This week: Google Trends show lab diamond spike. Jeweler creates ring with material from Apollo 11 spacecraft. And a Houston jeweler’s daughter’s TikTok keeps his store afloat. All below.
Another monthly increase for U.S. watch and jewelry sales
Pantone’s 2025 Color of the Year will comfort you—or make you hungry
Signet sees “strong” Black Friday, but slower engagement recovery than expected
– Analysts describe outlook as “disappointing”
Watches of Switzerland gets boost from Roberto Coin acquisition
– WoS paid $14.4 million for Hodinkee
De Beers lowers rough diamond prices 10%–15%
– Surat cutters unfazed
– Martin Rapaport gives us “the story”
– De Beers considers using sightholders as contract manufacturers (video)
Indian industry wants country to follow FTC lab-grown guidelines
Google Trends shows lab-grown diamond interest spike
Politico: How the West got African nations to join G7 sanctions
– India pushes for verification hub
Richard Chetwode: Botswana throws the diamond industry a lifeline
– Botswana economy contracts as diamond sales slump
– New president sees signs of recovery
India amends tax rules to simplify diamond trading for foreign companies
Indian jewelry startup plans $118 million IPO
The Kimberley Process is failing at its only job
Former State Department official joins De Beers
Jaeger‑LeCoultre, Vacheron Constantin get new CEOs
U.K.’s National Association of Jewellers appoints new vice chair
Renowned gem carver Glenn Lehrer dies
Watchmaker Armin Strom dies
Jewelry appraiser Craig Lynch dies at 70
Baltimore jeweler Joao Cesar dies
Saul Fraiman retires from diamonds after six decades
Daughter’s viral TikTok video keeps Houston jeweler afloat (video)
Chinese luxury watches find fans
Jeweler will get back $42,000 seized at airport
North Carolinians warned about free jewelry scam
Jeweler in Australia charged with faking robbery at his store
Florida jeweler arrested for trafficking in cocaine
LVMH hired spy for “surveillance”
Indian diamond company Maruti Impex ceases operations
Diamond storage can save record-breaking amounts of data for years
Ben Baller is not a fan of Kendrick Lamar’s new album
Jeweler creates ring using piece of Apollo 11 lander
Cards Against Humanity offers (lab) diamond-covered potato
Media Watch
The New York Times on young designers embracing pearls (by Victoria Gomelsky), rising gold prices (ditto), ear piercing salons going upscale, jewelers wading into home decor, a Tokyo jeweler that reshapes clients’ keepsakes, the Viltier brand, the Brooklyn Museum’s “Solid Gold” exhibition, and a poet becoming a jewelry designer
From the Blog
The Kimberley Process Has Failed at Its One Job. Let It Do Something Else.
From the Podcast
The Jewelry District, Episode 136: Holiday Outlook, Botswana and De Beers, Horology’s Oscars
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