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JEWELLERY DESIGNS
Fabergé releases
limited edition
pieces for
Chinese New Year
Fabergé’s has launched two limited
edition pieces in celebration of the
Chinese New Year and the Year of
the Pig.
The two new designs are the the
‘Fabergé Lady Levity with Pig’ watch
and the ‘Palais Tsarskoye Selo Red
Locket with Pig Surprise’.
Fabergé’s Lady Levity with Pig
surprise is a new design of its Lady
Levity timepiece. Inspired by a silver
gilt, enamel and rock crystal desk
clock created by Peter Carl Fabergé,
the Lady Levity with Pig is powered
by a mechanical movement developed
exclusively for year of the pig.
Fabergé said the “unique movement”
allows there to be a space where other
watches place mechanics, freeing the
design to prominently feature the pig
motif crafted in platinum on a domed
bombé sapphire crystal set on a white
mother-of-pearl dial.
Fabergé adds the design of the pig
motif means it is only visible to the
wearer under “certain light conditions
and at particular angles”.
The Palais Tsarskoye Selo Red
Locket with Pig Surprise features a
red guilloché enamel and 17 round
white diamonds set in 18 carat yellow
and rose gold. The locket opens to
reveal a pink enamel pig with dazzling
diamond eyes.
These two pieces commemorate
Fabergé’s first individual creations for
the Chinese New Year when, in 1911,
master craftsman Francois Birbaum
was commissioned by the royal court
of Siam to make a series of objects and
trinkets for the Year of the Pig.
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DIAMONDS APPOINTMENTS
A unique rough diamond weighing
almost 200 carats has been mined
at the ALROSA owned Udachnaya
kimberlite pipe in mid-January 2019. Boaz Moldawsky, has been elected by
IDI’s board of directors as its chairman
for a three-year term.
ALROSA mines
largest diamond
in recent years
The gemstone, with weight of 191.46
carats, was extracted at processing
plant N12 of Udachny mining and
processing division. The diamond is
transparent, with a slight yellowish
tinge. The Udachnaya pipe was
discovered in 1955 and is among the
largest primary diamond deposits both
in Yakutia and abroad.
Evgeny Agureev, member of the
management board and director
of the United Sales Organization at
ALROSA, said: “Such large gem-quality
discoveries, weighing more than 100
carats, confirm that there are many
unique precious minerals in the reserves
of the Udachnaya kimberlite pipe.
“Since the beginning of the
development in 1967, the pipe has
given hundreds of large diamonds to
our company. In the near future, this
rare specimen will go to the United
Selling Organization for the detailed
study and evaluation.”
STAT OF
THE MONTH
£250,000
That’s how much watch brand
Rotary donated to the Royal
British Legion, made up from sales
of its limited edition timepiece
created to mark the centenary of
the end of the First World War.
Boaz Moldawsky
elected chairman
of Israel Diamond
Institute
Moldawsky is a second-generation
diamantaire, whose family were
amongst the founders of the Israel
diamond industry. He has been
active in public service to the
industry for many years, serving
as deputy president of the Israel
Diamond Exchange, chairman of the
Finance Committee and a member
of the board of the Israel Diamond
Manufacturers Association.
Moldawsky is the co-CEO of the
Moldawsky Group, which specializes in
diamonds, real estate and technology.
Moldawsky said: “I want to thank
the members of the board for putting
their trust in me and I am committed
to doing everything in my power to
move the Israeli diamond industry
forward, to strengthen it and to
further position Israel as a leading
world diamond center.”
The IDI works to “advance and
strengthen” the sector as a global
diamond hub, through marketing,
technological innovation, rough
diamond sourcing and promotion of
local manufacturing.
March 2019 | jewelleryfocus.co.uk