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.

42mm Steel OEM Bracelet
Does anyone know what the current price of a 42mm SS ROO bracelet cost and where to source one from?

A Walk Through Patek Philippe Finishing Departments
Check out the amount of hand finishing Patek does. Its truly remarkable how much work goes into a Patek (and of course many other brands)https://.youtube/watch?v=ZSk2a91nh-s

My First Rolex: SubC ND 114060
I’ll admit that Rolex as a brand was never something on my radar, even while being very into watches for the past ten years. Until about a year ago, Rolex represented people who had more money than sense or wanted to show off. The price did not throw me off since there are plenty of watches that cost more that have been on my radar for a long time; it was more the cache that came with the brand name. I don’t know exactly what changed, but I realized that was all in my head and something about the 114060’s simple, uncluttered dial really appealed to me. It is a watch that can take a beating and still look as good as new.Last weekend (9 days ago) I was fortunate enough to purchase a brand new 114060 from an AD about 45 minutes away from me. There are a number of Rolex AD’s much closer to me, but none of them had any stainless steel sports models in stock, nor could give an estimate when any would be coming in. A few offered to put me on a wait list, and a few othe

How can I not feel bored with my GMT LN after seeing the new pepsi?
The LN is my only watch and worn every day, purchased new a few months ago. I like the watch and the GMT function but I sometimes feel the appearance is a little dull and too corporate. Now compared to the new pepsi, despite the ceramic colors more closely resembling fruit flavored candy rather than a traditional bezel, seems so much more exciting to me. If the choice was given to me I would definitely have chosen the pepsi despite its colors lacking the greatness of the pre-ceramic models. Maybe my real problem is that there is such a lack of variation in a collection of just one watch despite me being such a watch enthusiast?