Jewelry

Simone Crestani Glassoctopus A transparent creature suspended between glass and time In Glassoctopus, Simone Crestani transforms transparent glass into a miniature underwater vision. Rising just 3.5 millimetres above a hand-guilloché gold dial coated in deep blue, the octopus appears to float within an imaginary nocturnal ocean. The sculpture required an entirely new technique. Tiny glass rods were melted and shaped piece by piece with tungsten tools, while every tentacle and

Vacheron Constantin: Gold, Paper and Wood Reimagined on the Watch Dial Laura Baverstock Tigerbroidery Gold embroidery captures the movement of a tiger A tiger in honey and tangerine hues prowls through a richly embroidered jungle in Tigerbroidery, Laura Baverstock’s interpretation of gold embroidery at miniature scale. The animal is created from 9-karat yellow and white gold embroidery wires, while specially developed ceramic-coated black wires form its stripes. The surroundi

Marianne Guély Papercroc Paper becomes sculpture in a monochromatic vision In Papercroc, Marianne Guély transforms white cotton paper into a miniature sculptural landscape. An all-white crocodile moves through apparently snow-covered vegetation, its three-dimensional form created from sheets of 250- and 300-gram paper through embossing, laser cutting and hand assembly. The composition measures only three millimetres in height. Specially developed brass matrices, heated to bet

Anya Midori Oraygami When origami learns to move like a manta ray For Oraygami, Anya Midori brings a school of miniature manta rays into an imagined underwater universe. Each creature measures between five and ten millimetres and is folded from hand-coloured Japanese paper before being mounted on fine brass stems. The deep-blue hand-guilloché dial and a moiré effect on the crystal reinforce the sensation of shifting light beneath the ocean. The project required a completely n

Julien Vermeulen Feathersnake Featherwork reduced to the rhythm of a heartbeat The serpent at the centre of Feathersnake is constructed from more than 200 tiny pieces derived from seven rare Lophophore feathers. Rising only three millimetres from the dial, its blue-green plumage creates the illusion of living scales, while goose feathers form the surrounding vegetation. The extreme scale required the development of a custom micro-scalpel and a modified sewing needle for apply

Anna Le Corno Woodenwings The natural grain of wood takes flight In Woodenwings, Anna Le Corno transforms twelve different wood species into a fierce falcon poised above the dial. Smoked eucalyptus and dark blue-dyed birch are among the materials used to create the bird, whose plumage is rendered through a combination of circular marquetry, sculpted layered marquetry and a feather-by-feather assembly technique developed specifically for the wing. At only three millimetres in

Worn by Naomi Campbell for Fashion for Relief, the extraordinary ensemble from Alexander McQueen’s final collection has just become a landmark of fashion collecting. New York, September 17, 2026. The room did not merely witness the sale of a fashion ensemble. It witnessed the moment when an extraordinary piece of Alexander McQueen’s history crossed decisively into the territory of the collectible. At Fair Warning’s The Impossible Couture Collection, a custom version of Look 1

A pivotal 2013 painting brings George Condo’s fractured figures, multiple states of consciousness and “psychological cubism” to Sotheby’s Hong Kong this September. There are paintings that depict a scene, and there are paintings that seem to contain several scenes at once. George Condo’s Figures in Motion, painted in 2013, belongs unmistakably to the second category. The large-scale work is coming to Sotheby’s Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction in Hong Kong on September 28

Hallucinations, Exile and an Extraordinary Return Behind the pumpkins, polka dots and Infinity Rooms was an artist who transformed childhood visions and psychological distress into one of the most recognisable visual languages of the modern era. © Sotheby’s For decades, Yayoi Kusama was reduced in the public imagination to a deceptively simple image: dots. Dots on canvases. Dots on sculptures. Dots on people. Dots multiplying across rooms until the distinction between object,

There is a particular irony in the way Tiffany & Co. measures time. A House celebrated around the world for jewellery and design is also approaching a remarkable anniversary in a field that is less immediately associated with its name, yet deeply embedded in its history: watchmaking. In 2026, Tiffany & Co. marks 160 years since the introduction of its first chronograph, an occasion now celebrated through two limited editions of the Tiffany Timer. The second edition, introduce

Geneva Watch Days exposes the industry’s new equation: heritage, innovation, price and the next generation of collectors For decades, Swiss luxury watchmaking has operated on a powerful contradiction: the less accessible the object, the greater its desirability. Scarcity created prestige. Complexity justified price. Heritage established authority. And the distance between the consumer and the manufacture became part of the mythology. That model is now being tested. A new anal

Where jewellery savoir-faire meets refined leather craftsmanship, Cartier introduces a sleek new companion shaped by the Maison’s unmistakable design language. There are moments when a fashion accessory becomes more than an object. It becomes a signature. With the new Clash de Cartier bag, Cartier brings the precision of a jeweller’s eye to the world of leather goods, creating a piece where clean lines, refined materials and an iconic fastening come together in quiet, unmista

As New York Fashion Week opens, American heritage is being repositioned as a new language of contemporary luxury New York Fashion Week begins on September 10, but its most significant story is already visible: America is attempting to reclaim a position of cultural authority in fashion through the very brands that once defined its international image. Ralph Lauren, Coach and Tommy Hilfiger are not simply returning to the centre of the conversation; they are benefiting from a

At the Swiss National Museum, a new chapter in Zurich’s creative landscape began with an evening devoted to fashion, luxury, talent and meaningful connections. Zurich, Switzerland 24 August 2026 On 15 August 2026, more than 500 guests gathered beneath the historic setting of the Swiss National Museum for the inaugural edition of TIMELESS Zürich a new platform created by FOTOGEN to bring together fashion, luxury, creativity, business and an exceptional community of established

The Maison’s iconic emblem of luck enters a new era, illuminated by translucent pink enamel and more than a century of exceptional craftsmanship Some symbols become timeless because they never cease to evolve. Since its creation in 1968, the Alhambra motif by Van Cleef & Arpels has followed precisely this path, transforming a four-leaf clover into one of the most recognizable signatures in luxury jewellery. Today, the Maison opens a new chapter for its emblematic collection,

Designed by Chahan Minassian, Buccellati’s new Caviar Bar transforms the Maison’s historic Milanese flagship into an intimate world of craftsmanship, hospitality and contemporary Italian elegance. In the heart of Milan’s Via Montenapoleone, where the city’s heritage and luxury culture meet, Buccellati is opening a new chapter. The renowned Italian high-jewelry and silverware Maison has unveiled its new Caviar Bar at Palazzo Gavazzi, an intimate destination conceived by Paris-

Why the luxury jewelery industry is reopening the most consequential debate in modern diamond nomenclature The most important diamond story of the week is not a new stone, a record auction or a spectacular high-jewelery collection. It is a word. On September 6, the London Diamond Bourse publicly backed the use of “synthetic diamond” as the preferred terminology for laboratory-produced stones, encouraging its UK members to adopt the expression as best practice. The move follow

DENZA Enters Switzerland with Four New Models On August 26, 2026, DENZA officially entered the Swiss market with an exclusive launch event at The Dolder Grand in Zurich. The premium automotive brand, part of BYD, presented a four-model range designed to bring its technology-focused approach to Switzerland: the DENZA Z9GT, DENZA D9, DENZA Z and BAO 5. But while the entire range represents an important step in BYD’s European premium strategy, there was one car that inevitably c

Rosé, Liu Wen and Connor Storrie enter Talia Chetrit’s instinctive vision of the Saint Laurent Fall 26 collection There are fashion campaigns that announce a collection, and there are those that create a world around it. For Fall 26, Saint Laurent continues to explore the space between attitude and elegance, bringing together three distinctive personalities Rosé, Liu Wen and Connor Storrie under the creative direction of Anthony Vaccarello. Photographed by Talia Chetrit, the

Baume & Mercier expands the language of its iconic rectangular Hampton collection with the Hampton XS M0A10862, a diamond-set interpretation designed as an elegant expression of evening watchmaking. Defined by its compact proportions, stepped black dial and 28 brilliant-cut diamonds, the timepiece brings a new dimension to the Maison’s distinctive Art Deco-inspired design. The Hampton M0A10862: An Evening Expression in Diamonds The Hampton M0A10862 presents one of the most re