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jan.-feb.-mar.jan.-feb.-mar. 20142014 issueissue 55 jan.-feb.-mar. 2014 issue 5 InternationalInternational The “radiant orchid” Chronometry thethe colorcolor ofof 20142014 Contest Contest Pantone selects based TheThe bestbest watcheswatches ofof 20132013 on the dominant colors inin thethe entertainmententertainment and cinema industry Diamonds, smart devices and gold Five ... valuable stories forfor 20142014 ILIASILIAS LALAOUNISLALAOUNIS Great demand for colored diamonds TheThe patriarchpatriarch ofof and rare large stones GreekGreek jewelryjewelry The Designs of De Beers hashas departeddeparted and other companies presentation KOSKARIAN, TZORTZIS, ΚAPSASKIS, KOUZOUPIS, EXIS JEWELLERY, VICKY STAUROPOULOU, BEVERLY JEWELS, PRINCE SILVERO, GALLERIA ARMADORO editorial www.jeweltimemag.com www.facebook.com/jeweltimemagazine he demand for gold jewelry in the significantly to the increasing demand, United States increased by 13% in was the reduction in the price of the pre- Tterms of volume last year, while the cious metal, which by average in 2013 overall consumer demand for the pre- was at $ 1,411 per ounce, 15% lower com- cious metal increased by 18%, as the pared to 2012. World Gold Council announced recently. “2013 was a strong year for the demand According to its report, Gold Demand in gold, from all fields and all continents” Trends, consumers remain the key fac- as it was noted by Marcus Grubb, man- tor that pushes the gold demand, not aging director of investment policy of only in the U.S. but also around the world, WGC. He concluded by saying: “It was whether it’s about jewelry or investment the year of the consumer”! Finally, there is purchases of gold bars and gold coins. not only the world of recession and mas- Overall, in 2013 the global gold market in- sive unemployment, as it is unfortunately a fact in many EU countries. But there is another positive aspect of the world, that wants consumers to play a vital role, to “2013 was a strong year for the demand want more gold, to buy precious jewels, in gold, from all fields and all continents” to spend more money, because they can! as it was noted by Marcus Grubb, man- aging director of investment policy of Publisher WGC. Tasos Spanoudis creased by 21% in terms of consumers de- mand, with a total consumption of about 3,756 tons of metal. The demand for gold jewelry in the same year increased 17% and came up to 2,209 tons, while the in- crease was greater, by 28% regarding the investment in bars and coins, reaching 1,654 tons. The world’s largest market is now in China, and managed to overcome the tradi- tional power of the field, India, with the Ring 18k yellow gold Chinese consumers to record high growth with blue sapphires and rubies demand by 32% or 1,066 tons, while India and ruby in the center had just a 13% increase or 975 tons. from KOSKARIAN On their own, these figures do not tell the www.koskarian.com whole truth. Because what contributed τηλ.: +30 210 3241263 PROPERTY Spanoudis Anastasios, 2 Parnassou Street, 105 61 Athens, Greece tel.: +30 210 32 33 394, fax: 210 32 33 395, www.jeweltimemag.com, e-mail: [email protected] www.facebook.com/jeweltimemagazine PUBLISHER Tasos Spanoudis EDITORIAL MANAGEMENT : Dimitris Stamoulis, CREATIVE ART DIRECTOR: John Kanakis, PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGEMENT: Mina Dimopoulou, COPY-EDITING: Antonia Patrinou, PHOTOGRAPHY: John Soulis, all4mat studio, ACCOUNTING: Mirella Bitali It is prohibited to republish, produce and transmit, with any audiovisual mean, all or part of the magazine, without the written permission of the publisher. - 4 - jan.-feb.-mar. 2014 i. 5 www.jeweltimemag.com index 22. news 20. 10. Hellenic Jewelry Fair 2014 Gucci New name, international orientation The lord of ... Google Gemfields Sales record at auctions Gemological Institute of America gemologies Searching for natural pearls 22. 12. Spinel CIBJO Congress A “new” stone with ancient heritage See you in May in Moscow 14. Crater of Diamonds Visitors with ...450 diamonds precious stones Top in India 26. Distinction for Kisna Diamond Jewellery Great demand for colored diamonds and rare large stones The Designs of De Beers and other compa- exhibition nies 16. Baselworld 2014 Date with glamour and luxury interview 30. Renate Wittgenstein Inhorgenta, the meeting point for contem- porary jewelry presentation 34. KOSKARIAN Live your Dream ……Be your dream 36. TΖORTZIS Timeless design of high quality - 6 - jan.-feb.-mar. 2014 i. 5 www.jeweltimemag.com index58. 38. subject ΚAPSASKIS 52. Modern creations of timeless beauty ILIAS LALAOUNIS 40. The patriarch of Greek jewelry has departed KOUZOUPIS Handmade exclusive jewellery creations inspired by Greek history trends 42. 56. EXIS JEWELLERY The “radiant orchid” the color of 2014 30 years of Jewelry with style Pantone selects based on the dominant 44. colors in the entertainment and cinema VICKY STAUROPOULOU industry. elegant creations for everyday jewelry 58. 46. Diamonds, smart devic- BEVERLY JEWELS es and gold Art & hisrory…. the briliant Beverly Jewells Five ... valuable stories Creations for 2014 48. 61. PRINCE SILVERO Visual arts jewelry Silver icons with... quality Kim Walljung, Jewelry in 50. colors of Venice GALLERIA ARMADORO One of a kind silver jewelry from Greece 62. Britain The best design of 2013 Watch 52. 63. International Chronometry Contest The best watches of 2013 - 8 - jan.-feb.-mar. 2014 i. 5 news GUCCI quality rough emeralds and beryls in Lu- The lord of ... Google saka, capital of Zambia, made a new record, reaching 16.4 million dollars. The auction was held last November and 91% of the offered value of the stones was sold and 4.9 million carats from 5.6 million carats in total, corre- sponding to the 88 % of the total quan- tity. Gemfields also mentioned that the market conditions remain satisfactory, while sale prices tend to increase. The price per carat at the auction in Lusa- ka reached $3.32, a price increased by 27% compared to the previous record. This auction was the second of Gem- fields in the mine Kagem in Zambia during the financial year for which the company defines from June to June. The first auction was, in terms of value, 31.5 million dollars, creating a The House of Gucci was the number new record price per carat, while the one jewelry company in the search list 100% of the offered quantity was sold. of Google, according to the Zeitgeist Gemfields also held another auction 2013 survey, recently published by the of rough emeralds in Jaipur, India, last company and regards the top search- September, taking 8.5 million dollars at es in the United States. an average price per carat $58. In the top-ten list are also other com- It should be noted that Gemfields has panies involved in the manufacturing held a total of 14 auctions of precious and trading of luxury jewelry as well as stones since 2009, gaining the amount mining companies of precious stones of 224 million dollars. and metals. Specifically, in the second place was Kendra Scott, which is a sell- GEMOLOGICAl INSTITUTE OF AMERICA ing jewelry web page and third was Searching for natural pearls Sucre, a store in New York that has pre- cious jewelry. The companies that follow are Jennifer Meyer with Jewelry, Jenni- fer Fisher, also with jewelry, and Better Late Than Never. The gemstone mining company Gemfields ranked seventh in the search list of companies operat- ing in the field of jewelry and precious stones. The list was completed with the online jewelry selling company Latest Revival, and the designers Suzannah Wainhouse and Winifred Grace. The annual lists of Google, Zeitgeist (in German means spirit of time), aim to highlight trends in consumers’ searches and choices in a wide range of prod- ucts and services in the United States and around the world. GEMFIELDS Sales record at auctions Thais researchers at the Gemological The precious stone mining company Institute of America (GIA) in collabora- Gemfields in a recent auction in lower tion with representatives of Paspaley Pearling Company, made extensive - 10 - jan.-feb.-mar. 2014 i. 5 news - 11 - jan.-feb.-mar. 2014 i. 5 news surveys in sea areas of Australia where there are colonies of wild pearl oysters. Their mission had a happy ending as they located an important number of natural pearls, as it was announced by the two organizations. The researchers of GIA Artitaya Homkra- jae and Areeya Manustrong spent ten days, from late September to mid-Oc- tober, with the assistance of the special diving ship of Paspaley, MV Marilynne. The mission’s objective was to collect samples of the oysters of the Pinctada maxima species, which are the largest pearl oysters in the world. Based on this material, they will be able to continue their studies on the diversification of the species and its behavior both in salt and fresh water, and most especially on the differences between the natural and the cultured pearls. This issue is par- ticularly important for both the institute and Paspaley Pearling Company. According to GIA, the priority of the mission was to conduct research, in col- laboration with Gemmological labora- tories, on natural pearls of known origin. During the searches, the researchers of GIA and Paspaley discovered and col- lected 776 natural pearls from 20,488 large wild pearl oysters. Many of these pearls were small, with a diameter up to 1 mm, while the largest was a rare Pearls and shells that were fished are in pearl with 16 mm diameter. the laboratory of GIA, in Bangkok. GIA announced that it will conduct exten- sive research on the pearls over the next few months, using in-house high resolution and real- time microradiog- raphy and micro -CT imaging, including test methods.