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FINNIES THE JEWELLER
TIMELESS
CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME
VSA, established as long ago as 1870, is north- east Scotland’s leading social care charity, providing care and education for vulnerable elderly, young and mentally challenged people. Matthew Finnie, who has assisted the charity’s fundraising for the past seven years, was appointed vice-president in October, a role he was delighted and honoured to accept from VSA’s president, the Lord Provost of Aberdeen, pictured here with Matthew.
AWARD WINNER
Roberto Demeglio won Designer of the Year at the Inhorgenta Awards, the ceremony that closes the annual Inhorgenta Munich Fair, one of the watch-and-jewellery industry shows regularly attended by the Finnie family. His avant garde, artistic designs, masterpieces of understated luxury, have always been popular at Finnies; he won
the award in recognition of his Monnalisa necklace. Here’s the man himself, captured informally with Sarah and Stewart Dawson at the Vicenzaoro jewellery show in September 2017.
CODE COCO
The spirit of Mlle Coco Chanel lives on with the release of a new women’s watch inspired by the clasp of the famous 2.55 quilted bag, which she first brought out in 1955.
The Code Coco watch (£4,125), launched just in time for Paris Fashion Week in September 2017, uses a clasp-like bar actually to conceal the time with a click when you don’t want to see it, and the supple stainless steel strap recalls the quilted bag itself – making the crossover from timepiece to fashion bracelet virtually seamless. When you do look, you’ll find a rectangular, black-lacquered dial – which comes, optionally, surrounded by a diamond bezel (£7,600).
“A TRIBUTE TO A STORY, STYLE AND LOOK, THE CODE COCO WATCH CARRIES THE EVER-RENEWING CODES OF CHANEL.”
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