By Roberta Naas With the help of famed diamond house, Graff Diamonds, we bring you on a journey that tracks a famed diamond from its rough form, through cutting and polishing, to its final place as a center stone in a stunning piece of jewelry. In fact, the largest fancy intense yellow diamond cut from the 299-carat rough we are tracing was unveiled to the world this time last year. Now we bring the untold story of the Graff Golden Empress to light.

By Pooja Argawal The Cartier High Jewelry Koinobori Secret watch is a unique creation from the celebrated French maison. Launched in Hong Kong last year at Watches & Wonders, the region’s premier watch event, this one-of-a-kind bracelet holds a beautiful secret: a hidden watch dial.

By Roberta Naas It was a grand slam weekend in tennis with smashing results at Wimbledon. The finals were fantastic. But in the end, Raonic couldn’t keep up the pace and Murray came out victorious at this oldest tennis tournament in the world. Now we take a look at the tennis stars and the watches they wear.

By Roberta Naas A world record was set -- the highest price paid for a John Arnold watch -- for a timepiece built by the British legend in 1781. This watch and another historic British watch, built by Thomas Earnshaw  and Thomas Wright in 1781 -- were the top two lots at yesterday's   Sotheby’s London “John Harrison’s Enduring Discovery ” auction. The auction was designed to celebrate watchmakers of the 18thcentury Golden era of English watchmaking, and

By Roberta Naas At a recent "Watches & Engines" event with Bulgari, we got an inside look at Nicola Bulgari's extensive collection of American vintage cars, as well as at some of the brand's record-breaking watches. Nicola Bulgari's passion for

By Roberta Naas Just recently, Greubel Forsey unveiled its $1.3 million Double Tourbillon 30-Degrees Technique Sapphire watch. The entire case of this limited edition (8 pieces) watch was milled from a single piece of sapphire, revealing the 396-part movement. This watch is exemplary of the new direction many watch brands are taking when it comes to utilizing high-tech materials for watchcases.

By Roberta Naas Celebrating its long-standing relationship with aviation, Zenith watches unveils two new limited-edition series of its more famed watches: the Pilot Type 20 GMT and the Pilot Type 20 Extra Special. Each watch is being offered in a run of just 50 pieces, and each is available only in the American and Canadian markets. Even better, just in time for the Fourth of July, these watches sport deep blue dials that are incredibly appealing to the American watch lover. While these watches were first shown at the Couture Time show in Las Vegas

Victoria Townsend A symbol of life and fertility in hot, arid climates, the color green also means lucky in Ireland and hopeful in France. Attributed with almost as many qualities as there are countries and cultures, whether you like yours in a forest, shamrock or olive tone, no matter where you are, we all know everywhere that “Green Means Go”!

By Roberta Naas "Birds of a Feather Flock Together," or so the saying goes. The truth of the matter is these loveable birds opted to go their own way – sporting bejeweled necklaces and other jewelry items worthy of royalty. With the warm weather here and a host of summer soiree's in full swing, it may be a great time to opt for the ultimate jewels to wear with that dreamy LBD.

By Roberta Naas Vacheron Constantin’s Historiques collection is the line that is dedicated to the brand’s rich heritage. It consists of watch designs that are resurrected, from the brand’s 261 years of archives, but with slight updated modifications. Now Vacheron Constantin unveils three Historiques models, offered for the first time in either gold or platinum. All of the watches bear the Hallmark of Geneva certification.

By Victoria Townsend Manually corrected only once every year, annual calendars count the total number of days in 11 months out of 12 and provide useful information on creative dials. With a quick glance at your wrist, you can see not only the time but also the day, date, month and (often) the phase of the moon. Here are three annual calendars that are so beautiful and user-friendly you will find yourself looking forward to February 28…or 29, just for the pleasure of resetting your watch on March 1st.

By Jordan Smith The two worlds of street art and haute horlogerie are crashing together in a big way. Famed graffiti artist Cyril Kongo and Richard Mille have teamed up for the brand new RM 68-01 Tourbillon Cyril Kongo watch.

By Christopher Beccan Learn how Last Drop 1967 and the Heuer Autavia 2446 go perfectly together in our latest Watches and Whisky feature.

By Roberta Naas Those familiar with Formula One racing know the name Max Chilton and Team Marussia, which is now defunct. British racecar driver, Max Chilton, however, has started a new life … this time with the American counterpart to F1: IndyCar. He has joined the Gallagher/Chip Ganassi Racing Team, donned the blue, white and silver team colors and embarked on a new direction in time with independent watchmaker, Armin Strom. The driver, already familiar with the Armin Strom brand since his F1 days, approached Armin Strom when he moved to IndyCar and the brand quickly got behind him again as a sponsor. Now, the two take their partnership to a new level, unveiling the Armin Strom Max Chilton Edge Double Barrel Watch.

By Roberta Naas The Breitling Jet Team - the largest civilian aerobatic aviation team -- is in its second year of American touring. The partnership between Breitling and the Jet Team underscores the attention, by both, to detail, precision, excellence and outstanding performance.Everyone who knows watches knows that Breitling is perhaps the brand most closely affiliated with flight and pilots’ instruments for the wrist. It therefore makes great sense that this is the company that would pioneer the way for aviation sponsorships. In fact, it was

By Victoria Townsend We all know the playful and multi award-winner Margot, Christophe Claret’s first timepiece developed specifically for ladies, launched in 2014 and based on the theme “He loves me…he loves me not” with a daisy in the centre of the dial. When pressing the pushbutton at 2 o’clock, 1 or 2 petals slide under the dial, and a degree of love (or not) with the French words for: “he loves me: a little, a lot, passionately, madly, or not at all” are selected, all at random and accompanied by a chime at each press.