The week ran on auction tape, not retail traffic. Phillips sold four gem-set Daytonas for 49.4M dollars for charity, Voutilainen cleared a million in New York, the 1ct RAPI added 0.46 percent in September, and gold closed at 4,198.40 ahead of LVMH's Q3 print.
A loud week on the trade floor. Phillips hammered four unique seasonal Daytonas for 37.3 million pounds in London, Swiss exports to the US c…
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Swiss watch exports posted a fourth straight month of growth at CHF 1.79 billion, the 1-carat RAPI turned higher for the first time in 15 mo…
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Swiss watch exports climbed 9.1% in August, the fourth consecutive month of growth and enough to turn the 12-month moving average positive f…
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The biggest trade number this week came out of a mall retailer, not a commodities screen. Signet cleared Q2 estimates by 45 cents and raised…
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No single story moved the room this week, but the floor held everywhere it mattered. Gold sat at $4,470 an ounce on record central-bank buyi…
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Two figures carried the week on the dealer floor: Swiss watch exports turned positive at plus 9.6% for July while gold refused to sit down a…
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Gold came off a $4,400 open to settle near $4,354, diamonds printed their first constructive month in over a year, and the Swiss June read s…
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Five weeks of selling in gold finally broke on a soft jobs number, the Swiss June export book confirmed what dealer floors already felt, and…
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The week gave the trade a rare clean read: gold pushed toward $4,200 on Iran talks and softer US labor data, the Rapaport 1-carat index stea…
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The week the diamond bleed finally stopped and gold refused to sit still. RAPI logged its first positive month since March 2025, spot bullio…
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The auction season closed at a record, Swiss June exports ran 11.2 percent higher, and the diamond index finally stopped falling. A dealer-f…
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Richemont ran 20% while LVMH slipped 5% on the same quarter, Swiss watch exports rose 11.2% in June, gold steadied above $4,000 after testin…
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