Victoria Gomelsky JCK Editor-in-Chief Editor-in-chief of JCK magazine, specializing in jewelry, watches, travel and the occasional essay. Based in LA, NYC & a 747!
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,...
JCK Jewelry Agenda: Week of Sept. 6 The week after Labor Day is notoriously busy with prep work for the season ahead. The events schedule, on the other hand, is light—unless you...
GIA Researcher Breaks Down 9 Key Differences Between Natural and Lab-Grown Diamonds For all the confusion and consternation lab-grown diamonds have sown in the fine jewelry marketplace, the science behind how they differ from natural...
JCK Jewelry Agenda: Week of Aug. 30 Unofficially, it’s the final week of summer. With Labor Day around the corner, take this week to attend a museum exhibition of subversive jewelry...
“Gemmaxxing” Is the Jewelry Trend Pushing Colorful Stones Into the Spotlight Most of have, by now, heard of looksmaxxing, an online subculture of men obsessed with doing anything to make themselves more handsome. May we...
JCK Jewelry Agenda: Week of Aug. 23 Except for a buying show in The Big D and a mega-networking event in Los Angeles, this week is light on events. Use the time to catch up on a...
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...
How Sarah Rabie Turned a Childhood Spent in Her Father’s Antiques Warehouse Into a Jewelry Brand Sarah Rabie founded her eponymous colored stone jewelry brand in 2022, but don’t mistake her for an industry newcomer. In a wide-ranging...
JCK Jewelry Agenda: Week of Aug. 16 It’s a quiet week across the jewelry industry, apart from a buying show geared to retailers in the Southeast and a diamond-centric webinar...