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Stuller Launches 2026 Holiday Campaign: Magic Of The Moment

Reading Time: 3 minutes Key takeaways • Stuller launched its 2026 holiday campaign, “”Magic of the Moment,”” to help jewelers prepare for the holiday shopping season. • The campaign features a curated gift guide, seasonal trends such as birthstone and lab-grown stone jewelry, and personalized options like initial pendants. • Jewelers are offered ready-to-use holiday marketing assets and customizable branded brochures ranging from 8 to 44 pages. (LAFAYETTE, La.) – Stuller, a leading jewelry manufacturer and supplier, announces the launch of its 2026 holiday campaign, Magic of the Moment, featuring this season’s key jewelry trends, a curated holiday gift guide, and resources to help jewelers prepare for holiday shoppers. The campaign highlights a curated selection of jewelry styles designed to inspire holiday gifting and celebrate the moments that make the season special. “When gifting jewelry for the holidays, consumer...

The Vanguard Slim Amador Montes Combines an In-House Automatic Movement with a Camel-Colored, Micro-Blasted Dial and Crane Fly-Inspired Hands, Reflecting The Artistic Universe Of Mexican Artist Amador Montes In A Limited Edition Of 60 Timepieces. 

Reading Time: 5 minutes Key takeaways • Franck Muller released “”The Art of Time,”” a limited-edition collaboration of 60 timepieces with Mexican artist Amador Montes based on the iconic Vanguard design. • The watch features a micro-blasted camel-colored dial, crane fly-inspired hands, caramel inserts, and an in-house MVT FM 708 automatic movement with 136 components. • Available in 35mm cases (including stainless steel and 18k rose gold editions), each timepiece includes two interchangeable straps and a custom presentation box designed by Montes. The Meeting of Swiss Watchmaking and Mexican Art  Franck Muller presents The Art of Time, a limited edition created in collaboration with Mexican artist Amador Montes. This creation brings together the Swiss watchmaker’s identity and the Oaxacan artist’s creative universe. Based on the iconic Vanguard, the collection incorporates elements characteristic of Montes’s work, offerin...

When the audacity of Haute Horlogerie meets the glamour of Monaco, Franck Muller sets the stage for an extraordinary evening in the Principality, alongside its longstanding partner Zegg & Cerlati

Reading Time: 9 minutes Key takeaways • Franck Muller partnered with Zegg & Cerlati to host an exclusive Haute Horlogerie event at the Place du Casino in Monaco. • The evening featured the world premiere public unveiling of the new Imperium 37mm Ladies’ and Jewellery watch collections. • Guests enjoyed live craft demonstrations by master watchmakers and dial specialists, celebrating over twenty years of partnership. Taking center stage, the new Imperium 37mm Ladies and Jewellery collections make a dazzling debut—a spectacular international premier in Monaco, celebrating a bold new expression of glamour, unmistakably Franck Muller. What an extraordinary evening! In the heart of the Principality, on Monaco’s iconic Place du Casino, Franck Muller and its longstanding partner of over twenty years, Zegg & Cerlati, joined forces to create a spectacular celebration of the brand’s spirit, bringing together exceptional watchmaking creations, captivating demon...

JIS Fall 2026 Welcomes 11,000 Jewelry Professionals To Miami Beach For Holiday Buying And Connection

Reading Time: 4 minutes Key takeaways • JIS Fall 2026 welcomed over 11,000 jewelry professionals to Miami Beach, reflecting a 12% year-over-year increase in attendance. • The four-day event provided global retailers and manufacturers opportunities to source inventory for immediate delivery or future orders ahead of the holiday season. • The next event, JIS Spring, will take place at the Miami Beach Convention Center from March 7–9, 2027. (MIAMI BEACH, FLA.) – JIS Fall 2026 welcomed over 11,000 jewelry professionals to the Miami Beach Convention Center October 16–19, marking a 12% year-over-year increase in attendance. The show brought together jewelry retailers, manufacturers and industry professionals from across the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean and beyond. The four-day show gave buyers a timely opportunity to source inventory ahead of the holiday season, with options to purchase for immediate delivery or place future orders. Across the s...

Jewelry Store Crash-and-Grab Hits Chicago’s Avondale Neighborhood

Reading Time: 4 minutes Image: CBS News Chicago ( source ) A jewelry store crash-and-grab tore into Joyeria La Caridad on Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood early Thursday, Oct. 22. Police told CBS News Chicago that around 5 a.m. the burglars drove an Acura into the store at 3039 N. Milwaukee Ave., went inside, took merchandise and then left in a sport-utility vehicle. Nobody was hurt, and Grand Central Area detectives are investigating. Police haven’t said what was taken or what it was worth. What jumps out at me is the timing. This is at least the second Chicago jewelry store hit this way in three days. On Tuesday morning, Oct. 20, burglars rammed a car into Fanny’s Jewelry on Clark Street in Rogers Park at about the same hour. CBS also lists a BP gas station in Uptown, a 7-Eleven on Halsted and at least four businesses along 95th Street on the South Side that were hit by crash-and-grab crews this week. Police haven’t said whether any of...

Phillips In Association With Bacs & Russo And The Hour Glass Present George Daniels 100 “The Genesis Of Artisanal Watchmaking ”

Reading Time: 11 minutes Key takeaways • The George Daniels 100 exhibition at IAMWATCH 2026 in Singapore features 22 iconic timepieces reuniting to honor the centenary of the master watchmaker’s birth. • The historic event marks the very first time George Daniels’ highly consequential Space Traveller I and Space Traveller II pocket watches are exhibited together. • Presented by Phillips and The Hour Glass, the exhibition includes the premier of a documentary examining Daniels’ legacy as the godfather of independent artisanal watchmaking. A Historic Centenary Exhibition at IAMWATCH 2026 in Singapore brings together twenty-two watches by George Daniels .  Celebrating the life and legacy of Britain’s greatest watchmaker on the centenary of his birth. Twenty-two watches made by George Daniels reunited for the first time in nearly two decades.  The exhibition marks the first encounter of the two most consequential pocket watches from Georg...

Thief Grabs $100K in Gold Chains at Downtown L.A. Jewelry Store

Reading Time: 4 minutes Image: NBC Los Angeles ( source ) Another downtown Los Angeles jeweler just lost a small fortune in seconds to a jewelry store grab-and-run. NBC Los Angeles reports that a man walked into Del Amo Jewelry Inc., near the corner of 6th Street and Broadway, around 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, and made off with roughly $100,000 in chains. Key Takeaways About $100,000 in 14k Cuban chains was taken from Del Amo Jewelry in downtown L.A. around 11 a.m. Saturday. The suspect asked to see chains, was shown several, then grabbed them and ran; employees were not hurt. He remains at large, and police are asking anyone who recognizes him to come forward.   According to the owner, who gave only his first name, Frank, the man asked to see a 14-karat Cuban chain, and an employee behind the counter laid out a handful of options. Surveillance footage shows the man, dressed in all black, talking with two employees for a few minutes. Then he grabbed the chains and r...