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Consider This Your Guide to the Season’s Hottest Fine Jewelry

One photographer takes the season's standout pieces—from Piaget, Tiffany & Co., and more—back to its melting point.

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  • Sergiy Barchuk

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The cool weight of a necklace on skin obscures the blaze of heat that formed its materials. Temperatures climb to 1,948 degrees Fahrenheit before gold transforms into liquid and can be strung into delicate chains, links, and pendants—a feat of transformation that’s nearly impossible to envision. Photographer Sergiy Barchuk conjures this bygone heat with a series of images that reintroduces precious metals and stones to the fire that bore them, a reminder of the warmth we carry draped across our bodies.

Graff High Jewelry FancyYellow and White Diamond Pear Shape Double Row Line Necklace
Graff High Jewelry Fancy Yellow and White Diamond Pear Shape Double Row Line Necklace
Talk to Me, Harry Winston Sapphire and Yellow Diamond Earrings
Talk to Me, Harry Winston Sapphire and Yellow Diamond Earrings
Lugano Trillion Diamond Necklace
Lugano Trillion Diamond Necklace
Piaget Limelight Rose Passion Earrings
Piaget Limelight Rose Passion Earrings
Tiffany & Co. HardWear Graduated Link Necklace in Yellow Gold and HardWear Large Link Earrings in Yellow Gold with Pavé Diamonds
Tiffany & Co. HardWear Graduated Link Necklace in Yellow Gold and HardWear Large Link Earrings in Yellow Gold with Pavé Diamonds
Reza Nature Series Web Necklace and Buccellati Macri Positano Eternelle Ring
Reza Nature Series Web Necklace and Buccellati Macri Positano Eternelle Ring
Vacheron Constantin Moon Phase Retrograde
Vacheron Constantin Moon Phase Retrograde
Talk to Me, Harry Winston Sapphire and Yellow Diamond Necklace
Talk to Me, Harry Winston Sapphire and Yellow Diamond Necklace
Breguet Classique Tourbillon Sidéral 7255BH
Breguet Classique Tourbillon Sidéral 7255BH
Van Cleef & Arpels Perlée Couleurs Ring, Perlée Diamonds Pavé Ring, and Perlée Diamonds Duo Ring
Van Cleef & Arpels Perlée Couleurs Ring, Perlée Diamonds Pavé Ring, and Perlée Diamonds Duo Ring
Graff High Jewelry Emerald Cut White Diamond Line Necklace
Graff High Jewelry Emerald Cut White Diamond Line Necklace
Omega De Ville Mini Trésor 26 mm, Moonshine™
Omega De Ville Mini Trésor 26 mm, Moonshine™
Cadar B HOME ChokerTennis Necklace
Cadar B HOME Choker Tennis Necklace
Cartier Grain de CaféNecklace
Cartier Grain de Café Necklace
Lugano Yellow & White Diamond Necklace
Lugano Yellow & White Diamond Necklace

Production by Second Name Agency
Prop Styling by Selena Liu
Lighting Tech by Nigel Jones
Digi Tech by Mari Kon
Prop Assistance by Colin Favre

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