Editor’s Note
**Editor’s Note:** Heritage Auctions debuts its combined jewelry and timepieces sale in Hong Kong, signaling a strategic luxury push in Asia. The June 15 auction features standout lots, including a Repossi platinum ring with a 3.11 ct. untreated Colombian emerald.
Heritage Auctions is combining jewelry and watches in a Hong Kong auction for the first time, as part of the house’s luxury push in Asian markets. Its Fine Jewelry & Timepieces Signature Auction takes place next Monday, June 15, with a public preview on Sunday.
Leading the jewelry lots, with a $90,000 reserve, is a Repossi platinum ring (pictured at top) centered on a 3.11 ct. untreated Colombian emerald, surrounded by 2.7 cts. full-cut and pear-shape diamonds. The octagonal emerald shows no clarity enhancement — its untreated status is a distinction worth emphasizing in a category where treatment is routine.
Necklace in platinum with 14.33 cts. t.w. oval, octagonal, pear, and cushion-shape padparadscha sapphires and 2.72 cts. t.w. full-cut diamonds, $10,000 reserve
Heritage is offering an even larger untreated Colombian emerald — 4.72 cts. — in a platinum ring with two baguette diamonds flanking the vivid green center stone.
Another jewelry standout is a necklace with 14.33 cts. padparadscha sapphires, each of the 10 stones framed by diamonds. With an orangey-pink color produced by a combination of chromium and iron that occurs in only a handful of deposits worldwide, padparadscha is among the rarest sapphire varieties.
Ring in platinum with 4.72 ct. octagonal-shape Colombian emerald and 1.63 cts. baguette-cut diamonds, $42,000 reserve
Additional jewelry highlights include a 10.5 ct. Burma sapphire ring, haloed by approximately 1.45 cts. t.w. of diamonds; an unmounted 3.01 ct. fancy vivid yellow diamond ($70,000 reserve); and a diamond ring with a 4.05 ct. square-shape center stone plus nearly 3 cts. triangular and baguette-cut diamonds ($50,000).
Rolex Day-Date in platinum with ice blue dial, baguette-cut diamond hour indexes, 40 mm case, and 70-hour power reserve, $62,500
On the watch side, Heritage’s top lot is a platinum Rolex Day-Date ref. 228396TBR with an ice blue dial and diamond bezel. Other timepieces on the block include a De Bethune Reserve de Marche ref. DB25 in 18k rose gold and a Harry Winston grand perpetual calendar in 18k yellow gold.
(Photos courtesy of Heritage Auctions)
