I always thought that my Swarovski watch is the ultimate thing that has ever seen life but the recent collection launched by Jaeger-LeCoultre has made my time piece blush! Yeah, I know they are the best watch-makers in the whole wide world, or so the gfame goes but I never though that they would surpass their own best so easily. The new Jaeger-LeCoultre Le Lierre Collection. It’s a green fantasy turned to life! It is made in the form of ivy leaves and tendrils, only the green leaves are realised in gold and precious stones to make it the ultimate style statement.

The set comes complete with a necklace, a bracelet, a ring and a pair of in 18k yellow gold and and yellow sapphires. In total, it has 14,000 gemstones and it costs a paltry $4.3 million. You heard it right! Paltry is what I said. The miracle that this piece is, 4.3 million is too paltry an amout if you ask me.

Via TimeZone

Swarovski encrusted gizmos offers a feast to the changing taste of geeks’ and the latest creation is all set to break few heads. Designed and developed by designer Kyle Daevel especially for geeky divas, the Crystal Game Station cum Necklace is a perfect blend of technology and lifestyle. Respecting the changing culture, the necklace is festooned with polished round stones and is functional enough to reflect your geeky persona. The concept of the fashionable gizmo stands on a Role Playing game (RPG) format. The body of this bluetooth enabled interactive game console cum necklace is layered with tidily cut crystal.

The contour looks like a macrobiotic prototype and combines into an eight point star outline at the centre of the contrivance. It can be easily carried as a necklace and within no time function as a game console by detaching the crystal pendant from necklace and hooking it up to the game station. So next time you happen to be a part of A spinster party and find yourself surrounded by techie divas then utilize the best of the opportunity to transfer data from those having similar Crystal game Station.

Via Crystallized

Athina Onassis, the heiress once hailed as ‘the richest little girl in the world’, is on a move to auction off her millions of pounds of jewelry that she inherited from her mother Christina. The fortune worth is amounted at £1 billion but her call for auction is the result of her decision that she has no need of what she sees as the glittering paraphernalia of a departed era. The jewelry collection up for auction is anticipated to generate £8 million on 11 June at Christie’s.

The exhibited collection include a pear-shaped 38-carat diamond estimated at up to £2.2 million, a ruby and diamond necklace by Van Cleef and Arpels expected to fetch £40,000, a rare Buddha by Carl Fabergé that was positioned on Onassis’s yacht likely to generate £250,000 to £350,000 plus a 14.79 carat diamond ring by Harry Winston worthy to realize £500,000-£700,000.

Via DailyMail

An antique ‘Satlada’ necklace embedded with 1,888 pearls, once a possession of Arab world’s most famous singer, Umm Kulthoum got sold for $1,385,000 at a Christie’s auction in this rich Gulf emirate. This nine-strand necklace was purchased by an unnamed buyer from the Middle East and has fetched almost 10-times the pre-estimated sales price of $1, 20,000. The necklace is a part of the valuables collected by the Egyptian-born singer.

The descendants of Arab’s diva had put this necklace for sale. This necklace was flaunted by Umm Kulthoum at number of her stage performances. The pearl necklace with its multihued enamel and white stone minutiae was designed in 19th century India. It was a gift to the Umm by diva by Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the late president of the United Arab Emirates in 1975 when she was 70.

Via FoxNews

Pearls are considered as accessories that are pure and thus convey peace once worn besides maintaining its elegance. I have a fad for pearls and currently my kit is over populated with variety of pearl necklace. But this is no reason to stop me hunting from catching the latest trends and that too when my marriage is on cards. My profession doesn’t allow me to spend so much time on shopping and thus I fall amongst that category of netizens who do all transactions online including shopping.

And I realized its worth after visiting pearlnecklacejewelry.com that is a storehouse of elite jewelry offering and i simply adore Black Pearl Necklace, Freshwater Pearl Necklace, Akoya Pearl Necklace and many other pearly accessories. These are authentic Japanese Akoya saltwater and freshwater pearls. Each pearl is hand-picked and hand-knotted with delicacy and are appraised by a IGI Graduate Gemologist to be 100% genuine.

I was taken a back by their beautiful yet affordable collection of necklaces and earrings. They are simple but yet classy and can be worn in any gala party. Their appeal is such that they end up inviting eyeballs and compliments even if carried with a pain black gown. I am enthralled to get some but waiting for an occasion as an excuse demanding pearl jewelry as gift from my hubby. They are priced between $200-$50, which is quite affordable and a neat deal to make. If not for yourself, they can be considered as a best option to gift someone. I would suggest you to stroll through the site once to get a feel of their valuable collection and can guarantee that you won’t come back empty handed.

No, don’t mistake by pointing it as an ordinary rose. Touted as world’s most expensive red rose festooned with a 50 carat diamond necklace valued at $75,450, it could be your savior for gifting belated valentine gift. The eternal rose was offered as part of a six course gala Valentine’s dinner and an overnight stay at the hotel presidential suite in Bangkok. I think it’s a great way to spread love in the air.

Via Telegraph

The finest wood-burning steel stove is a unique creation by Swiss company Sikken. It offers you immense pleasure to enjoy the real fire devoid of any impediment of glass. The USP of this stove lies in offering first-hand experience of enjoying the blazing fire within your home.

The fire is restrained to a solid steel structure. The captivating door system allows the premium wood stove to open on its own. The fireplace is located up on the top portion of the edifice to offer an outstanding view. You may open the door to protect from the radiation. But if need be, you can shut the doors completely and the warmth can sieve through the steel. The round shape of this stove doesn’t come cheap and thus demands $26,214 while the square one can settle down for $24,594. Buy it now and experience the luxury.

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Featured above is a Montblanc Lumiere necklace studded with around 11.88 carats with Montblanc star diamond lynching from it. This masterpiece of jewelry along with striking earrings was a major attraction at the 7th Annual awards season diamond fashion show preview hosted by Diamond Information Center and In Style in Beverly Hills on 10 January 2008. The beautiful neckpiece is priced at $5mn and is encrusted with 3,050 stones counting a total of 378.74 carats.
Also, another diamond necklace called Montblanc Eclat with attuned earrings also dominated people’s mind. Valued at $2.415 million, the diamond (pictured below) is festooned with 1,464 diamonds for a total of 58.75 carats. For being a complete woman, I would propose you to pick earrings as well retailed at $810,000. It makes a perfect match.

Via Yahoo

The Bonhams’ foundational auction of Fine Western and Jadeite Jewellery scheduled for 28 November would feature around 150 lots of striking jewelry that is estimated to fetch over HK$30 million in Hong Kong. Some of the highlights are:

A jadeite cabochon and diamond ring retailed at $320-450,000 and jadeite bead necklace $2.1-3.3 million.

An emerald pendant necklace retailed at $2.4-3.2 mn.

A luna pearl expected to be auctioned at $500-770,000 and Burmese ruby and diamond ring of 5.16 carats for $400-600,000.

Featured below is a diamond ring of 15.01 carats valued at $1.3-1.9 million and emerald and diamond ear pendants that might generate sales of $800,000-1 million in Hong Kong.

Via Bonhams