History of a Famous Diamond - The Hope Diamond

By Luo Fu Sheng on August 10, 2011
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One of the most famous diamonds in history, the Hope diamond, came from India and weighed 112 3/16 carats when it was acquired around 1642 by French merchant Jean Baptiste Tavernier, who was struck by its "beautiful violet" color. He sold it to the King of France, Louis XIV, who had it re-cut to a 67 1/8 carat stone which royal inventories thereafter listed as the Blue Diamond of the Crown of France. The blue diamond passed through ownership by French and British royalty, famed jeweler Pierre Cartier, and U.S. socialites before it was purchased by jeweler Harry Winston along with the 94.8 carat Star of the East diamond, 1949. In 1958, Winston donated the Hope diamond to the Smithsonian Institution, where it quickly became a star attraction.

Resetting and re-cuttings over the centuries reduced the Hope diamond to its present 45.52 carats, 40% of its original size. Today, it is set in a spectacular pendant surrounded by sixteen white diamonds, and still attracts countless admirers at the Smithsonian.

The Hope Diamond was long believed to have been cut from the French Blue, but this remained unconfirmed until a three-dimensional leaden model of the latter was recently rediscovered in the archives of the French Natural History Museum in Paris. Previously, the dimensions of the French Blue had been known only from two drawings made in 1749 and 1789; although the model slightly differs from the drawings in some details, these details are identical to features of the Hope Diamond, allowing CAD technology to digitally reconstruct the French Blue around the re-cut stone.

Many superlatives have been used to describe the hope diamond as a "superfine deep blue", often comparing it to the color of a fine sapphire "blue of the most beautiful blue sapphire". As colored diamond expert Stephen Hofer points out,Cartier love ring, blue diamond similar to the Hope can be shown by colorimetric measurements to be grayer than blue sapphires. In 1996, it was examined by using of proprietary scale, graded it fancy deep grayish blue. Visually, the gray modifier is so dark that it produces an "inky" effect appearing almost blackish-blue in incandescent light. Current photographs of the Hope utilize high-intensity light sources that tend to maximize the brilliance of gemstones.

Even jewelers who may have handled the Hope Diamond were not spared from its reputed malice: The insanity and suicide of Jacques Colot, who supposedly bought it from Eliason, and the financial ruin of the jeweler Simon Frankel,Cartier Bracelet of Stainless Steel in Folded Structure, who bought it from the Hope family, were linked to the stone. But although he is documented as a French diamond dealer of the correct era, Colot has no recorded connection with the stone, and Frankel's misfortunes were in the midst of economic straits that also ruined many of his peers.

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By Haitang Yu on June 11, 2011
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Aeromatic 1912 (a-1236) - The Trench Watch

By Diogo Neto on May 11, 2010
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This watch really surprised me when I was looking for a dual time watch on the internet.
Somehow I ended up crossing this wach on the net and immediatelly got hypnotised.I'm not a watch lover, collector or make a hobby out of watches. Still, I must admit that a dual time watch is an advantage in my line of work.

This is not a dual time watch though. This is a retro watch, so to speak.

These days you have a huge offer on watches. Watches for this and for that, tech looks, old school looks, plactic looks, cheap and expensive looks (and price tags).

My taste over watches may be considered a bit conservative. I do like a watch with a simple look. White display with black dials and numbers. How conservative is that?

Well,panther Cartier, I may like some other colour configurations, but it has to be a simple and elegant watch.
Nowadays there are some new and recurrent trends that are fueled by the industry itself so to increase sales numbers. That sometimes bring the good design and ideas but most often brings the stupidest and horrible crations to the daylight.

Rainbow coloured watches, big sized watches (some do look like clown watches), jewellery incrusted watches, you name it.

Well, this Aeromatic 1912 (german watch maker) is a bit out of the ordinary to say the least. And also a bit far from the typical design that I fancy. Nonetheless, I find it brilliant.
OK. There is a conservative thing to it. There's the retro look that drives us back to the days when the wrist watch was invented.

Here's a brief story about the wristwatch that helps to define the Aeromatic A-1236:

"In 1904, Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos Dumont asked his friend Louis Cartier to come up with an alternative that would allow him to keep both hands on the controls while timing his performances during flight. Cartier and his master watchmaker, Edmond Jaeger soon came up with the first prototype for a man's wristwatch called the Santos wristwatch. The Santos first went on sale in 1911, the date of Cartier's first production of wristwatches. During the First World War soldiers needed access to their watches while their hands were full. They were given wristwatches, called 'trench watches', which were made with pocketwatch movements, so they were large and bulky and had the crown at the 12 o'clock position like pocketwatches. After the war pocketwatches went out of fashion and by 1930 the ratio of wrist- to pocketwatches was 50 to 1." in Wikipedia.

That's what the Aeromatic 1912 A-1236 is. A trench watch.
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By Isabella TU on January 04, 2011
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Permanents, dyeing, bleaching or relaxing your hair can also cause harm, so you may want to stop the chemicals so that you can promote growth. A regular hair style such as a pony tail or braiding may also be culprits. Your hair doesn't like heat, so avoid curling irons.

Shampoo your hair often to pay off out dirt and oil so they won't hinder your hair follicles from doing their job. Use moisturizing hair product after shampooing. If your hair is dry, deep-condition it occasionally. Be sure to frequently clean hair brushes.

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If perchance you are not sustaining a healthy diet, this can be a hinderance in order to make your hair become long. The overall health of your entire body will be reflected in the condition of your hair, therefore make sure to have enough sleep. Have the well-balanced meals, and get some exercise. Study indicates that ingesting protein-rich foods can also be helpful, so have red meat to get more protein as well as the iron and zinc.

You should eat the fruits and vegetables as many as well. There are  some ladies who assume it would be helpful to take the Vitamin A, and B vitamins such as B-6. And also there are other people who think the amino acids or folate is exactly what is required.

Finally, do you tired of your short ,damaged, frizzy, dull hair that make you look lifeless. Then you can do as the above sayings. Hair is very important to a women, especially for those whose boyfriend or husband wants them to have a beautiful and long hair. So if you want let your hair grow faster, you should protect your hair carefully at first.

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