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All things Apple Watch and RapNet’s decision to part ways with EGL reports were among the top stories last week on National Jeweler.
New York--Here are the five most popular stories from NationalJeweler.com and the top three from the website’s blog, 10X, for the week of Sept. 7 to 13, according to Google Analytics.
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1. 5 facts about Apple Watch. Apple unveiled its smartwatch at an event held last Tuesday in California. More details about what the watch does are available in this story, but the question remains, who will get to sell Apple Watch? The company has not yet revealed where the watch, sales of which will begin in early 2015, will be available.
2. David Yurman’s legal row with Sam’s Club could grow. David Yurman Enterprises LLC has filed a lawsuit against Sam’s Club, claiming the Walmart-owned warehouse club coerced authorized Yurman retailers into selling it the brand’s jewelry and then sold it in a number of Houston-area stores and online without authorization. The jewelry brand also is considering legal action against those authorized retailers involved.
3. RapNet to de-list EGL graded diamonds. RapNet, the diamond trading network operated by the Rapaport Group, said it would no longer list any diamonds from a grading report from any European Gemological Laboratories, or EGL, facility. The group said it made the decision due to concerns in the market over some EGL facilities “over-grading” diamonds.
4. The latest big find is a 232-carat white diamond. Another big piece of rough got pulled out of South Africa’s Cullinan mine: a 232.08-carat white diamond that basically looks like an ice cube. Petra Diamonds discovered the stone.
5. D.C. jeweler to display rare pink Argyle diamonds. Last week, Tiny Jewel Box, an independent retailer in the nation’s capital, displayed 20 to 30 pieces of pink diamond jewelry worth a total of $25 million in its store, and some of the pieces were for sale.
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1. A watch from Apple could lift the bunch. Editor-in-Chief Michelle Graff gives her opinions and thoughts on the release of Apple’s long-awaited entry into the smartwatch market.
2. The reasons behind the big diamond finds. This post from Aug. 7 remains popular, boosted perhaps by the story of the 232-carat diamond discovered last week.
3. A gemstone cap that can read your mind. Fitting into the category of the unusual, this post by Associate Editor Brecken Branstrator details the “mood ring of the future”--a cap comprised of black spinels grown by Swarovski that change
color in response to brain activity.
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