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Ute Decker is a London-based artist-jeweller whose sculptural pieces in gold and silver sit somewhere between jewellery and small-scale sculpture. She is also one of the pioneers of ethical jewellery. In 2011 she was among the first jewellers in the world to work with fully traceable, certified Fairtrade gold, and her ring The Curling Crest of a Wave became the Read more…
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Ruth Tomlinson is one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary British fine jewellery — a Hatton Garden atelier producing what the brand calls “ethereal heirlooms that celebrate unconventional beauty”. A graduate of the Royal College of Art, Ruth founded her eponymous label in 2001 and is widely regarded as one of the most influential British jewellery designers of her Read more…
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Founded in 1904 by Paul Cattin and Georges Christian in Hölstein, Switzerland, Oris is one of the few fiercely independent Swiss watchmakers dedicated exclusively to mechanical timepieces. Operating under the guiding philosophy of “Go your own way,” the brand focuses on producing high-grade, functional watches that deliver exceptional engineering without inflated luxury pricing. Designed for aviation, diving, motorsport, and classic Read more…
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Founded by Central Saint Martins graduate Rachel Boston, Rachel Boston Jewellery is an acclaimed East London jewelry house specializing in alternative engagement rings, bespoke commissions, and luxury fine jewelry. Based in Shoreditch, the brand has gained an international following for its artful combination of modern minimalism, geometric precision, and bold deco influence. Emphasizing ethical craftsmanship and slow luxury, every piece Read more…
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Founded in London in 2006 by Bec Astley Clarke MBE, Astley Clarke was created to modernize fine jewellery and make luxurious, gemstone-driven designs accessible for everyday wear. Rooted in British heritage, the brand’s ethos centers on refined craftsmanship, ethical sourcing, and timeless style meant to be layered, stacked, and loved for a lifetime. Designed in their London studio, every piece Read more…
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Chisholm Hunter is one of the UK’s largest family-owned jewellers and a Scottish retail institution. Founded in 1857 on Chisholm Street in Victorian Glasgow, the original shop was known as the “Store of 10,000 Wonders” — an eclectic trove of fine jewellery and gems from around the world. After surviving the Depression and two world wars, the name was nearly Read more…
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S.J. Phillips is the grand old institution of the London jewellery trade — founded in 1869 by Solomon Joel Phillips and today one of the oldest family-owned antique dealers in the world. Now in its fifth generation, the firm is run by Nicolas, Jonathan and Francis Norton, great-grandsons of the founder, and specialises in antique and estate jewellery, English and Read more…
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Lebrusan Studio carries the torch of the Fairtrade gold movement in Britain. Its founder, Spanish-born artist and designer Arabel Lebrusan, studied gemmology and fine art in Madrid and Utrecht before a Master’s at Central Saint Martins focused on ethics in jewellery — a subject that gripped her after witnessing the industry’s “good, bad and ugly” as a designer in the Read more…
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Christopher Ward is Britain’s biggest watch brand and the great disruptor of modern watchmaking. Founded in 2004 by Mike France, Peter Ellis and Chris Ward — the idea famously hatched on a boat on the Thames, the first watches assembled in a converted chicken shed in Cookham Dean — it became the world’s first online-only premium watch brand, cutting out Read more…
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F.P. Journe is the most coveted name in independent watchmaking — a Geneva manufacture whose watches collectors now mention in the same breath as Patek Philippe, and whose rarest pieces fetch millions at auction. Behind it stands one man: François-Paul Journe, born in Marseille in 1957, who graduated from the Paris watchmaking school in 1976 and learned his craft restoring Read more…