As Geneva buzzed with watchmaking, four standout pieces from independent salons offered a distinct take on time, design, and ...

At Watches & Wonders 2025, Chanel confirmed what its haute horlogerie has quietly insisted for years: it doesn’t make watches to compete with the usual suspects. It makes them to tell stories. To ...

One Rapelana is a Botswana-born designer and founder of Xita Designs, known for bold, sculptural jewellery crafted from recycled materials. A self-taught maker with a background in marketing, she ...

Mbako Baraedi is a Botswana-born jeweller known for translating cultural heritage into contemporary design. A graduate of Politecnico di Milano and winner of the De Beers Shining Light Award, he draws ...

Venasho Phiri is a Zambian bench jeweller and goldsmith at Jewel of Africa, a Lusaka-based fine jewellery house. In 2025, he won the Expert Category of the “It’s All in Our Hands” competition at ...

Khumo P. Makwa is a Botswana-based jewellery designer and founder of 89 Carat Street. In 2025, she gained international recognition when her Mapula Brooch won the Emerging Designers category at ...

JGAA unveils at GemGeneve a series of competitions and inspiring projects designed to offer a global platform for African talent.

When Louis Vuitton launched its first Tambour watch in 2002, few could have predicted the impact it would eventually have. Initially seen as a bold design from a fashion house, the drum-shaped Tambour ...

Hirsh London unveils a striking addition to its jewellery offering. Story is a collection of gold and diamond jewels based on the nonagon, the nine-sided geometric form. Minimalist and elegant, the ...

In Valenza, a small but industrious city in northern Italy long regarded as the country’s jewellery capital, Bvlgari has unveiled a landmark project. With its newly expanded Manifattura — now the ...