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Declaring the Golden Hour: Yellow Diamonds Take the Day

The fancy yellow diamond has left the evening. This is the Golden Hour — the season's decisive shift toward significant…

BY THE TREND DESK · 6 MIN READ

Toi et Moi Grows Up

Two stones, one ring — from celebrity gimmick to serious commission.

4 MIN READ

Why Chokers Lead the Necklace Revival

4 MIN READ

The Return of Yellow Gold Under Very Big Stones

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Cover Story · The Stone MarketRecord Legacy Diamonds and Gemstones.
THE LEGACY VAULT · 5.02 CT OVAL, D COLOUR, FLAWLESS

The Quiet Rush Into Five-Carat Stones

While the world watched auction records, America's serious buyers moved down a quieter corridor — the five-to-ten-carat stone, flawless, unbranded, and suddenly very hard to find.

BY The Stone Market Desk · 7 MIN READ · THE COVER STORY
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THE LEGACY VAULT · THE HEIRLOOM SUITE — SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND, EN SUITE
Who Wore What, Where

Amethysts at the White House

BY THE STYLE DESK · 6 MIN READ
FROM THE ARCHIVE · THE LEGENDS
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THE LEGACY VAULT · THE MAHARAJA NECKLACE — TRANSFORMABLE, PEAR BRILLIANTS TO 25.50 CT

Anatomy of a Maharaja Necklace

The great court necklaces of India were not jewellery but engineering — transformable, hierarchical, built to outrank rooms. One such piece resides in our vault. We took it apart, on paper, to show how the grammar works.

BY THE VAULT DESK · 7 MIN READ

The Stone Market

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Record Legacy Diamonds and Gemstones.The Stone Market · Analysis

One Hundred Carats: What the Number Actually Means

The most searched question about hundred-carat diamonds hides a distinction the market rarely explains: a hundred carats in…

6 MIN READ
The Stone Market

The Stone Index: Two-Thirds of the Top of the Market Weighs Five Carats or More

First edition of The Stone Index: 67.5% of catalogued stones weigh five carats or more, and above ten…

5 MIN READ
Record Legacy Diamonds and Gemstones.The Stone Market · Rarity

The Purest Thing on Earth

A vanishingly small share of the diamonds ever pulled from the earth belong to a chemical class so…

7 MIN READ
Record Legacy Diamonds and Gemstones.The Stone Market · Provenance

The Fifth C: Provenance

Cut, colour, clarity, carat — the four Cs describe a stone the day it is graded. There is…

7 MIN READ
Record Legacy Diamonds and Gemstones.Vows · The Upgrade

The Second Ring: The Quiet Art of the Upgrade

Nobody plans to outgrow a ring, and nearly everyone does. On anniversaries, resettings and the etiquette of trading…

6 MIN READ
Record Legacy Diamonds and Gemstones.Vows · The Pairing

Neckline and Necklace: The Pairing Doctrine

The dress is chosen; now the neckline must be answered. A wedding-season doctrine for matching diamonds to décolletage…

7 MIN READ
Record Legacy Diamonds and Gemstones.Vows · Planning

The Proposal Timeline: Six Months Out

A serious stone cannot be summoned on a deadline. The calendar that makes the question effortless, working backward…

5 MIN READ
Record Legacy Diamonds and Gemstones.Vows · Etiquette

Engagement Ring Etiquette Nobody Writes Down

The unwritten rules of asking, wearing, insuring and inheriting — collected from a thousand quiet conversations.

5 MIN READ
Record Legacy Diamonds and Gemstones.Education · The Measure

A Carat Is a Weight, Not a Size

The most misunderstood word in jewellery measures nothing you can see. A carat is 200 milligrams on a…

7 MIN READ
Record Legacy Diamonds and Gemstones.Education · The Report

Reading a Ten-Carat Diamond: What the Report Settles, and What Only the Eye Can

At ten carats, the grading report stops being paperwork and becomes the first act of connoisseurship. It settles…

7 MIN READ
Record Legacy Diamonds and Gemstones.Education · The Duel

Emerald Cut vs. Round Brilliant: The Honest Comparison

One cut is engineered to return every photon it is given; the other declines to perform at all…

7 MIN READ
Record Legacy Diamonds and Gemstones.Education · Field Guide

How a Ring Holds Its Stone: A Field Guide to Settings

Prong, bezel, halo, trilogy — the architecture beneath a diamond decides how it sits, how it shines and…

8 MIN READ

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