Royal Family – Champagne Gem https://champagnegem.com Your Daily Dose of Sparkle Tue, 24 Jun 2025 02:44:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.11 https://i0.wp.com/champagnegem.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/image.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Royal Family – Champagne Gem https://champagnegem.com 32 32 150190005 SAMER HALIMEH; Knightsbridge Flagship Boutique https://champagnegem.com/2018/07/samer-halimeh-knightsbridge-flagship-boutique/ https://champagnegem.com/2018/07/samer-halimeh-knightsbridge-flagship-boutique/#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2018 01:03:39 +0000 https://champagnegem.com/?p=3162

In the heart of London, Knightsbridge serves as an exclusive residential and high end retail luxury hub located in west London. Walking through Knightsbridge, right before southern entrance to Hyde park you can’t miss the extraordinary rhino sculpture made by Italian artist Stefano Bombardieri suspended on the terrace of Samer Halimeh London’s boutique. The 300 square meter three storey flagship boutique cost £10 million to build and renovate.

Stefano Bombardieri rhino sculpture suspended from Samer Halimeh flagship boutique in Kightsbridge
Custom made rotating Vitrines made out of glass, marble & steel

Upon walking through the thick steel doors, an extravagant chandelier made from 600 pieces of handmade Bohemian crystal welcomes you to resonate African skies, and lit up the sleek and chic interior with rotating vitrines, made out of glass, marble and steel.

African skies chandelier made from 600 pieces of handmade bohemian crystal
Custom made rotating vitrines made out of glass, marble & steel
Custom made rotating vitrines made out of glass, marble & steel
African skies chandelier made from 600 pieces of handmade bohemian crystal

The state of the art vault in the basement is made with 12 tonnes of reinforced concrete and is protected by motion sensors, CCTV cameras and infra-red beams. The basement vault holds on to the most exceptional and rare diamonds and jewels in the boutique, including a 65ct emerald-cut diamond, Vivo Per Lei, worth over £20 million. The VIP suite opens up to the decked into a drink and cigar terrace overlooking the Bombardieri rhino.

“Vivo Per Lei” 65ct diamond yielded from a 200ct rough diamond
A spectacular diamond necklace from samer halimeh

From conflicted war zones in Beirut to New York, Africa and now London, Samer Halimeh is the man behind some of the most exceptional diamonds, red carpet iconic jewels as well as jewels for royal families.

Samer Halimeh – The man
A selection of extraordinary diamond rings

From diamond manufacturing to design and creating each piece, the complete cycle is done under supervision of New York headquarters. With two other boutiques in Kuala Lumpur and Riyadh, the Knightsbridge flagship boutique enables the brand to showcase the complete collection in one of the most prominent cities in the world for high end and luxury shopping.

A glimpse into samer halimeh exquisite diamonds

By working with artisan, independent and local miners, Samer makes sure that all the diamonds are ethically sourced and processed through Kimberly process. This is the perfect example for the notion of mine to market. Samer documented his travels to the bush which can take days, where he meet with artisan miners and source the most incredible rough diamonds in a short documentary named; Samer Halimeh NY: The Source .

By supporting local miners, he also gives back to the community and helping to restore the environment by charitable initiatives and being part of Save the Rhino cause.

From Samer Halimeh ny : the source documentary movie
Save the rhino cause

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Left to right: Tracey Ellison (thediamondsgirl), Bebe Bakhshi (champagnegem)
]]> https://champagnegem.com/2018/07/samer-halimeh-knightsbridge-flagship-boutique/feed/ 1 3162 Top Ten Biggest Diamonds! https://champagnegem.com/2015/02/top-ten-biggest-diamonds/ https://champagnegem.com/2015/02/top-ten-biggest-diamonds/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2015 05:57:00 +0000 https://champagnegem.com/2015/02/top-ten-biggest-diamonds/ Hello my dear followers and jewelristas!

 
Yes, finally I am back after 78 weeks of absence and I am going to write again on my blog and what better way to start rather than with the top ten biggest diamonds in the world!
 
Most of the diamonds that are found are rather small and not of gem-quality. Big diamonds are very rare, especially those of the big diamonds that are of gem-quality.
 
Here are the top ten biggest diamonds ever found, courtesy of Axentric.com*. Diamonds so big that they are several hundred times bigger than almost all the other diamonds that are found in the ground.
 
Just think about it, a 1 or 2 carat diamond in a ring is relatively big – and here we have diamonds that are several hundred of carats! 

All of these diamonds have been found in Africa and most of them in South Africa. The diamonds that are found elsewhere in the world aren’t as big as those in Africa, so this is where you should go if you want to try your luck finding a really big diamond 🙂

 
Well now that you have seen the info-graph, here are the images of these stunning diamonds:
 
#10
De Beers Millennium Star Diamond a D colour, Internally & Externally Flawless Pear Shaped Diamond , cut to perfect proportions and weighing 203.04cts.
 
#9
The Red Cross Diamond a Canary Yellow Cushion Shaped Diamond weighing 205.07cts and the cutting style is known as Stellar Brilliant due to the eight needle-like facets on the pavilion of the stone, pointing outwards from its culet facet.
 
#8
The De Beers Diamond is a 234.65ct Light Yellow Octahedral Shaped Diamond which was found in 1888 in Kimberley, South Africa and in 1928 was set by Cartier in the Patiala Necklace once owned by Maharaja Patiala.
#7
The Jubilee Diamond was found in 1895 in South Africa and is a glorious Cushion Shaped Diamond, E Colour and VVS2 Clarity, weighing 245.35cts.
#6
The Centenary Diamond was found in 1986 in Premier Mine, South Africa. De Beers unveiled this beauty in 1988 as a D colour, Flawless and weighing 273.85cts. It is the second largest modern cut diamond in the world and carries 164 facets on the stone and 83 facets on the girdle.
#5
The Spirit of de Grisogono is a 312.24cts the largest Black Diamond in the world which was mined in West Central Africa before imported to Switzerland and being cut by Fawaz Gruosi the founder of de Grisogono using the traditional Mogul cutting technique.
#4
The Cullinan II is a D colour, Flawless 317.40ct Cushion cut diamond also known as the Lesser Star of Africa and is in the center-front of the Imperial State Crown of Great Britain.
 
#3
The Incomparable is a Triollette or Shield Shape Step Cut Fancy Brownish Yellow, Flawless Diamond weighing 407.48ct and was found in 1984 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Luxury Jeweler Mouawad has given this stunning diamond the majestic setting it deserves and has set it in to the most expensive necklace worth $55million and named L’Incomparable.
#2
The Cullinan I or The Star of Africa is a 530.20ct D Colour and Flawless Pear Shaped Diamond that is set in the Royal sceptre which is kept with other crown jewels in the Tower of London.
#1
The Golden Jubilee Diamond is a 545.67cts a Fiery Rose Cushion Cut Diamond (as described by Gabriel Tolkowski the master cutter and designer of the diamond) and is graded as Fancy Yellow Brown and is the largest faceted diamond in the world. It was purchased by a syndicate of Thai businessmen from De Beers and presented to the King Of Thailand in 1997 for his Golden Jubilee, the 50th anniversary of his coronation.
 
 
 
  From Right: The Cullinan I (the Star of Africa) & The Cullinan II
 
 
You can  follow me on my instagram and be dazzled by the most beautiful diamonds in the world!
 
Enjoy
Love
xxx
Bebe
  
 
*This information is courtesy of my beautiful friend Mads Phikamphon from Axentric.com which is blog about jewelry as well as a database of jewelry and jewelry prices from 37 stores in Denmark to make the jewelry shopping experience much easier for people
 
 
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