How Andrew Grima Changed the Face of Jewellery in Britain.

The Telegraph: In the Sixties, following a decade of ladylike clothes and neat little diamond suites, Andrew Grima’s approach to jewellery design was considered revolutionary. Giant, semi-precious stones dominated in his collections, set in their raw, natural forms among complex, …

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Will Salisbury’s Clock Restoration Featured in The Sunday Times

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4h7I3mO80oWe are featured in the Sunday Times Newspaper.

William Salisbury works hard to restore this rather large wall clock for the Clock House in Chelsea.

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The clock as it was when it came in to the shop for restoration.
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The Sunday Times – 21st August 2016
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After repairing the mechanism the clock needed to be stripped and painted in black and gold.
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Post restoration – the clock is bolted back onto the wall. The Clock House, Chelsea.

Actress Maria Felix – La Doña de Cartier.

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María Félix’s bespoke two-headed Cartier Panther bracelet

‘Some friends tell me that pearls make people cry.  The only pearls that make me cry are fake ones.’  (Maria’s famous words)

An icon of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s, María Félix was known for playing intense, strong women on screen.
Félix’s patronage of the fine jewellers, that, in 2006, Cartier honoured the actress with a collection entitled La Doña de Cartier. The range paid homage to Félix’s reptilian inspirations, featuring a watch with links intended to evoke the ridges of a crocodile’s back.

Félix dressed mostly in Christian Dior, Givenchy, Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel, Balenciaga and Hermès couture, the star’s taste for unique pieces of jewellery lead her to commission Cartier to create several bespoke jewels, striking up a creative partnership with director of high jewellery Jeanne Toussaint.

The first, in 1968, was a striking serpent necklace made of platinum and white gold, encrusted with 2,473 brilliant and baguette cut diamonds, weighing over 178 carats.  Félix was highly impressed by the lifelike qualities of Cartier’s rendition of the animal that she asked the jeweller to design another reptile replica.

Don’t miss our Cartier inspired jewellery coming soon in store and on line.

The value of vintage watches is rising

‘The value of vintage watches is rising as more people seek an alternative to modern, high-tech gadgets.  The price of the most collectable second-hand wristwatches is rising by 5 per cent a year thanks to their old-fashioned appeal – telling …

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Paving the Way for Horological Instruments

Imperfection in the adjusting and regulating of movements did not prevent craftsmen of the XVIth and XVIIth centuries from making exquisite watches, and horologists began to congregate in certain well-defined centres.  The fact of being able to share technological knowledge …

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Wedding Anniversaries

As we head into Spring and Summer (wedding season is approaching us.) We are reminded and inspired with Valentines Day and Wedding Anniversaries beckoning.  Here is a list of a traditional Wedding Anniversary Gem Stones to get you in the …

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