This week: The secondhand watch “meltdown.” The “mystery of macle jewelry.” And a reporter gets a bracelet welded to her wrist. All below

 

Showtime diamond doc Nothing Lasts Forever is entertaining. But is it accurate?

 

Edahn Golan: Has U.S. jewelry demand hit its high watermark?

– U.S jewelry sales taper off in May

– Recession unlikely, says NRF economist

 

Former Jewelry Information Center head Lynn Ramsey dies

 

Rapaport: Diamond prices slide

 

Jeweller surveys the lab-grown diamond market

 

Stars align for high jewelry market

– Fashion brands court the “superrich”

– Jewelry borrowing is “back in style”

 

Rolex, Patek victim of “crypto meltdown”

– Prices slump up to 50% for discounted Rolex watches

– Rolex prices “crash”

– Experts “aren’t panicking”

– Daily Mail’s tips on how to get Rolexes

 

Watches of Switzerland’s U.S. sales rise 44%

– Luxury watches still in short supply, it says

 

How retailers are approaching crypto payments

 

Kohl’s calls off sales process

 

Bonhams buys French auction house

 

Victoria Gomelsky talks with Ukrainian jewelers

 

Russian diamonds should be subject to EU sanctions, according to Transparency International

 

Graff paid $7.5 million crypto ransom to hackers

 

Cartier beats Louis Vuitton in fight over trademark registration

 

Head of JPMorgan Chase gold desk on trial for “spoofing”

 

Canadian town worried about possible diamond mine exit

 

Canadian Jewellers Association gets membership coordinator

 

Estate jeweler Adam “Butch” Fried dies

 

John Atencio hires new rep for wholesale division

 

Richard Mille makes world’s thinnest watch

 

Unveiling the “mystery of macle jewelry”

 

Tempted by a jeweled tiara?

 

London gets “glimpse of Tiffany archive”

 

Inside Van Cleef’s new high jewelry collection, Legend of Diamonds

 

Theo Fennell on writing, designing, and resuming his title as King of Bling

 

Jewelry “inspired by the life of Coco Chanel”

 

Lewis Hamilton ends fight over nose ring

 

Reporter gets jewelry welded onto wrist

 

Oppenheimers block gold exploration at their ranch

 

Firefighters dive into water to rescue diamond ring

 

Jewelry made from melted guns

 

Woman wants to post engagement ring, but people “fixated” on her nails. Stop the presses!

 

TikToker on what an engagement ring says about a bride’s personality

 

From the Blog

Showtime Diamond Doc ‘Nothing Last Forever’ Is Entertaining. But Is It Accurate?

 

From the Podcast   

The Jewelry District, Episode 73: George Holmes, LVMH and Lusix, and Russian Diamonds

 

 

 

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