China’s High-Tech Pearls Have Arrived, But Most U.S. Buyers Haven’t Noticed

Most American jewelers still picture Chinese freshwater pearls as tabletop goods: off-round, creamy, cheap, and sold by the kilo in heaping piles at...

Love at First Sight at the 2026 AGTA Spectrum & Cutting Edge Awards

All around the room, love was in the air. On Saturday, I joined a group of editors and influencers in a meeting space at the Omni Hotel in Frisco,...

What’s Trending at JIS? Color, Charms, Beads—and Jewelry With Character

In a cozy corner on the show floor of the JIS Show in Miami, JCK's editor-in-chief, Victoria Gomelsky, sat down with moderator Jen Cullen Williams to...

Pearls Shined at the NouvelleBox Paris Showroom This October

For fashion buyers in Paris during market week in early October, the NouvelleBox showroom on Rue de Richelieu in the city’s 1st arrondissement was...

Gold Price Shapes JIS Fall as Brands Split Between 18k Statements and Budget-Friendly Designs

When the JIS Fall show opens at the Miami Beach Convention Center on Friday, Oct. 16, gold jewels will be front and center. Given the metal’s...

Patek Philippe Debuts Gondolo Ladies First Collection and New Grand Complication in Milan

MILAN — On Oct. 2 in Milan, the Swiss watchmaker Patek Philippe opened its seventh Watch Art Grand Exhibition to the public at the historic...

JIS Fall 2026 Opens Oct. 16 With 600-Plus Exhibitors and a New Holiday Theme

Assuming everything goes according to plan, at 9:59 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 16, Sara McDonough will be standing in the Miami Beach Convention Center...

Three Standout Gold Collections From VicenzaOro 2026

At last week’s VicenzaOro jewelry fair, which took over Vicenza—a UNESCO World Heritage site located about 50 miles west of Venice, in the heart...

Classic Design Meets Contemporary Watchmaking in Urwerk’s New Golden Scorpion

Few watch brands look and feel more contemporary than Urwerk. Founded in 1997 by the master watchmaker Felix Baumgartner and designer Martin Frei,...

Watch Week Aspen Draws 300-Plus Collectors and 19 Brands in 3rd Year

In early 2024, Elizabeth Smith Hrubala and her father, Oliver Smith, were spitballing ideas for a watch event they wanted to organize in Aspen, the...