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Piece of the Week: Graff’s Baselworld Watch
The diamond brand is debuting this timepiece, featuring more than 25 carats of fancy vivid yellow diamonds, at the watch and jewelry trade show happening now.

All eyes turn to Switzerland as Baselworld 2019 kicks off, and they’ll have a hard time looking away from this extraordinary timepiece by Graff.
Part of what the brand calls “an important collection of jewelry watches” that will be on display at the watch and jewelry trade show, this fancy vivid yellow diamond watch features 60 stones totaling more than 25 carats.
The diamonds, each of which was hand-selected and color-matched by a member of the Graff family, are invisibly-set in 18-karat yellow gold, creating a uniform golden sparkle.
The price is (naturally) available upon request at Graff.com. See the yellow diamond stunner in Basel, which concludes March 26.
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