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MB&F’s Horological Machine No. 2 (HM2)
It has four dials, which offer the following measurements: “instantaneous jump hour, concentric retrograde minutes, retrograde date and bi-hemisphere moon phase.”

Air luxury is back with Airbus
Big seats lure big wallets as the A380 lifts off at last.

IJM launches Platino luxury condos
IJM Properties Sdn Bhd on Wednesday launched the Platino luxury condos here.

NASA’S Luxury, At Your Expense

Try five days and four nights at a luxury Florida hotel for 300 honorees and their guest. Fancy receptions and front-row tickets to the most exciting show in the space business, the shuttle launch. All paid for by your tax dollars.

Charles Hollander Unveils their New Gold & Diamond Chess Set
The chess set is made out of gold and the king and queen are set with diamonds.

Luxury credit cards with Diamonds
GK Power, a Seoul-based smart card maker and online game provider, developed the luxury card and began selling it to local and overseas banks last year. Recently, it signed a $175,000 contract with Dubai First Bank in September to supply 1,000 cards _ worth 300 times more than conventional plain plastic cards _ for the bank’s most valued clients.

14k W Gold Fun Side 17.10 Carat Diamond Tennis Bracelet

Thirty-three dazzling round diamonds are prong set on white gold.

Good Prices for its October Diamond Tender
Rockwell Attains Good Prices for its October Diamond Tender and Completes a Successful Sale of Selected Small Diamonds in Antwerp

Dollar Falls, Gold Rises in Europe
The U.S. dollar was mostly down compared to other major currencies in European trading Thursday. Gold rose.

10k White Gold Diamond Cross
18kt white gold case and bracelet set with round-cut diamonds. 18kt white gold octagonal crown set with a diamond. Silver grained dial. Roman numeral hour markers. Sword-shaped blued steel hands. Quartz movement. Water resistant at 30 meters

Blood Diamonds on Amazon? Without Certification, It’s Hard to Tell
Amazon announced on Tuesday that the company is selling 75 percent more diamonds this year than last year. What the retail giant won’t tell you is whether all the jewelry it sells is “conflict-free,” meaning the diamonds it contains are guaranteed not to have been brought to market through violence, human rights abuse, child labor, or environmental destruction.

Swarovski Overturned
A chandelier filled with 6400 Swarovski crystals stranded together in a movable framed pattern that reflects the light from the four incandescent bulbs located on the inside of its walls.

10k White Gold Diamond Cross (1/8 cttw, I-J Color, I2-I3 Clarity) at $999,999.00

EU warns diamond trade
The European commission has admitted there is “room for improvement” in global efforts to combat the trade in so-called ‘blood diamonds’.

Amazon say diamond sales are up
At Amazon.com Inc., third-quarter diamond sales increased 75 percent over a year earlier.

Rapaport Introduces New Certified Diamond Standards
The Rapaport Group released today three formal certified diamond standards that will be used to define contracts for different diamond classifications.

Man Finds 4.38-Carat Diamond at State Park
Chad Johnson has found about 80 diamonds at Crater of Diamonds State Park since moving to Murfreesboro in February. But the former Iowa resident nearly threw away his largest find yet.

The Newest Luxury Hotel in Luang Prabang
The La Résidence Phou Vao is the newest luxury boutique hotel near the capital of Laos, Luang Prabang.

Oprah Approved: The Swarovski Power Minaudiere Purse
“They call this crystal mesh clutch with removable chain a power bag. A good name for such a high-voltage accessory.” – Oprah

Swarovski crystal headband – a beautiful alternative to a tiara
Stunning headband, full of Swarovski sparkle in your choice of colours.

University of Missouri Researchers go Nano, Natural and Green
A team of scientists discovered how to make gold nanoparticles using gold salts, soybeans and water. No other chemicals are used in the process, which means this new process could have major environmental implications for the future.

Chocolate Gold Jewelry – not for eat!
It is a special process called PVD (for physical vaporization and deposition), during which rose gold is bombarded electronically, which makes the metal change color to a molten brown.

Diamond Pendant Tutorial
This Photoshop tutorial shows you how to use filters, blending modes, levels, and curves in order to create a gemstone from scratch.

Angola: Govt Authorises Concession Rights for Diamond Prospecting in Lacage
The Angolan government recently authorised the concession of rights of diamond prospecting of the Lacage kimberlite, Luacheze district, eastern Moxico province, to the National Diamond Company of Angola (ENDIAMA E.P), in an area of 3,000 square kilometres.

Sotheby’s to Auction 84.37 Carat Brilliant Cut Diamond
Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels auction, to take place on November 14 in Geneva, will offer a brilliant-cut diamond, weighing 84.37 carats, which estimators have valued at 15-20 million CHF ($13-$17.33 million).

Hearts on Fire Diamonds, Better Quality or Just Better Marketing?
The stones are “ideal cut” a method designed by Marcel Tolkowsky to deliver the most brilliance and fire. The Hearts on Fire stones have a hearts and arrows patter in the cut. If you look at the stone through the bottom using a jeweler’s loupe you see eight hearts. From the top you see eights bursts of fire.

A regular diamond geezer
Clifford Elphick spent two decades advising the Oppenheimers, then set up his own mining company. Nothing personal, he says, but he wants to rival De Beers

First-Class Travel
Airlines offer first-class amenities like onboard mini fridges, vintage Champagne, and services that whisk you through security and customs in a fraction of the usual time.

Floating luxury, super-sized

Gitanjali Lifestyle to ride high on luxury

Rich buyers rush luxury cars
A BOOMING economy and cashed-up buyers are driving Queensland luxury car sales through the roof, according to insurance giant AAMI.

Golf Cart
Golf carts made to look like Lamborghini, Bentley, Hummer, and so on.

Wally’s new 70 WallyPower Lau Lau yacht
Latest from the house of renowned Wally Yachts is the 70 WallyPower Lau Lau, which debuted at the Monaco Yacht Show.

Bissol 4GB USB
The brass or nickel-plated finished gizmo will still cost you $260. It’s water-proof, dust-proof and only 2.2 mm thick.

Walk-in panoramic display
Mitsubishi Electric unveiled a 2-meter tall, 7.5-meter diameter panoramic display system consisting of synchronized rear-projection displays arranged in a wall that encircles the viewer.

Motorola RAZR2 V8 Luxury Edition
Motorola had announced a luxury edition of the new RAZR2 V8 with limited quantities

Gold closes above $800 at highest level since 1980
Gold futures rallied Friday to close above $800 at their highest level in nearly 28 years, boosted by rallying crude-oil prices and the dollar’s tumble to a new record low against the euro.

Diamonds go designer
Hearts on Fire pursues a jeweler’s dream: creating a branded diamond.

2007 Beijing International Jewelry Expo
The 2007 Beijing International Jewelry Expo was kicked off on November 1, 2007 at Beijing International Exhibition Center, with a 24K gold-plated model of the Chang’e-1 lunar orbiter, a pair of gold slippers, a set of gold chess, jade dumplings, etc, were put on display.

Diamond deals
HRH Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip will celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary on November 20. Ken Bennett highlights holidays worthy of a similarly special occasion

A pet-use mp3 player adorned with diamond