Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
STYLE | report 23<br />
THE STAR OF THE SHOW<br />
In 2017 the ‘pink star’ diamond shattered all previous<br />
auction records when it sold for $97 million.<br />
Just five minutes into the auctioning process in Hong<br />
Kong, a telephone bidder claimed the 59.60-carat<br />
mixed-cut, internally flawless diamond. The chairman of<br />
Hong Kong jeweller Chow Tai Fook placed the winning<br />
bid and renamed the rock CTF Pink Star, in memory of<br />
the company’s founder.<br />
Since being mined in 1999 by De Beers in Africa, the<br />
record-breaking diamond has undergone two years of<br />
meticulous cutting and polishing. The CTF Pink Star<br />
belongs to the rare subgroup inclusive of only the most<br />
chemically pure of all diamond crystals. It’s crystal clear<br />
this was a stone worth investing in.<br />
POCKET A PROFIT<br />
Meet the Swiss-made pocket watch that fetched an astonishing<br />
$33 million at an auction in Geneva.<br />
In November 2014, the fully unique Patek Philippe<br />
‘Supercomplication’ pocket watch beat its own world record<br />
when an anonymous buyer trumped a bevy of competitive<br />
bidders. A total of 110 wheels, 430 screws and 70 jewels<br />
make up this sensational timepiece.<br />
Some years prior, the pocket watch had been purchased by<br />
a member of the Qatari royal family, but had to be returned<br />
as part of a debt replacement. Since its return, the value of<br />
Patek Philippe has increased substantially, much to the delight<br />
of auction house, Sotheby’s.<br />
Six wayS SaunaS<br />
beat spa pools<br />
Ease aches and pains away with a Scandinavian<br />
designed and crafted barrel sauna, the hot new<br />
option with some great advantages.<br />
1. Saunas only use power when in use.<br />
2. Saunas aren’t noisy.<br />
3. Easier to keep clean with no need for chemicals.<br />
4. Enjoyable in any weather, cocooned from<br />
the elements.<br />
5. Safer – no slippery steps, level floor, and easy to get<br />
in and out of.<br />
6. Lower maintenance because there’s only one<br />
working part, the heater.<br />
canterburysaunas.co.nz