Editor’s Note
As the Fire Horse year approaches, symbolizing fortune and success, jewelry houses are embracing auspicious red hues and equine motifs. From Cartier’s first red Clash de Cartier pieces to playful horse designs, these selections aim to carry Lunar New Year luck with style.
With the arrival of the Bing Wu (Fire Horse) year, a symbol of great fortune and soaring success, classic jewelry designs have donned auspicious red hues for the Lunar New Year. Numerous horse-themed styles, ranging from adorable to dashing, are available to carry good luck with you.
Cartier’s iconic Clash de Cartier collection has introduced vibrant red styles for the first time just before the New Year. Fiery red agate beads alternate with gold studs, combining with the iconic Clous de Paris pattern to create a three-dimensional, rhythmic visual effect. BVLGARI has launched a limited-edition Year of the Horse brooch, outlining a majestic steed in gold and rubies. The classic Serpenti Viper collection features a special Lunar New Year edition set with rubies. Additionally, BVLGARI has exclusively released a limited-edition BVLGARI BVLGARI collection piece in carnelian for the Greater China region. The limited-edition Serpenti Seduttori watch also sports a festive ruby-red dial.
Chopard, renowned for its moving diamonds, combines meaningful animal motifs. The Happy Butterfly series features butterflies, symbolizing transformation and rebirth, with captivating wings made of carnelian and diamonds in an asymmetrical design. The classic Happy Diamonds series is paired with ladybugs, a symbol of luck, where sliding diamonds move freely between carnelian and diamonds, adding a touch of whimsy and hope for the New Year. Tiffany & Co. has launched the Tiffany Knot mini key pendant in 18K rose gold, set with a pink sapphire, exclusively in Greater China boutiques, symbolizing new beginnings and the deepening of precious relationships in life.
Chaumet has launched a new limited-edition Bee de Chaumet necklace in the Asia-Pacific region. The chain is adorned with hexagonal metal motifs, with a central round ruby, symbolizing the welcoming of luck and blessings. The French contemporary jewelry brand FRED presents a limited-edition Force 10 Rise necklace, featuring its iconic cable and clasp, accented with rubies on the cable to signify continuous good fortune in the coming year.
Van Cleef & Arpels’ Lucky Animals series outlines a red pony with gold bead borders, its spirited posture full of power and tenderness. MIKIMOTO presents two limited-edition Year of the Horse brooches this year, drawing inspiration from the imagery of a leaping horse and a carousel horse, respectively. They combine the soft luster of pearls with the exquisite craftsmanship of metal and colored gemstones.
Lin Xiaotong Designer Jewelry’s Year of the Horse limited designs focus on the concept of power. The “Gallop” and “Lucky 12” designs capture the tension and momentum of a horse in full stride and the poetic scene of “fragrant hooves treading on flowers upon return,” respectively. TASAKI’s chants series uses TASAKI’s exclusive SAKURAGOLD™ and white gold to outline elegant, soft lines resembling flowers and clouds, paired with pearls and diamonds, conveying hope and rebirth through cloud-like elegance.
Chow Tai Fook, highly regarded for its pure gold products, transforms traditional elements like firecrackers and auspicious symbols into design vocabulary in its Heritage and Chuan Fu series. These symbolize protection, companionship, and the circulation of good fortune, deeply rooted in the Chinese cultural concept of “Fu” (blessing), transformed into warm emotions during reunion times. Emphasis also gallops to welcome the prosperous year. In addition to the youthful Charme series offering various cute horse and mascot charms, the YuYu series, featuring the fish symbolizing “abundance,” utilizes leading CNC precision carving technology to create new full-gold diamond earrings, rings, and bracelets.
