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WAT C H E S & JEWELLERY AUTUMN ⁄ WINTER 2024

NEWS 28 GLITTER BALL

The latest jeweller y news from Kim Parker 32 SINUOUS SHAPES

Carol Woolton on our love a ffair with snake jeweller y 34 COMMON THREADS

Pippa Small ’s latest project empowering Afghan women 35 OUT OF AFRICA

Thrilling ta les of the African gem rush 36 WHAT’S TICKING?

Watch news from Tim Barber 42 CATCHING THE WIND

All aboard with Richard Mille

SHOPPING 38 GOLD FEV ER

A rush for your wrist 40 ST Y LISH STEALS

The best watches under £5,000 44 ANIMAL KINGDOM

Nature-inspired gems 46 STONE BY STONE

Hardstones in ever y hue 48 HIGH TECH

Innovative new designs 50 LOVE MATCH

Grand-slam tennis bracelets

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ON THE COVER Model wears FOPE Panorama Flex’it rings in white gold and black diamond; FOPE Super Eka diamond necklace; FOPE Luna Full Moon Flex’it choker in white and black gold with diamond pavé roundel; FOPE Super Eka diamond earrings; Michael Kors dress TEAM Fashion director: Nicole Smallwood; Photographer: Rachell Smith; Videographer: Tracer Ital; Make-up: Lan Nguyen Grealis @ Eighteen Management using YSL Beauty; Hair: Yoshitaka Miyazaki using Oribe; Manicure: Christie Huseyin using Dior Vernis in Nude Look and Le Baume Model: Jena Goldsack @ Models 1; Casting Director: Dean Goodman; Photographer’s Assistant: Klaudija Avotina