Blue Diamond Achieves Record Price at Sotheby’s
On Tuesday May 12, Sotheby’s realized $9,488,754 (CHF 10,498,500 / �7,024,336) for a fancy vivid blue, internally flawless cushion-shaped diamond weighing 7.03 carats. This is the highest price for a fancy vivid blue diamond sold at auction and the world-record price per carat for any gemstone sold at auction – $1,349,752. The sale was held in Geneva, and the price topped the pre-sale estimate of $5.8-8.5 million. The diamond, which was cut from a 26.58 carat rough, was discovered in 2008 at Petra Diamonds' historic Cullinan diamond mine in South Africa, the world's most consistently reliable source of blue diamonds. The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) graded the stone as fancy vivid blue in color and internally flawless in clarity, the highest possible grading for a blue diamond. The winning bidder, who wishes to remain anonymous, has not yet exercised his or her privilege to name the stone.

The Grail has landed :)
Not that long ago, I decided that I was through with buying any more watches for the time being. It turned out that I was wrong, but if you'll bear with me I'll do my best to explain why...Firstly, I had no less than 4 absolutely gorgeous Rolex sports watches in the collection - a 1665, a 1675, a 5513 and a 1680. In fact, the 1680 was without doubt one the best I've ever seen, but to own two Subs from the same year was just a little too self-indulgent for comfort . Bearing in mind that the 5513 is equally nice, I had some thinking to do when I received a recent request from the former owner to buy it back.Secondly, whilst my Mk II Speedy was a fantastic-looking watch, I learnt a lesson through owning it. It's obvious that I love a bit of vintage, but I found that the replacement dial and hands on the Mk II meant that I was regarding it in a slightly different light to my others; and this was exacerbated when I found myself feeling the love for some of the slightly more original example

Omega calls
I saw this today, offered 15% off, tempted....help!

I gave in
Ok so Ive owned my Patek 5167 on steel bracelet now for a couple months...I really want to preserve the bracelet and im constantly worried about scratching it when I wear it out...Bit the bullet on sunday and ordered the rubber strap and deployment clasp. Total cost, around $1300 Im kinda kicking myself but I know I will like having the option of going back and forth when I get bored. I want to order the brown strap too, from the 5167R...the dial on the 5167A looks kinda brownish in some light anyways so Id be interested to see how that will turn out. Ben bridge said the strap and clasp will arrive in a few weeks and that I should allot about an hour for sizing.

Got a new Sky Dweller
Not the one I wanted, but didn't want to pass on a steel Sky Dweller. AD insisted on taking the stickers off the head piece of the watch but left them on the band. He showed me the email from Rolex.1) sale must be for end customer 2) warranty card must reflect name and date3) all stickers must be removed. If stickers aren't removed do not give out warranty card. Warranty card will be named and dated when stickers are removed.The last bullet point he told me that they can leave all the stickers on if it's a gift, but no warranty card will be given until the recipient comes back to have the stickers removed and the watch resized. Guy wasn't budging at all on the policy. Feels great. Just wish it was blue. Not sure if I wanna keep it, but here it is...Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk