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FINNIES THE JEWELLER
TIMELESS
FLEXIBLE FOPE
This popular Italian jewellery brand has brought out its first-ever watch – and, as you might expect, it’s designed to look like sinuous and sexy jewellery and be worn alongside other Fope bracelets and bangles. Combining a quartz movement with Fope’s Flex’it bracelet – 18ct gold, made smooth and stretchable – the LadyFope watch (£9,590
or £10,030 for the rose gold) just slips on over your hand, no clasp needed. Brilliant for day or night.
OUTER SPACE
Finnies is expanding – but not too far from home. The company has just acquired the substantial four-storey granite building next door, on George Street. At street level, this promises to double the floor space of the existing store – a hugely exciting development for 2018. Watch this space.
PORTRAIT OF A YEAR
Over the course of a year, the Finnie/Dawson families will travel widely to source new designs for the store, and keep in touch with trends. Among the watch and jewellery fairs they visit are Vicenzaoro, JCK Vegas and the Basel Fair (Baselworld). This year’s jewellery highlights – as illustrated on the collections pages - have been long diamond chains, wide bangles and multi-stranded jewellery in rose gold.
But alongside nailing the trends, Stewart Dawson has been working away on his own private project. Having spotted some interesting settings for a ring and matching pendant in Italy, he then scoured the world for a perfect set of sapphires, before having them set in the Finnies workshop. It took him five months to complete the mission – and you can see the completed ring below (£10,695).
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