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    The Aesthete
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    High jewellery clients see investment potential in designer’s sculptural pieces

  • Tuesday, 11 August, 2020
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  • Saturday, 25 July, 2020
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  • Saturday, 9 May, 2020
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  • Saturday, 25 January, 2020
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  • Sunday, 3 November, 2019
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    Bold jazz-age designs make this fiercely tricky high-fire technique shine bright on jewellery and objets

  • Thursday, 3 October, 2019
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    Luxury brands cultivate their client base in mountain-set ski boutiques

  • Thursday, 21 March, 2019
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    Designer Fabrizio Buonamassa Stigliani on Japanese stationery, driving shoes and apricot tart

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  • Wednesday, 26 September, 2018
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    How JD.com won the trust of watchmakers

    Chinese retail platform offers the reach and support that international brands seek

  • Thursday, 31 May, 2018
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    How certificates can boost your watch’s worth

    Brands and owners alike are delving into the record books to add value

  • Thursday, 22 March, 2018
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    Sotheby’s, Christie’s look outside for luxury leaders

    These two women are reshaping how the companies sell watches and jewellery

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  • Saturday, 11 November, 2017
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    The site faced stiff resistance from brands when it first courted them

  • Thursday, 28 September, 2017
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    Western luxury brands angle for Asian exposure

    Financial and aesthetic mergers are mingling the tastes of Europe and China

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    Brands must strike a balance between VR as a marketing tool and as a gimmick

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    With the Speedy Tuesday, buying watches online gets sophisticated

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    Chinese ballet dancer stretches himself in London

    After a leap of faith three years ago, Jinhao Zhang has discovered the artistic merits of life at the English National Ballet

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