The top end of the watch industry continues to see outsized success. Timepieces with a retail price of over CHF 50,000 (about $64,000) now represent 37% of Swiss watch exports by value, despite ...

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 ...

Jewelers of America (JA) has announced the names of the eight jewelry trade group that will receive its 2026 Impact Initiative grants. The program is multifaceted, aimed at supporting growth and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Women have long collected watches. What is new is the scale of their participation. Driven by platforms like Dimepiece and social media voices such as Zoë Abelson, founder of watch marketplace Graal, ...

The authors of Jewelry Creators: Dynamic Duos and Generational Gems are a dynamic duo of their own. Beth Bernstein – a jewelry historian, author, journalist and former designer – says she and Sonia ...

There’s a moment in every young professional’s life when achievement becomes tangible: A diploma, a first paycheck, or even moving into your own place. After I graduated law school, my father took me ...