The results of the iDaily Jewelry Awards 2019 were officially announced, with a total of 26 of the most iconic jewelry pieces from the past year. The highlight of this year's jewelry design is undoubtedly the rich use of rosewood colours and materials, ranging from novel interpretations of classic nature themes to inspiration from a wide range of fields such as film, fashion and theatre.
This year, there are 7 categories of awards covering 5 items: rings, necklaces, brooches, bracelets, earrings, as well as introductory jewelry and creative designs. Below is the full list of winners of the iDaily Jewelry 2019 Awards:
This year's rings are colour-paired and have a limited space – Van Cleef & Arpels accentuates emerald center stones with diamonds and purple sapphires to make the stones' greens deeper; Dior accentuates paraíba tourmaline center stones with over 20 centiel stones, which are crystal clear aquamarine for an outstanding visual impact; and De Beers' Fancy Vivid yellow diamond center stones are accented by round white diamonds and yellow diamond rough stones for a more three-dimensional fire Chaumet's 8.72ct Imperial Topaz outer ring is set with tanzanite, amethyst, and colored sapphires of increasing size to form a swirling rainbow; Sotheby's Diamonds cleverly edges purple sapphire to give the water drops the main diamond a fresh and unworldly temperament.
Award: "Best Ring" Best Ring
Winning jewelry: Van Cleef & Arpels "Amore Trionfante" ring
The center stone is an emerald-shaped cut emerald accented with diamonds, purple sapphires and emeralds.
Inspired by Shakespeare's famous play Romeo and Juliet, the Amore Trionfante ring recreates the style and vitality of the Italian Renaissance. The center stone is a square stepped cut emerald in a full, deep green hue, while the outer ring is surrounded by diamonds, purple sapphires and emeralds, which contrast with the center stone, and the sharp square silhouette is reminiscent of a cantilevered terrace.
Winning jewelry: Dior "Bleu Cyan Paraiba" ring
The center stone is a cushion-cut Paraíba tourmaline with an oval, teardrop-shaped, square-cut Paraíba tourmaline in the outer ring, and a white gold ring accented with round-cut diamonds.
This Bleu Cyan Paraiba ring is from the "Gem Dior" fine jewelry collection and is themed after the brilliant lake blue of the "Paraíba tourmaline", and the "Bleu" and "Cyan" in the ring name mean "blue" and "cyan". The entire band is made up of more than 20 different paraíba tourmalines – the central center stone is cushion-cut, the outer ring is "scattered" with oval, teardrop-shaped and square-cut side stones, and the stones are layered between them to give the clear aqua blue color an excellent visual impact.
Winning jewelry: De Beers De Beers " Electric Cichlid " ring
The center stone is a 2 ct oval-cut yellow diamond accented with round brilliant-cut diamonds and rough yellow diamonds.
Electric Cichlid rings from De Beers' "Portraits of Nature" fine jewelry collection, inspired by East Africa's unique "electric yellow lidfish", presents an electric yellow hue. The center stone is a 2 ct oval-cut yellow diamond with a gold bezel-set colorless diamond and yellow diamond rough, highlighting the bright yellow tone of the cichlid, each rough representing a piece of shimmering fish scales.
Winning jewelry: Chaumet 'Lueurs d' Orage ring
The center stone is an 8.72 ct teardrop-cut imperial topaz embellished with Tanzanite, Amethyst, Yellow Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Purple Sapphire and Diamond.
Inspired by the unpredictable colors of the sky under a storm, the Lueurs d'Orage ring shows the poetic imagination of the sky, and the name of the ring means "storm" in French. The center stone in the center of the ring is an 8.72 ct "Imperial Topaz" with a bright orange hue; the lower part is lined with a swirling radiation pattern that mimics the clouds scattered by the wind; and the outer ring can see Tanzanite, amethyst, and colored sapphires of increasing size, creating the dynamic of raindrops falling from the sky.
Winning jewelry: Sotheby's Diamonds "Corderou" platinum rings
The center stone is a 5.09 ct teardrop-cut diamond of D color accented with purple sapphires.
The Corderou ring was created by New York designer Joseph Ramsay and features a D-color diamond weighing 5.09ct as the center stone. The designer cleverly uses the cut shape of the center stone, with purple sapphire trims to highlight the sharp outline of the diamond, the two ends naturally extend into the ring wall made of platinum, with an excellent sense of unity, and the purple sapphire stone is also embellished under the setting, which can be seen from different angles.
The most impressive necklace of 2019 was Van Cleef & Arpels' "Jardin de Rubis" ruby necklace, the center stone is an extremely rare 18.12 ct Tanzanian ruby that burns like a flame in bright colors, and BVLGARI's Action! The film-themed necklace, using black zirconium metal and diamonds, creates a black-and-white film picture and film disc, paying tribute to the celluloid film film born in 1885.
Award: "Best Necklace" Best Necklace
Winning jewelry: Van Cleef & Arpels "Jardin de Rubis" necklace
The center stone is an 18.12 ct cushion-cut ruby embellished with small pink diamonds, rubies and diamonds, the base is made of white and rose gold, and the pendant is detachable for a brooch.
"Jardin de Rubis" means ruby garden in French, and this necklace is inspired by the red berries of the summer forest, using rubies to interpret the bright hues of the midsummer fruits. Most notably, a 18.12 ct cushion ruby center stone from Tanzania is crystal clear and transparent, with a staggered array of rubies, pink diamonds and diamonds underneath, like rounded berries between dense branches. Concealed under the pendant is a detachable structure that can be easily transformed into a brooch that subtly gives the 18.12 ct ruby two forms of matching.
Winning Jewelry: Bvlgari "Action!" Necklace in platinum
Set with a 1.85 ct rose-cut diamond accented with a 32.21 ct round cut diamond, the black pattern is made of zirconium.
Action! The necklace is designed in honor of celluloid film film, born in 1885, and the necklace is called "Action!" It is the common term used in filmmaking, "start shooting". The designer uses black zirconium metal and diamond to create 12 black and white film images, which form a moving image of a diamond, and adjacent links are connected by hidden spring structures, freely extending around the neck. In the center of the necklace, a film platter element is also cleverly incorporated, and a rose-cut diamond weighing 1.85 ct is set to reveal a sparkling and bright glow.
Brooch works have always been the best pieces to express the elements of nature, and in the new 2019 work, you can see the feather brooch of CINDY CHAO The Art Jewel, which creates a sense of feather flowing lightness through the blue and white gradient effect; Van Cleef & Arpels, inspired by Shakespeare's famous play "Romeo and Juliet", to create a delicate pomegranate brooch; Boucheron captures the "amaranth leaf" element in Parisian architecture. Freezes the movement of the leaves in the breeze; Tiffany reinvents the dragonfly motif in an abstract style, with diamonds on its wings shining like crushed ice.
Award: "Best Brooch" Best Brooch
Winning jewellery: CINDY CHAO The Art Jewel 2019 Black Label Masterpiece III & V "Royal Blue Feather" brooch
Set with 2 heart-cut yellow diamonds of 7.04ct and 8.56ct, embellished with sapphires, yellow diamonds and diamonds, the base is made of titanium.
Inspired by the French fairy tale L'Oiseau Bleu, these two brooches symbolize the pursuit of happiness and pleasure. The body of the brooch is made of titanium and anodized to create a gradient blue metal structure, with a thickness of only 1.5 cm per pinnae. The Blue Bird Wings bring together 2,100 sapphires from Sri Lanka and Myanmar to create a rich cut shape, which is paired with diamonds to create a rendering-like blue-and-white gradient effect, creating a sense of feather fluttering lightness, as if falling slowly from the sky.
Winning jewelry: Van Cleef & Arpels "Grenata" brooch
Set with rubies, spessartine garnets, yellow sapphires and diamonds, the base is made of rose gold.
Inspired by Shakespeare's famous play "Romeo and Juliet", the Grenata brooch uses "Pomegranate" as the design theme to reproduce the pomegranate tree where the nightingale lives in the play - in the middle of the night, Romeo and Juliet are dating on the balcony, and once heard the nightingale chanting by the pomegranate tree outside the window. The designer creates a rounded fruit shell in rose gold, and the surface is mirror-polished and hollowed out to create delicate patterns. The peel is punctuated with diamonds, rubies, spessartes garnets and yellow sapphires in warm and vibrant tones.
Winning jewelry: Boucheron "Feuilles d'Acanthe" brooch
Set with round-cut diamonds and a base made of white gold.
The Design of the Feuilles d'Acanthe Brooch is inspired by the "Buttercup Leaf" relief decoration of Parisian architecture, a classic element applied to the top of the columns of classical architecture, which has evolved in different styles through different periods such as ancient Greece, Rome, Byzantium and the Renaissance. Boucheron uses white gold to create a softly extended form of the leaf, and the delicately cut leaves are set with diamonds, which are light and sparkling, reminiscent of the movement of the leaves in the breeze.
Winning Jewelry: Tiffany & Co. Tiffany "Jewel Box" brooch
Set with custom-cut and step-cut diamonds, the base is made of yellow and platinum and studded in sterling silver letterhead.
This brooch uses an abstract style to create the classic "dragonfly" theme, full of light and flexible vitality. The entire piece is designed as a central axis structure, and the wings made of gold rotate flexibly like fan blades, reminiscent of the dynamic scene of dragonflies flapping their wings. Dragonfly wings are paved with custom-cut diamonds, each with a unique geometric shape that is as bright as crushed ice. The brooch is stowed in a sterling silver letterhead, and when it is gently opened, you can see the dragonfly on the black padding, as if opening a treasure that has been sealed for a long time.
Classical elements are reinvigorated in the 2019 bracelets – Chanel recreates the traditional Russian embroidery fabric pattern with gem-set and lacquered craftsmanship; Gucci transforms the medieval mystical style into a mythical beast with a tiger's head and tail to create a unique dreamy atmosphere; Tiffany is inspired by the bizarre flowers in the 16th-century "House of Curiosities" and incorporates the floral specimen pattern in the pane in the articulated bracelet.
Equally impressive is the use of special materials that give a new interpretation of pure black and white tones – Buccellati uses "black gold" to give the bracelet a low-key and distinctive dark hue, while Suzanne Syz pairs white ceramics with Paraíba tourmaline to interpret arctic glaciers in pure blue and white tones.
Award: "Best Bangle" Best Bracelet
Winning jewelry: Chanel Chanel "Folklore" bracelet
The center stone is a 7.34 ct cushion-cut sapphire accented with sapphires, pink sapphires, spessartine garnets, tsavorites, cultured pearls, and diamonds.
Inspired by the traditional Russian embroidery fabric, the Folklore bracelet is cleverly integrated into Chanel's classic camellia pattern, with gem inlay and lacquer painting to interpret the colorful colors of the embroidery fabric - the wide-brimmed bracelet wall is made of white gold, with checkered engraving to reproduce the interwoven cross check on the embroidered fabric, the outer translucent red lacquer surface pays tribute to Gabrielle Chanel's favorite color, and the camellia totem is outlined by diamonds and decorated with colorful colored treasures. A 7.34 ct sapphire set in the middle of the edge is the finishing touch.
Winning jewelry: Gucci "Hortus Deliciarum" bracelet
Hortus Deliciarum white gold bracelet featuring an oval-cut purple sapphire accented with round-cut diamonds.
This bracelet, from Gucci's first fine jewelry collection, the Hortus Deliciarum, vividly creates the image of a tiger-headed, fish-tailed mythical beast, showcasing the mystical style and dreamy atmosphere of the Middle Ages. The entire bracelet is designed with a semi-open structure, the tiger's head is paved with bright diamonds, the top is set with an oval purple spinel, and the tiger's eye is set with sapphire, bringing the majesty to life. The bracelet wall is interwoven with scale patterns that naturally extend to the curled fishtail, and the 7 round diamonds at the end are supported by black-plated mounts, which are unique details.
Winning jewelry: Buccellati Bucholati "Macri Black Velvet" bracelet
Set with round-cut diamonds.
The Black Velvet bracelet comes from Buccellati's 'Marci' collection, and the most special feature is the use of "Black Gold" materials, which show a low-key and unique dark temperament. The wide-brimmed bracelet wall is based on white gold, first carved by hand with a chisel knife to create a delicate brushed wire, imitating the texture of the Silk Satin fabric of the Renaissance, and then coated with DLC diamond carbon plating, the thin carbon layer deposited on the surface shows a deep black tone, contrasting with the gold bezel-set diamonds and gold beads on the bracelet wall.
Winning jewelry: Suzanne Syz "Artic Ice" bracelet
Set with curved paraíba tourmalines and embellished with round-cut diamonds, the bracelet walls are crafted from rose gold and ceramics.
Designed by Swiss jewelry designer Suzanne Syz, the Artic Ice bracelet is a maverick look at arctic glaciers in sheer blue-and-white tones. The bracelet wall is made of white ceramic with a rose gold background, with a wide-brimmed silhouette of a semi-open structure, and the surface can be seen in an oval pattern made of translucent ceramic, reminiscent of the ice floes in the ocean; the bracelet wall is also scattered with a number of curved Paraíba tourmalines, with excellent clarity, symbolizing the clear blue glacier.
Winning Jewelry: Tiffany & Co. Tiffany 's "Blue Book Flora" bracelet
Set with round-cut and baguette-cut sapphires and diamonds, the base is made of white gold.
Inspired by the exotic flowers of the 16th-century "House of Curiosities", this Flora bracelet is a clever blend of floral motifs and geometric checks, reminiscent of a specimen of a flower treasured in a pane. The entire piece features blue as the main hue – the petals are laid out with sapphires and diamonds for a natural transition from dark blue to white, and the bracelet alternates diamonds, light and dark sapphires to match the gradient tones of the petals, and the gemstone settings are connected by an articulated structure, allowing each gemstone to move gently and naturally fit the wrist for excellent wearing comfort.
The natural world is the most important source of inspiration for the new 2019 earrings, showcasing the designer's poetic reverie from flowers and creatures to the sea – Van Cleef & Arpels set off two perfectly matched natural diamond gems with ruby surrounds; Tiffany Flora stud earrings create cascading petal patterns that reveal dewdrop-soaked crystal clear visuals; Garrard's most romantic pale colored treasures freeze the elegant moments of wings folding; Tasaki Paired with colourful colored gemstones, interpret the wonderland of the depths of the ocean.
Award: "Best Earrings" Best Earrings
Winning jewelry: Van Cleef & Arpels Duo de Diamants earrings
Set with 2 20.37ct and 21.26ct teardrop-cut diamonds, both D and IF clarity grades, type IIa diamonds accented with diamonds and rubies, detachable stud earrings.
"Duo de Diamants", which means "diamond duo" in French, symbolizes that the 2 center stones on the earrings have a perfect match for the gem features and cut shapes. Both teardrop-shaped diamonds are over 20ct, achieve D and IF clarity grades, and boast stunning size and gem quality. The center stone bezel is surrounded by custom-cut rubies, and the contrasting colors accentuate the diamond's brilliant fire. The stud earrings are also paired with similar gemstones to complement the teardrop-shaped diamonds under the earrings.
Winning Jewelry: Tiffany & Co. Tiffany "Flora" stud earrings
Set with round-cut sapphires and rose-cut diamonds, the base is made of yellow and platinum.
Inspired by Tiffany's 2019 Blue Book fine jewelry collection, these Flora stud earrings feature cascading petals with edges and gold-sharp corners for a clean yet elegant style. The gemstone setting on the petals is ingenious – the top layer of petals is laid out of rose-cut diamonds for a three-dimensional feel that reveals a dew-soaked crystal clear visual effect, while the bottom layer uses dark blue sapphires and light Montana sapphires to form subtle color transitions.
Winning jewelry: Garrard Gerald Wings Embrace stud earrings
Set with round and curved cut aquamarines and accented with round-cut diamonds, the base is crafted from white gold.
Angel Wings is one of British jeweler Garrard's most important design inspirations, and the pair of stud earrings paired with diamonds and light-coloured aquamarines freezes the graceful moments of wings in romantic and soft tones. The "covert feathers" at the top of the stud earrings are hollowed out, with a vintage swirl pattern on the inside, a round aquamarine in the center of the shoulder feathers as the finishing touch, and the feathers on the bottom are laid out by rounded curved colored treasures, which seamlessly fit between the stones to outline the distinct wing patterns.
Winning jewelry: Tasaki Tasaki "Elysium" earrings
Set with 2 heat-treated blue topazes accented with diamonds and colored sapphires.
"Elysium" means "Elysium" in English, and this earring uses a wealth of colored gemstones to interpret the fantastic wonderland of the depths of the ocean. The entire piece features an asymmetrical design with a radial beam pattern symbolizing the refracted light in the depths of the ocean, a rainbow of coloured sapphires and two half-moon-cut blue topazes, especially heated to reveal an ocean-like azure blue.
The key words in 2019's entry-level jewelry are modern style, iconic symbols and new gemstone combinations, and the ingenious design makes simple entry-level jewelry attractive.
Louis Vuitton uses curved gemstones to accentuate the relief Monogram totem, which is bold and vibrant; Van Cleef & Arpels use lapis lazuli and diamonds to create a striking color contrast; BVLGARI blends white ceramic to recreate Zaha Hadid's architectural ingenuity; and Tiffany uses colorful gemstones to interpret the letter 'T' element, continuing the excellent recognition.
Award: "First Piece of Jewelry" for Best Entry Jewelry
Winning jewelry: Louis Vuitton Louis Vuitton B. Blossom ring, 42500 CNY
Set with curved-cut pink opal accented with round-cut diamonds.
B. The Blossom ring, by Louis Vuitton's new Creative Director of Jewelry, Francesca Amfitheatrof, features curved gemstones to set off the embossed "Monogram" totem, bold and vibrant. The entire ring is made of curved pink opal, which presents a rounded and three-dimensional visual effect, and the four-pointed star pattern is reproduced in a three-layer structure in the center of the hemisphere - the substrate is rose gold, the middle layer is white gold with 4 round diamonds, and the top is a small gold bead, forming a rich sense of layering.
Winning jewelry: Van Cleef & Arpels Two Butterflies stud earrings
Set with curved cut lapis lazuli, olive-pointed cut and round-cut diamonds.
The Two Butterflies stud earrings present Van Cleef & Arpels' classic "butterfly" motif, creating a light gesture of two butterflies stretching their wings and dancing, showing the vitality of spring. The designer represents the body of the butterfly with a lanthine diamond, and the wings are represented by lapis lazuli and diamonds, respectively – lapis lazuli is cut and polished by hand to create a slightly raised three-dimensional feel; the diamond-laid butterfly wings shine with bright fire, contrasting with the deep tones of lapis lazuli.
Winning jewelry: Bvlgari B.zero1 ring
Inlaid with white ceramic.
Specially designed by BVLGARI to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the B.zero1 collection, the ring is based on the 2016 "B.zero1 Design Legend" with ceramic materials, reinterpreting the unique concept of the late British architect Zaha Hadid - the spiral outer wall of the "Colosseum" is deconstructed into a streamlined silhouette, and the side walls are embedded with white ceramic, which contrasts with the arc created by rose gold, and the shank is still engraved with "BVLGARI" BVLGARI" double logo inscription, for this series of iconic elements.
Winning Jewelry: Tiffany & Co. Tiffany T Wire bracelet, 25600 CNY
Set with turquoise and round-cut diamonds weighing 0.11 ct.
The T Wire bracelet continues the "T" design element, inspired by the geometric lines of New York architecture, and has excellent recognition. The designer creates a slender bracelet wall in white gold, the two ends extend to the turquoise independent cut, and the round diamond inlaid "T", asymmetrical gemstones to give the letter "T" a more lively and bright style, which is very suitable for everyday wear.
Creative jewelry is never limited to a specific form of piece, and cross-border integration allows jewelry designers to expand their ingenuity into a wider range of product areas. Hermès combines fine jewelry craftsmanship with classic handbag designs, and traditional leather materials are reinterpreted with black spinel and rose gold webs, giving the bag a mysterious light and shadow of the gemstone.
Minimalist jewellery is also a stage for independent designers to unleash their creativity, with French jeweler Dauphin's Monument ring drawing inspiration from the monument's architectural structure and a narrow gap in the blue rhodium-plated wall that focuses on the sloping olive-tipped diamond center stone.
Award: "Best Innovative Jewelry" Best Creative Design
Winning jewelry: Birkin rose gold handbag, by Hermès
Set with 2683 round cut black spinels, total weight 111.51ct.
This chic rose gold handbag is hermès' creation in the 'Black to Light' fine jewellery collection, inspired by the transition from dark to light. The entire piece continues the classic shape of Birkin handbags, which are made of rose gold sheets on the top, imitating the scale pattern of crocodile skin, and the bag uses a web structure to show the soft texture of the handbags, and the grid pattern is paved with black spinel in a gold circle to show the mysterious changes of light and shadow.
Winning jewelry: Dauphin Monument ring
Set with a 0.8 ct olive-pointed cut diamond with a blue rhodium-plated setting.
This is a piece introduced by French jeweler Dauphin in the "Haute Joaillerie Series III" fine jewelry collection, which draws inspiration from architectural design in a simple and modern style. Crafted from blue rhodium-plated white gold, the Monument ring reveals a monumental cylindrical silhouette with a narrow gap in the center that focuses on the center stone, and this olive-pointed diamond is asymmetrically set as if it falls lightly between the gaps, revealing a brighter fire against the blue walls.