The R&M “Lettre”

Raul Sapora looks at whether De Beers missed the lab-grown threat. Raul Sapora, a gemologist, ESG consultant, and Gübelin Gem Lab ambassador, offers his thoughts on whether De Beers misjudged the threat of lab-grown diamonds. There is a growing narrative around De Beers. It is neat, persuasive, and, with the benefit of hindsight, almost irresistible. […]

The prospective sale of De Beers was clearly on the minds of attendees at this week’s Mining Indaba conference, with Anglo American CEO Duncan Wanblad calling the process “relatively far advanced,” an Angolan minister discussing what his country wants, and former De Beers chief Gareth Penny (pictured) spelling out his ideas for the company. Wanblad […]

The brands’ high jewelry collections performed especially well last year despite a challenging environment. Paris—LVMH’s full-year sales declined as the luxury giant navigated a challenging environment, but its jewelry brands held their own. “I think we’ll make it through the winter,” said LVMH Chairman and CEO Bernard Arnault on an earnings call Tuesday afternoon [Jan. […]

It is rare to find photographs of ‘rough diamonds’ of a fine jewelry quality on the internet. Rough diamonds are stones in their natural state as they are found in the earth before being cut and polished to become the jewels that you know. Rubel & Ménasché is proud to present an exceptional photo to […]

January’s Fashion Week saw certain jewelers present their new fine jewelry collections in an early spring atmosphere.

Fine jewelry captivates Paris twice a year, during the Fashion Weeks in July and January. They are a wonderful opportunity to showcase rare and complex craftsmanship, exceptional stones as well as the stories of the jewelry companies. Let us look back at some of the beautiful creations that illuminated 2023.

Good news for the Parisian diamantaire Rubel & Ménasché: the company has been attributed the French Living Heritage Company (EPV) label for the second time. This distinction, awarded by the French state, honors the workshop cutters’ technical mastery of traditional know-how, as well as the excellence and innovation of the associated industrial processes. 

This question has been playing on my mind for the past few months. Who might buy jewelry set with a synthetic diamond? What are the arguments that—really—hit the mark? How about me: given everything that I know about natural diamonds, would I personally buy a synthetic diamond?

So far, 2018 has been a positive year for the diamond trade, with the US and China, the two largest diamond-jewelry markets, showing steady growth. In fact, in China, the jewelry-retail sector has experienced positive results after three years of decline.

Will the year 2018 be a watershed movement for the diamond industry? Neither better nor worse than any other, it does however seem to be bringing great changes or renewal. With De Beers leading the way—and that is certainly not revolutionary—the diamond industry is taking its destiny in its hands. Half way through the year, […]

Anyone who has ever done a back-of-the-envelope calculation of the US fine jewelry market in the past few years arrived at figures that were far below the official numbers published by the US government.

We are reaching the end of the holidays and to ease us back into work, whilst allowing ourselves to linger a little in the summer, let’s take a look at the high end jewelry collections presented alongside Fashion Week and the Parisian high fashion collections at the start of July.