The Fancy Color Research Foundation (FCRF) has collaborated with Cutwise to introduce a tool that will help manufacturers predict the market value of the stones they’re cutting. The diamond ...

June brought signs of resilience across the market. Alrosa reported record customer interest in its diamonds, with viewings more than doubling year on year and prices for 2 to 10 carat stones up 6% to ...

Market steady. Many businesses closed for July 4 holiday period. Large wholesalers remaining operational. Solid demand for round, 1 to 1.70 ct., F-I, VS2-SI1 diamonds, with memos converting into ...

The secondary market for luxury watches has always occupied a niche. It entered the spotlight during the pandemic from 2020 to 2022, when valuations skyrocketed to a few hundred thousand dollars a ...

For us, there was absolutely value in offering on-site watch repair for many years, and it served our clients well. However, as our business evolved, we made the decision to move away from on-site ...

The recent launch of Royal Pop, a series of eight pocket watches by Swatch and Audemars Piguet, was deemed a “failure” by many publications due to the “chaos” that erupted in approximately 20 stores ...

One of the most exciting things about working in the watch auction industry is the opportunity to take part in remarkable discoveries. The Pearl of Bahrain (pictured above) is an extraordinary Patek ...

Artificial intelligence promises to accelerate tedious tasks and deliver precise, data-driven insights. Over the past few years, it has transformed industries from finance to healthcare. Yet its role ...

For years, traditional retail has searched for answers in all the wrong places: e-commerce, changing consumer behavior, shorter attention spans, price sensitivity. All valid, but none of them is the ...

With geopolitical uncertainty, the introduction of significant US tariffs, and a declining US dollar, many of us in the watch industry feared a market contraction in 2025. Brands, retailers, dealers ...

With shades ranging from palest beige to ochre and rich umber, brown diamonds have long been a part of the jeweler’s repertoire. Indeed, the largest surviving diamond from the ancient world, according ...

Sales of hard-luxury goods in Hong Kong rose further in May as most categories enjoyed gains, with demand showing improvement. Revenue from jewelry, watches, clocks and valuable gifts jumped 26% year ...