Jewellery & Watches

Fashions for spring-summer 2010 promise a real revolution when it comes to accessories. The style of the entire look is set by jewelry; bracelets being designers' favorite fashion statement. Spring-summer 2010 season sees lots of bracelets worn all over the arm, from wrists to forearms. And the diversity of styles and designs is huge. However, two things should be taken into account if you decide to opt for this trend. First, when you go with bracelets you must avoid any other ornamental detail in the cuff area, including fancy cuffs, long gloves and stuff like that. Second, you should wear identical bracelets or sets of bracelets on both your wrists.

Valenza is just wonderful! It is filled with sparkling sunlight, openwork arches, miracle of moon and velvet starlight sky, and it attracts and offers a stay or at least you can take a little piece of it with you which is embodied in jewelry of Crivelli Gioielli. All the holiday sparks of sunbeams, tenderness of magical sunrise, mildness and languish of Valenza silver night can be seen in the sparkling white and colored diamonds, black reflections of the diamonds, white, yellow, pink gold. Each and every piece of jewelry is a masterpiece as well as the day and night in Valenza.

Mauboussin Jewelry House of France established in the first half of the XIX century experienced various problems. The Mauboussin House became one of the grandest houses in Paris, and thus, the world, during this exciting Art Deco period. There were times when Mauboussin House was out of favor and it was thought to lose its time. This Jewelry House never belonged to any groups being the independent manufacture. The House was always stayed in the family that founded it, and, thus, currently it is belonged to the sixth generation of Mauboussin.

The golden chain is sometimes called a Cinderella among other jewelry as if once upon a time there was a beauty girl and nobody knew that she was beautiful. She had to do all heavy and dirtywork and later her beauty was discovered. And the same is with the golden chain. For over hundred of years they were used as additional accessory only but not as the individual jewelry to enjoy. A chain is designed to attach the pendant to it. And that is all for it. And the chain was usually presented as a gift with the pendant, by no means.

The fastly growing Italian luxury brand Francesca Furzi stands for handcrafted, high quality luxury jewellery, 100% made in Italy, and creates uniqueness tailored to your personal needs, and emotions. It was founded by Francesca Furzi, an industrial designer that was born in Tuscany, has grown artistically in Rome, and then professionally in major design studios like Pininfarina and as well in automotive brands like Alfa Romeo and Lancia.

Diamond is one of the most glorious and fanciest precious stones in the world and it is not that easy to choose the right one among the variety of available. And knowing that we ought to know a set of nuances and be able to sort out the stones, if any.

From the times immemorial the stones and gems were worshipped, various magic features were attributed to them, both healing and mystic. This is not a surprise since we live in a stable and changing world where we need something like an anchor to have a peace and kind of eternity. And stones live forever unlike other substances. Evidently, stones are subject to erosion, they are destroyed with the time. Though, this process is extended and so indistinguishable for humans that we assume that stones are the substance of eternity.

The unique jewels have always been on the special place with people throughout the entire history. And only some artisans possessed the skills of jewelry art. Power elite has always supported and approved of this sphere, though it served for them only. If you possessed jewels, it symbolized the power, reference to elite, and it was designed for the intimate circle of people. The kings, nobles, the church and other authorities would tend to possess more unique jewels and jewelry items. This again emphasized their dignity. And the jewelry was assigned the feature of the wealth. And sometimes, the fortune of large states would solve with the help of jewelry.

Hyacinth is the dark-yellow or red, or crimson translucent kind of zircon. The primary color of the mineral is red. In the East, hyacinth is believed to be the «brother» to diamond. Pliny the Elder depicted the hyacinth as the very different from amethyst, although the color is rather similar. The biggest disparity is that bright purple color, which is so luminous in amethyst, while the hyacinth looks diluted. Hyacinth possesses fascinating properties: its lovely luster is lost when exposed to fire and ... bad weather. Stone is amazingly responsive to changing weather, and truly addictive to the climatic changes.

The history of horology in XVIII century would not be full without the greatest genius of watch making that ever lived, Abraham Louis Breguet. He was awarded this title not thanks to the exterior details of his watches but for the amazing accuracy.

Jade was considered a royal gem in Ancient China from the earliest dynasties up until present times, and is inextricably woven into ancient and modern Chinese culture. The use of jade in China dates back some 8,000 to 12,000 years, and was an integral part of commercial, religious and ceremonial life throughout this region. Although the finest jade was reserved for the Imperial courts, the use of jade in everyday life crossed all socioeconomic boundaries (it was used to create many utilitarian and ceremonial objects, ranging from indoor decorative items to jade burial suits). Known from legend as «the Stone of Heaven», jade attained a position in the religious and cultural life of the people that has not been seen with any other natural substance in any other time or culture.

Chalcedony is a collective name used to denote many well known varieties of cryptocrystalline quartz gemstones, therefore the name «the mother of crystal». Chalcedony includes carnelian, sard, bloodstone, onyx, sardonyx, chrysoprase, agate, flint, chert and jasper just to name a few of the better known varieties.