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WAT C H E S & JEWELLERY AUTUMN ⁄ WINTER 2024

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F E ATU R E S 54 UP CLOSE

Getting personal with this season’s most spectacular gemstones 63 BEHIND

THE SCENES Avril Groom goes behind the curtain to reveal how lu xur y brands treat their Ver y Important Clients 68 LOCK IT DOWN

Amy Wakeham on how to keep your watch safe 70 CHAIN

RE ACTION What are the industr y innovations that make it easier to trace your gemstone’s past? asks Joanna Hardy 74 DIAL IT DOWN

Smaller is mightier, says Shane C. Kurup 78 WATCH

WIZARDRY These independents are making great changes in the watch world, says James Gurney 80 SCIENCE

OF TIME This year’s most technical watch innovations 88 JEWELLERY

BY NUMBERS Gucci does coloured gems

REGULARS 20 EDITOR’S

LETTER 22 CONTRIBUTORS

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CHANEL Haute Horlogerie Première Camélia X-Ray watch in 18ct white gold and diamonds,

with a technically challenging sapphire crystal case

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