Est. 2024 · High Jewelry & Watches

The Carat Post

Issues

Each issue is devoted to a single maison: its founding, its icons, and the jewels that defined it.

Issue

10

New York · 1837

Tiffany & Co.

The jeweler America grew up with.

The Tiffany Diamond · 128.54 carats

Schlumberger · Bird on a Rock

The Blue Box · since 1837

Issue

09

31 Rue Cambon · Paris

Chanel

Coco Chanel designed jewels only once, in diamonds.

1932 · Bijoux de Diamants

The Lion · her zodiac, her emblem

The Comète · a star to wear

Issue

08

New York · 1932

Harry Winston

The man who owned the world’s most famous diamonds.

The Hope Diamond

Jeweler to the stars

The Court of Jewels · 1949

Issue

07

Rome · 1884

Bulgari

The serpent sheds its skin, never its power.

Serpenti · the icon is born

Dolce Vita · Rome’s golden age

Cabochons · color unleashed

Issue

06

Paris · 1906

Van Cleef & Arpels

Serti Mystérieux: no metal in sight.

The Mystery Set · patented 1933

The Ballerinas · poetry in motion

Alhambra · 1968, the lucky icon