is a three-stone ring for everyone’s preference.

CHEERS TO OUR NEWEST COUPLES!

proposed in front of a cross that he built for me, on a dock on family land where he asked me to homecoming six years earlier. He washed my feet as a visual representation of his desire to serve me for the rest of his life. Then we went to the most beautiful engagement party surrounded by friends and family.

BRIAN & ABIGAYLE LOOSE

MARRIED APRIL 22, 2022

OH

NATHAN STOLPER & ALLY BRUNS

ENGAGED APRIL 30, 2022

OK

I knew this was forever the first time she met my parents. We had to pick up a few things from the grocery store and as we were walking up and down the aisles, it just felt so comfortable. It didn’t matter what we were doing, I just wanted to be doing it with her.

-BRIAN

One summer day in 2017, Ally and I spent the day on the lake together talking about our future and from that moment on I knew that I couldn’t spend another day without her.

-NATHAN

JOSH

I knew exactly what kind of ring she wanted because she was constantly showing me rings she loved. We went together to pick out our bands, and Jeanne helped us find exactly what we were looking for.

I can’t wait to be wearing my ring when we buy our first home and have our first child.

TIM BREESE & KATIE

LAUREN LEE PHOTOGRAPHY

JOE

Spending every day with Regan puts a smile on my face. I want that to be every morning as I wake up next to her.

I was never shy of telling Joe the exact style ring I would love to be proposed to with one day. Luckily, Joe loved that style as well.

After a couple of delicious Diamond Cellar IPAs, I convinced Joe that two is better than one and got two wedding bands!

PHOTOGRAPHY

3, 2022

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JOSE U FLORES & MIRIAM MARTINEZ FLORES

MARRIED JUNE 13, 2022

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I picked a ring she couldn’t say no to. I knew she was going to love it. The wedding bands are special because of the green color that will remind us of Ireland, where we got married.

-JOSE

I knew this was forever on our first date when he showed up with a Reese’s Peanut Butter egg. How do you say no to a guy who unknowingly brings your favorite candy to a first date?

NANCY ALMANZA, AIDEE PHOTOGRAPHY

BIGGER, MORE BRILLIANT DIAMONDS FOR LESS

Lab-grown diamonds from Céleste cost 70% less than mined diamonds of the same quality and carat weight. Save big or upgrade to the size you’ve always wanted with Céleste Created Diamonds. Our diamonds are identical in composition to mined diamonds at a fraction of the price. Feel good wearing a bigger, more brilliant diamond that was responsibly created above ground.

MY LAGOS MY WAY

ROBERTO COIN

Roberto Coin, best-known Italian luxury jewelry brand, is epitomized by its perfect combination of timeless craftsmanship and modern innovation. The brand originated in Vincenza, Italy, and being born in the “City of Gold” is no coincidence. Each of these designer pieces is handcrafted in white, yellow and rose 18K gold with and without diamonds and other precious stones. The Venetian Princess Collection is one of the Maison’s most iconic; the feminine pieces are representations of ancient Venetian architecture. The stunning blue of the lapis lazuli gemstone is accented by rose gold and pavé diamonds. As with all of Roberto Coin’s collections, each piece features his signature, hand-placed ruby on the inside, a gift-withina-gift for the lucky wearer.

MARCO BICEGO

Combining old-world Italian craftsmanship with a contemporary design aesthetic, Marco Bicego is defined by its handmade 18K gold pieces that can be worn every day or on special occasions. Each piece can be enjoyed on its own or layered for a personalized look, and each is inspired by multifaceted gemstones and/or various locations around the globe. For example, its notable Jaipur Collection and Jaipur Color Collection both pay homage to the vibrant Indian city. Marrakech Onde Alta features vibrant gemstones inspired by Morocco enhanced by diamond flowers, while Paradise boasts multicolored gemstones featured in varying shapes and sizes and unique arrangements.

POMELLATO

This Milan-born brand is the master of color in fine jewelry, utilizing a rainbow of gemstones in innovative and environmentally-conscious ways. Pomellato’s iconic Nudo Collection is a way through which the wearer expresses her individuality. It’s defined by its artisanal techniques such as the signature Clessidra-cut gemstones, and jewels like blue topaz and rose quartz set in stunning rose gold. For the first time in its design history, the Nudo Collection introduces double-drop earrings, which feature diamonds set into the hooks and that sway beautifully with each delicate movement. The Nudo Rivière, “river” in French, is a fluid, feminine necklace with a cluster of white topaz, blue topaz or pink quartz gemstones at its center that ever-so-slightly graces the décolletage.

POMELLATO NUDO RIVIÈRE NECKLACE IN 18K ROSE GOLD WITH LONDON BLUE TOPAZ AND SKY BLUE TOPAZ; NUDO TOPAZ AND DIAMOND PENDANT NECKLACE IN 18K ROSE GOLD; NUDO CLASSIC PENDANT IN 18K ROSE GOLD WITH WHITE TOPAZ, MOTHER OF PEARL AND DIAMONDS; NUDO DOUBLE-DROP PENDANT EARRINGS IN 18K ROSE GOLD WITH SKY BLUE TOPAZ AND DIAMONDS; NUDO RIVIÈRE NECKLACE IN 18K ROSE GOLD WITH ROSE QUARTZ, CHALCEDONY AND DIAMONDS; NUDO CLASSIC RING IN 18K ROSE GOLD AND WHITE GOLD WITH BROWN DIAMONDS, CHALCEDONY AND PINK QUARTZ; NUDO BRACELET IN 18K ROSE GOLD WITH ROSE QUARTZ, CHALCEDONY AND BROWN DIAMONDS.

DAVID YURMAN

Craftsmanship and creativity combine at David Yurman, a New York City-born luxury jewelry brand founded by artists David and his wife, Sybil. Every season, the couple introduces fresh interpretations of iconic pieces such as the twisted Cable bracelet, evolving and reimagining designs. DY Elements® pendants are circular symbols of unity and strength, allowing the wearer to create a personal story. The Lexington Collection honors Manhattan’s Art Deco architecture, while the Petite Châtelaine® Collection presents a brilliant assortment of gemstones with hand-set pavé diamonds. Finally, this season the Renaissance Collection features a contemporary, all-metal version of the classic Cable bracelet, Yurman’s signature piece.

DAVID YURMAN DY ELEMENTS® DISC PENDANT IN 18K YELLOW GOLD WITH LAPIS, $1,950; EVIL EYE MOBILE AMULET IN 18K YELLOW GOLD WITH PAVÉ EMERALDS AND DIAMONDS, $2,900; LEXINGTON CHAIN NECKLACE IN 18K YELLOW GOLD WITH PAVÉ DIAMONDS, $8,800; PETITE CHÂTELAINE® STUD EARRINGS WITH HAMPTON BLUE TOPAZ, 18K YELLOW GOLD AND PAVÉ DIAMONDS, $795; PETITE CHÂTELAINE® PAVÉ BEZEL RING IN 18K YELLOW GOLD WITH CHAMPAGNE CITRINE AND DIAMONDS, $1,650; RENAISSANCE COLOR RING WITH TURQUOISE, 14K YELLOW GOLD AND DIAMONDS, $475; SCULPTED CABLE CONTOUR BRACELET IN 18K YELLOW GOLD, $5,900; RENAISSANCE BRACELET, $1,200.

David Yurman and his wife and business partner, Sybil, visit the SCAD campus in Savannah, Georgia, to meet with the Jewelry Design program’s class of 2022. Bottom right: An exceptional student shows off a creation that used precious stones donated to the college from the Yurmans’ personal collection.

A JEWEL OF A GIFT

David Yurman and his wife, Sybil, have teamed up with the Savannah College of Art and Design to offer a scholarship to a “rising star” jewelry design student.

Throughout its four decades in the jewelry business, David Yurman, one of the world’s most iconic luxury jewelry brands, has partnered with many charitable organizations to raise funds for a wide variety of causes. Its latest collaboration is a personal one that helps the next generation of jewelry designers as it pays homage to founder David and his wife Sybil’s humble creative beginnings as a sculptor and a painter, respectively.

David Yurman has announced the David Yurman Endowed Scholarship for Jewelry Design, which will be awarded to one “rising star” each year in the jewelry design program at The Savannah College of Art and Design’s (SCAD) School of Fashion in Savannah, Georgia. Additionally, the brand donated $1 million worth of gemstones from its personal collection to the university. Students in the jewelry design program, the largest in the United States, have been using them as inspiration in designing their own pieces.

These talented students got some real-life inspiration from the famous design duo too. Toward the end of the spring quarter, the New Yorkbased couple visited Savannah to meet in person with the jewelry design students in SCAD’s class of 2022. Several students got to present their creations to David and Sybil and receive feedback on their work. Then, the entire group sat in on a lecture and Q&A session with the pair. “You need to be comfortable with the unknown to bring your own dreams into reality— and never take ‘no’ for an answer,” David told the graduates.

Surely the Yurmans’ gemstones, their scholarship fund and the inspiration of their example suggest a bright future for jewelry design and craftsmanship.

CRAFTSMANSHIP

IT’S IN OUR DNA

75 years of jewelry repair and custom design.

Diamond Cellar started as a small jewelry repair shop and has grown to be one of the largest independent jewelers in the United States. We’ve never forgotten our roots. Whether it’s repairing a family heirloom or creating a new one for the next generation – our staff of world-class designer goldsmiths is here to help.

THE SPIRIT OF AVIATION

With two new timepieces, Rolex honors the boldness of the early fliers. And why not? They carried its watches in the sky nearly a century ago.

BY CHRISTEN FISHER

On the morning of April 3, 1933, 33,000 feet above sea level in two open-cockpit planes battling an air temperature of 50 degrees below zero and adverse winds of more than 100 miles an hour, Sir Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, David McIntyre, Latham Valentine Stewart Blacker and Sydney R. G. Bonnet made history by flying over the summit of Mount Everest. Rolex Oyster wristwatches were on board.

In 1934, after participating in the Trophy Air Race from London to Melbourne, third-place finishers Owen Cathcart-Jones and Ken Waller immediately turned around and set a record for the round trip. A Rolex Oyster watch was there once again, this time serving as the duo’s on-board chronometer.

Charles Douglas, a record-setting British aviator of the same era, once said of his timepiece that “the peculiar qualities of this Rolex watch render it eminently suitable for flying purposes, and I propose to use it on all my long-distance flights in the future.”

As a tribute to these pioneers of aviation and a celebration of the brand’s longstanding support of aeronautical endeavors, Rolex presents a new edition of the Oyster Perpetual GMT-Master II and a new-generation Oyster Perpetual Air-King.

GMT–Master II: Designed to show the time in two time zones simultaneously, the GMT-Master was created as a navigation tool for professionals crisscrossing the globe. It first launched in 1955, at a time when intercontinental travel was rapidly expanding. It was the official watch of Pan American World Airways, known as Pan Am. And when Concorde, the world’s first supersonic passenger airliner, performed its final test flights in the 1960s, its French and British pilots wore Rolex GMT-Masters. Heir to the original model, the GMT-Master II debuted in 1982 and has been a staple in Rolex’s collection of travel watches ever since.

This year’s model features a black dial and a two-color Cerachrom bezel insert in green-and-black ceramic. On this novel version, the crown and crown guard are on the left side of the watch case with the date aperture and the Cyclops lens at 9 o’clock. The GMT-Master II offers exceptional legibility in all circumstances, and especially in the dark, thanks to its Chromalight display. The broad hands and hour markers in simple shapes—triangles, circles,

rectangles—are filled with a luminescent material that emits a longlasting glow. In addition to conventional hour, minute and second hands, the GMT-Master II features an arrow-tipped hand, which circles the dial once every 24 hours, as well as a bi-directional, rotatable, 24-hour graduated bezel.

The distinctively colored 24-hour hand displays the “home” reference time in a first time zone, which can be read on the graduations on the bezel. The traveler’s local time is easily set by “jumping” from hour to hour, thanks to an ingenious mechanism operated via the winding crown: the hour hand can be adjusted forward or backward independently of the minute and second hands. This allows travelers to adapt to their new time zone without affecting the precision of their timekeeping. Powered by a new generation movement caliber 3285, the GMT-Master II has a power reserve of approximately 70 hours.

The Air-King: First launched in 1958, the Air-King offers a new generation this year, featuring a completely redesigned case with a crown guard and straight sides, giving it a look similar look to Rolex’s other professional models. The watch’s dial is black with a combination of large 3, 6 and 9 numerals marking the hours and a prominent minute scale for optimal navigation time readings, but with the addition of a 0 before the 5, so that each five-minute interval is now marked by two digits.

Like the GMT-Master II, the new Air-King boasts an optimized Chromalight display. The watch’s hands, triangular hour marker at 12 o’clock, and the 3, 6 and 9 numerals are all coated or filled with a new luminescent material exclusive to Rolex that provides a longerlasting intense glow, guaranteeing maximum legibility whether you’re setting records or just setting down in darkness.

Equipped with Caliber 3230, a self-winding movement developed and manufactured by Rolex and originally released in 2020 but fitted to this model in 2022, the Air-King offers outstanding performance in terms of precision, reliability and resistance to shocks and magnetic fields, and like the GMT-Master II it has a power reserve of approximately 70 hours.

Both watches are housed in Oystersteel 40-millimeter Oyster cases, waterproof to 100 meters (about 300 feet), and presented on Rolex’s iconic Oyster bracelet featuring the Easylink comfort system that allows the wearer to add 5 millimeters to the bracelet length for an optimal fit.

The GMT-Master II and the Air-King begin at $10,550 and $7,400, respectively.

The new-generation Oyster Perpetual Air-King features a redesigned case with a crown guard and straight sides. It features 3, 6 and 9 numerals coated or filled with a luminescent material exclusive to Rolex. The Air-King lettering is the same as it was on the original model designed in the 1950s.

BLING IT ON

ABOVE: for the 2022 SAG Awards, Tiffany Haddish chose a necklace from the La Gioia di Pomellato 2022 High Jewelery Collection in white gold encrusted with 2,143 hand-set diamonds and a central 54.27 carats cabochon green tourmaline. She complemented the statement piece with Pomellato Nudo diamond earrings, a Catene Collection knot ring in rose gold and Iconica band ring in rose gold.

LEFT: to the same awards show, Yellowstone star Kelsey Asbille wore David Yurman’s Liberty Illusion-set hoop earrings in white gold and diamonds. She also wore a single Stax three-row ring in 18K white gold with full pavé diamonds.

LEFT: Spencer nominee Kristen Stewart looked like real-life royalty at the 2022 Academy Awards bedecked in a Chanel high-jewelry “Ganse Noire Spinelle” necklace featuring onyx, a red spinel and diamonds set in 18K white gold.

BELOW: Jennifer Hudson was pretty in pink at the 2022 SAG Awards, to which she wore a pair of rose gold Padparadscha sapphires, imperial topaz and pink sapphire earrings from Pomellato’s La Gioia di Pomellato High Jewelery Collection. She finished off the look with the brand’s Nudo rings in rose gold with rose quartz.

WORLDTIMER MANUFACTURE

Frederique Constant is a Swiss watchmaking Manufacture located in Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland. The Maison was founded in 1988 to offer fine Swiss timepieces at competitive prices. Achievements made in watchmaking come down to a combination of elements that Frederique Constant has been fine-tuning for over 30 years.

• The Classics Worldtimer Manufacture, designed for exploration and travel, allows the exact time to be read instantly in the 24 cities that represent the 24 time zones.

• The 42mm case features the FC-718 automatic caliber with its 38-hour power reserve.

• Simple and intuitive, this design allows the wearer to cross time zones, driven solely by the desire to discover the world, without having to worry about the time change. The local time (by central hands) and the domestic time (by the mobile disk) are automatically synchronized with each other. Additionally, the two colors on the dial ring surrounding the globe (dark for the night, white for the day) make it easy to differentiate daytime from nighttime hours.

• The movement is visible through the open back of the watch. Like all genuine Manufacture calibers designed by Frederique Constant, it is richly decorated with Côtes de Genève.

The Classics Worldtimer Manufacture Collection is above all a creation of modern and timeless design and an invitation to travel.

This Classics Worldtimer Manufacture Spirit of 76 timepiece commemorates the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776. Designed with U.S. colors and historical cues in mind, the dial features a US flag, blue hour and minute hands, a red second hand and a red star replacing the 4 on the date counter. This timepiece comes on a red genuine alligator strap with an additional white genuine alligator strap as well as a blue rubber strap. Limited Edition of 76 pieces.

10th Anniversary Edition. Two versions, both with a deep blue dial representing the oceans of the central planisphere and set on a navy genuine alligator strap. The one to the left comes on a stainless steel case and is limited to 1,888 pieces, while the one above is on an 18K rose gold case and is limited to 88 pieces.

This style features a navy color dial with a dark grey world map in the center. Set on a navy genuine alligator strap.

This season, Patek Philippe introduces the latest addition to the Calatrava Collection Ref. 5226G. Housed in a 40-millimeter, white-gold pure round Calatrava case with a slightly chamfered bezel and polished inclined lugs, this new model is driven by self-winding caliber 26-330 S C powering the hours, minutes, central seconds, aperture-type date and stop-seconds mechanism. Boasting the same elegant case design, vintage-style anthracite dial and calfskin strap choices (in beige or black), the Ref. 5326G Annual Calendar Travel Time also brings together for the first time two complications: the Annual Calendar and the Travel Time dual-zone display system.

WORKMANSHIP

Two new watches from Patek Philippe make function itself an aesthetic delight.

BY CHRISTEN FISHER

Do we sufficiently value a master photographer in our quick-snap smartphone culture? Even as the more thoughtful among us admire professional photography, we aren’t necessarily conscious of the technical skill and knowledge of light, space, time, geometry, physics, aesthetics and art history that inform a photographer’s virtuosity. Such is the case with many of the world’s art forms—we appreciate the beauty of a piece, but rarely the technical and functional skills painstakingly deployed in its creation. Yet there’s one great exception: fine Swiss watchmaking.

It’s one art form that wears its technical prowess on its sleeve—and yours. It marries the beauty of a wearable piece of art with beauty of another kind: the technical perfection of a highly functional tool. And no one does this better than Patek Philippe, as evidenced this year by the brand’s launch of Reference 5226G-001 Calatrava and Reference 5326G-001 Annual Calendar Travel Time.

An epic lesson in form, the Reference 5226G is housed in a 40-millimeter, white-gold pure round Calatrava case, a hallmark of the collection since 1932, with a slightly chamfered bezel and polished inclined lugs. Its middle is adorned with a Clous de Paris hobnail guillochéd pattern. To allow the guillochéd motif to continue around the entire caseband, Patek designers devised a distinctive case construction in which the lugs are an integral part of the case back.

The watch’s vintage-style dial was crafted by Cadrans Flückiger in Saint-Imier, a dial specialist belonging to Patek since 2004. The textured, charcoal-gray dial is reminiscent of the housing of old photo cameras and features a black gradient rim and gold applied numerals with a beige luminescent coating, the first time the brand has used this particular color.

The self-winding caliber 26-330 S C movement powers the hours, minutes, central seconds, aperture-type date and stop-seconds mechanism and has a reserve of 35 to 45 hours. Waterproof to 30 meters, this piece is presented with two interchangeable straps: beige calfskin with a nubuck finish and black calfskin with an embossed fabric motif and beige topstitching, both with a prong buckle. Elegant in every respect, the Reference 5226 Calatrava is truly a work of art.

WORKMANSHIP AS ART

The extraordinary beauty of the 5226 is echoed in the design of its 41-millimeter sister watch, the Reference 5326 Annual Calendar Travel Time. Boasting the same elegant case design, vintage-style anthracite dial and calfskin strap choices, the 5326 also brings together for the first time two complications: the Annual Calendar and the Travel Time dual-zone display system. This feat of engineering required an entirely new movement, caliber 31-260 PS QA LU FUS 24H, and the filing of eight patent applications.

Besides being able to accommodate both mechanisms in the same case, the functions also had to interact, so that the displayed date corresponded to local time, and adjust whenever the time zone was corrected. To address this, Patek engineers redesigned the Travel Time function to control the Annual Calendar function with the local-time hour-wheel driving the calendar though its basic principles remain. It features two hour hands from the center—a solid hand for local time and a pierced hand for home time—but the two common time zone pushers, which are usually located in the left-hand case flank, have now been replaced with a winding-stem setting mechanism that has three positions. The user pulls the crown to the middle position and turns it clockwise or counterclockwise to adjust the local time hour hand in one-hour increments in either direction without affecting the rate of the movement. Setting the time in the home time-zone and utilizing the stop-seconds mechanism are accomplished with the crown in the outermost position.

The Annual Calendar function also had to be modified to ensure that the date matched the respective local time. In a conventional Annual Calendar, the display advance happens around midnight and takes 90 minutes to complete. If a user were to adjust the time zone during that 90-minute window, a date misalignment could occur. To address this, Patek engineers shortened the display advance of the Annual Calendar discs from 90 to 18 minutes. Additionally, the 5326 has apertures for day, date, month and home and local time as well as day/night indicators and moon phase and small seconds dials. With a power reserve of 38–48 hours, the 5326 proves to be a technical achievement rivaled only by the aesthetic virtuosity of the 5226.

JEWELRY 2022

DIAMOND CELLAR DIAMOND STUDS TOTALING 8.0CT $166,400

CÉLESTE LAB-GROWN DIAMOND V NECKLACE $16,949

CÉLESTE LAB-GROWN DIAMOND BRACELET $17,402 PREMIERE GEM DIAMOND SOLITAIRE RING TOTALING 11.79CT $766,825

KWIAT ALLURE 3 ROW DIAMOND PLATINUM NECKLACE $250,000 ROBERTO COIN CENTO STELLE BUTTON STUDS $59,600

KWIAT FANCY-SHAPE DIAMOND BRACELET $325,000

PREMIERE GEM CUSHION PLATINUM PAVÉ RING TOTALING 12.02CT $408,720

SUTRA BLACK CERAMIC

BAGUETTE EARRINGS $64,000 SUTRA BLACK CERAMIC BAGUETTE RING $23,000

STEPHEN WEBSTER BLACK DIAMOND MAGNIPHEASANT BRACELET $25,000

PREMIERE GEM DIAMOND DOUBLE ROW NECKLACE $72,000

MARCO BICEGO LUNARIA

DIAMOND EARRINGS $10,890

MARCO BICEGO LUNARIA

DIAMOND CUFF $19,560

MARCO BICEGO UNICO ROSE CUT

DIAMOND EARRINGS $37,960

MARCO BICEGO ALTA MULTI GEMSTONE AND DIAMOND NECKLACE $28,970

RAHAMINOV

BEZEL

RAHAMINOV

RAHAMINOV 3 STRAND DIAMOND LINE BRACELET $24,240 PREMIERE GEM DOUBLE PEAR & PAVÉ DIAMOND BYPASS RING $30,000 PREMIERE GEM FOREVERMARK EMERALDCUT CASCADING DIAMOND PENDANT $40,000 ROBERTO COIN CENTO DOLCE DROP EARRINGS $65,760

DAVID YURMAN ORIGAMI

RING $10,350

DAVID YURMAN ORIGAMI

BRACELET $18,000

DIAMOND CELLAR DIAMOND CUBAN LINK NECKLACE $39,000

ROBERTO COIN DIAMOND NAVARRA HOOPS $9,750 PREMIERE GEM CUSHION PLATINUM PAVÉ RING

TOTALING 12.02CT $408,720

ASSAEL SARDINIAN CORAL &

DIAMOND EARRINGS $30,200

ASSAEL SARDINIAN CORAL

NECKLACE $206,400

PREMIERE GEM CUSHIONCUT RING TOTALING 4.22CT $150,010

CÉLESTE LAB-GROWN

DIAMOND TENNIS BRACELET $32,502

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From our family to yours. Thank you for allowing us the honor of being a part of your celebratory moments.

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