Hublot’s One Million Dollar Big Bang

Posted on May 9 - Filed Under Jewelry | Leave a Comment

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With the Big Bang’s new found popularity amongst the horologically savvy Hublot has unveiled its “One Million Dollar Big Bang” at this year’s Baselword. The One Million Dollar Big Bang watch is completely covered, case, dial and buckle, with more than 493 Top Wesselton “baguette” diamonds. It is the first ever watch or let me be precise, flying tourbillion, realized in “serti mysterieux” or “mysterious setting.” Serti mysterieux is a technique pioneered by Van Cleef & Arpels to hide the stone settings under the stone. Thus you can only see the diamonds or the stones, not the structure which is holding them.

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Hublot has spent more than 2,000 hours making the One Million Dollar Big Bang; from design through to research and development, machine programming, choice of (micro-) precision tools, the cutting of the diamonds, the visual examination of each part, setting, casing and fine-tuning.

This just leaves one question, “Is the One Million Dollar Big Bang considered a Timepiece or Jewelry?”

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Pearl necklace sells for over 10 times Christie’s pre-auction estimate

Posted on May 5 - Filed Under Jewelry | Leave a Comment

Pearl necklace

The nine-strand necklace that once belonged to Umm Kulthoum sold for $1,385,000 in April in Dubai, which is over ten times the pre-auction estimate announced by Christie’s. See Bloomberg’s post on the Dubai art auction market.

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Goldvish ‘Le million’ PIECE UNIQUE limited edition cell phone

Posted on May 1 - Filed Under Jewelry | Leave a Comment

Goldvish Cell Phone

Marketed as the world’s most expensive cell phone, the Goldvish ‘Le million’ PIECE UNIQUE limited edition communicator made it to the Guiness Book of World Records as “The world’s most expensive cellular phone” with its 1 million EURO price tag.

More info at the Goldvish website

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