With an $80,000 diamond-encrusted Barbie, Swatch Group’s $1 billion acquisition of Harry Winston’s luxury jewelry and watch unit, and big diamond jewels from the Golden Globes, we’d say 2013 is off to a great start.
Check out some of the latest stories in diamond and jewelry news…
Swatch Group AG (UHR), the biggest maker of Swiss timepieces, agreed to buy the Harry Winston watch and jewelry unit for about $1 billion, adding a luxury label in its biggest acquisition.
Harry Winston Diamond Corp. (HW)’s $1 billion sale of a luxury unit to Swatch Group AG (UHR) provides the cash to invest more in diamond mining, a business that last year was more than twice as profitable as jewelry.
The man generally credited with discovering the Ekati mine has commenced legal action to block Harry Winston’s acquisition of the Canadian diamond deposit.
Are you ready for the next level of online diamond shopping? James Allen has launched a new site featuring an unprecedented technology for displaying diamonds.
A group of about 60 scientists from Luxembourg-based Element Six, a company owned by giant De Beers, is working on exotic materials using synthetic diamonds.
Robert Procop has become known to most people as the jewelry design partner of Angelina Jolie. The two are creating high jewelry pieces using statement gemstones under the Style of Jolie brand.