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This week included Shinola’s double shout-out from the campaign trail and news that a Breguet pocket watch that used to belong to a media mogul will be up for auction in May.
The Breguet No. 217 that once belonged to journalist Charles-Louis Havas, founder of the news agency that eventually became the Agence France-Presse, will go up on the auction block at Christie’s Geneva later this spring.
This week, De Beers diamond brand Forevermark announced it is expanding into three more countries, bringing its footprint to 38 total consumer markets.
In watch news, Democratic president front-runner Hillary Clinton mentioned Shinola by name as she unveiled her jobs plan in a speech in Detroit while Christie’s announced that it would auction an 18-karat gold Breguet pocket watch that once belonged to the founder of Agence France-Presse in May.
Meanwhile, Jewelers of America released the schedule for its two-day education program at the JA New York show next week.
Revisit the week as it was, in photos.
Forevermark has announced its expansion into three more markets--Thailand, Hungary and South Korea--making the brand available in more than 1,700 outlets in a total of 38 markets. Read more here.
According to the Jewelers Security Alliance’s 2015 crime report, released late last week, the total number of crimes against the jewelry industry decreased 15 percent last year due in part to information sharing and “excellent” police work. Read more here.
Shinola received two mentions on the presidential campaign trail this past week, including one from Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. Read more here.
An 18-karat gold Breguet pocket watch that once belonged to the founder of international news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) will be up for sale this May at Christie’s Geneva. Read more here.
Jewelers of America announced the schedule for its two-day education program at the JA New York Spring show, which opens Sunday at the Javits Center in New York. Read more here.
In the last installment of her T.I.A. blog series chronicling her trip to East Africa, Associate Editor Brecken Branstrator talks about an emotional trip to a rural Tanzanian school that the jewelry and gemstone industry is helping. Read more here.
Bulgari has designed and organized an exhibition at the Museo di Roma-Palazzo Braschi in Rome showcasing how snakes are and have been used in jewelry, art and design over the years. Read more here.
A recent story in The Washington Post about how bars are dealing with the increasing amount of requests to charge patrons’ smartphones brings up the question of when it’s OK to say no to a customer in this blog from Editor-in-Chief Michelle Graff. Read more here.
The annual “In the Know” conference organized by the Women’s Jewelry Association took place Thursday in New York. A panel discussion featuring consumers was among the highlights of the day-long conference. Read more here.
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