Jaeger-Lecoultre : The Franco-Swiss Watchmaking Alliance
The story of Jaeger-Lecoultre began in 1833 in the Vallée de Joux in the Swiss Jura when Antoine LeCoultre, a 30-year-old Swiss inventor, set up...
Apatite, the beautiful stone with a tender heart
Unlike most other gemstones, apatite has not crossed peoples and civilizations. The stone is not mentioned in any historical legend, or in any story or...
Recycle your old jewelry at Les Pierres de Julie
Recycling at the heart of the jewelry creation, Do you have necklaces, rings, bracelets sleeping in a drawer? Sentimental inheritance or damaged or worn out...
Spessartite : the burning gem!
In the large family of garnets, I would like to mention the spessartite. This gem is a variety of alumina garnet discovered in 1880 in...
Omega : The 007 of watches
The Omega brand appeared in 1848 under the name of Louis Brandt, its Swiss-born creator. It offered watches of great quality and precision for their...
The Padparadscha Sapphire : A sunset on the Indian Ocean
This variety of pink-orange sapphire gets its name from the Sinhalese padam radshen "lotus flower" which was the first expression to describe the color of...
Fred: From the Soleil d'Or to Pretty Woman ...
On the occasion of the great retrospective exhibition "Fred, jeweler-creator since 1936" held in Paris at the Palais de Tokyo, I decided to tell you...
Heated or unheated gemstones?
Heated or unheated gemstones?
Some of you will ask yourself this question when buying a precious or fine gemstone.
