Elite Traveler March-April 2017

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Harry Winston NEW YORK, 1932 Harry Winston chased important stones across the world and, at one point, owned the second-largest collection of historic jewelry in the world, including the Hope Diamond. Philanthropy was deeply important to Harry Winston, who used the intrigue surrounding the Hope Diamond and his collection to raise money for charity in a traveling jewelry exhibit. He finally donated the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution, famously sending it via registered mail. In addition to acquiring important stones, in the 1940s Harry Winston pioneered a new setting, the Winston Cluster, that let the stones, not the setting, direct the jewelry design. The 3D setting mixes different cuts of diamonds, including pear, marquise and round. The house has recently updated the setting as part of its high-jewelry Secrets collection. The pictured Secret Cluster necklace transforms into a sautoir, three-row necklace or back drop-pendant. Its secret? A hidden locket within the diamonds.

Tiffany &Co NEW YORK, 1837

From Breakfast at Tiffany’s to its patented engagement-ring setting, the Tiffany name instantly conjures up glamorous gems and jewelry like Louis Comfort Tiffany’s famous Art Nouveau pieces and Jean Schlumberger’s whimsical nature- inspired designs, including the pictured Fish brooch with diamonds and gemstones from the Tiffany archives. Over the years, Tiffany has had many famous diamonds, including the 128-carat yellow Tiffany Diamond, and is credited with discovering several types of gemstones such as kunzite, morganite, tanzanite and tsavorite. But when it comes to the ultimate expression of Tiffany, it’s not the little blue box but the big Blue Book, the annual high-jewelry catalog that the company has distributed to clients since 1845.

This year, in the Art of the Wild, designers visited the tropics and created stunning nature-inspired jewelry.

1. Harry Winston Secret Cluster necklace in p 988 4110, harrywinston.com 3. Tiffany & Co T diamonds 5. Tiffany & Co Blue Book earrings in pla

latinum with 81.85 carats diamonds 2. Harry Winston Cluster b he Jean Schlumberger Fish brooch from the Tiffany & Co arc tinum with more than 6 carats diamonds; both price

racelet in platinum with 19.10 carats diamonds; both price on request, available by appointment, +1 800 hives, featuring diamonds and gemstones 4. Tiffany & Co Blue Book earrings in platinum and 18K yellow gold with

on request, available by appointment, +1 800 843 3269, tiffany.com