This week: LVMH’s U.S. head calls the term quiet luxury “annoying.” New app delivers gold to people’s doors. How taste in watches changes with age. All below.
De Beers shutting down Lightbox
– Avi Krawitz: De Beers “couldn’t play on both sides”
– New York Times on De Beers versus lab-grown
GIA U.S. labs again accepting overseas gems, but stones can’t stay
De Beers CEO Al Cook hopes to exempt diamonds from tariffs
Colored stone dealers prepare for tariffs
Watch sales skyrocket as buyers rush to beat trade war
Pandora trims profit guidance, worries about tariffs
– CEO says jewelry can’t be made in U.S.
– Earnings call highlights
Natural diamond sales down 6% in April
Do diamonds belong in “hard asset” conversation?
Jewelry industry continues to consolidate, JBT finds
Brilliant Earth records quarterly loss despite sales record
LVMH U.S. head calls quiet luxury term “annoying”
Tariffs aren’t hurting GemGenève
Canada looks for bright spots as diamond mines wind down ops
De Beers reestablishes auctions after move to Botswana
MiaDonna founder and CEO leaves e-tailer
Lugano Diamonds CEO resigns amid internal investigation
Verragio hires Cathy Marsh as regional sales manager
Malyia McNaughton heads new BIJC education fund
Limelight Lab-Grown appoints chief marketing officer
Titan promotes Ajoy Chawla from jewelry division chief to managing director
Gem dealer Tim Roark dies
Gold may hit $6,000, says J.P. Morgan (subscription)
– Swiss gold refineries operating at full capacity
– App delivers gold to people’s door in Dubai
– World Gold Council looks at artisanal and small-scale mining
– Inside Edition on 2025’s “gold rush” (video)
How taste in watches changes with age
Land-Dweller shows Rolex’s “radicalism beneath the tranquil surface”
Rolex accuses online retailers of selling counterfeits
Long Atavist story on Jona Rechnitz and Jadelle Jewelry
Former jewelry store employee arrested in choking death of boss
Jewish jeweler hospitalized after ax attack in Tunisia
Wirecard fugitive discussed weapons, diamonds with Russian spy ring leader
South Dakota retailer supports trafficking survivors with jewelry
Alrosa discovers Russia’s largest diamond ever as Mir mine opens
Diavik diamond mine wins sustainability award
Gemfields resumes emerald mining in Zambia
Britain in talks with India about Kohinoor diamond
Sotheby’s postpones historic jewels auction that India tried to block
Tequila diamond worn to Met Gala by Janelle Monáe
The Bear star Abby Elliott poses for magazine cover in dazzling jewelry
Cracked is mad at people saying Titanic’s Rose should have sold diamond
Media Watch
NPR’s Marketplace on lab-grown
CNBC on gold trade-ins
Jewelry influencers share “shopping secrets” with New York Post
From the Podcast
The Jewelry District: Coping With Gold Prices and Tariffs
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