JCK Online - July 1, 2005

For customers who like the look of white metal, but not the price tag of platinum or white gold, sterling silver has long been the alternative of choice. In recent years, however, it has been joined by stainless steel, then titanium and tungsten—"tough" metals that helped boost the popularity of jewelry among men.

• Features
• Posts Strong Business Results
• Sales Mount at Luxury watch Events in Geneva
• Jewelry Design in Basel Stays the Course
• The Many Faces of Time
• OroArezzo Dazzles With Style, Color, and Variety
• The Archives of Time
• The Technology of Time
• The Mechanisms of Time

• Jewelers' Notebook
• Stars Shine at The JCK Show ~ Las Vegas
• Bank Consolidation
• Bank Consolidation Puts Pressure on Jewelers
• Executive Profile
• Leaving the Comfort Zone
• Gem Pricing
• Colored-Stone Market Still Strong
• In the Industry
• New Software Service Offers Online Catalogs
• Obituaries
• Appointment
• Six Retailers Inducted Into JA 100 Club
• JBT Holds Annual Elections
• AGS Announces 2005 Circle of Distinction Dinner Honorees
• PGI USA Launches Two New Online Resources
• West Coast Jewelry Show Sold Out
• Robert Schneider Elected to MJWA Board
• Columbus Jewelry Show Opens Next Month
• Strategies for Selling
• Top 11 Questions to Consider for Self-Improvement

• Opinion
• Counterpoint
• The State of the Industry
• Editorial
• Weekend Wars

• UpFront
• Business
• More Than a Paycheck
• One Design and the Line Takes Off!
• Diamonds
• Tiffany, Stuller Lead List of New Sightholders
• Another Synthetic Breakthrough Heralded
• De Beers Gets More Legal Issues
• Amazon Gets Into Loose Diamond Business
• Michigan Jeweler Gets Jail for Moissanite Switch
• London Museum Plans 'Blockbuster' Exhibit
• De Beers Gives Go-Ahead for New Canadian Mine
• Fashion
• Jewelers Awarded Niche Awards
• Rembrandt Encourages Mothers' Love
• Gold Jewelry Month at Jewelry.com
• Rhys-Meyers, Reilly Win Trophee Chopard
• Worldwide Creativity Index
• Faber Green Designs Jewels for Wynn Resort
• Gems
• New ICA Committees Will Address Key Issues
• AGA Awards Jobbins and Matlins
• AGTA Releases Birthstone and Directory CDs
• Elvis Has Left the Building—No, Really!
• 'Rainbow' Andradite Garnet
• Publisher's Letter
• The Optimist
• Spotlight
• JVC: Most Small Jewelers Exempt From Patriot Act
• JSA: Beware of Money Orders
• De Beers Ups Prices
• Gareth Penny New De Beers Head—South Africa Not Happy
• Newswire
• Disabled Cop Finds Second Career as a Gemologist
• Corrections
• Report: Online Jewelry Sales Set to Soar
• Ballou Buys Nancy B. & Co.
• Watches
• Relaunches and New Marketing Plans Announced
• Steven Cohen Is President of Ebel Americas
• Swatch Group Will Open U.S. Watchmaking School
• Hip-Hop, Luxury Watches Make Beautiful Music Together
• First Vacheron Constantin Auction Sets World Records
• Newswire