Episode 145: Watches and Wonders, Tariffs

The Jewelry District

JCK

Fashion & Beauty, Business News, Business, Arts, News

9.9 • 25 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, JCK editor-in-chief Victoria Gomelsky and news director Rob Bates Victoria discuss highlights from Watches and Wonders, including a Bremont relaunch, new Bulgari pieces, and Rolex’s first new collection in 13 years. “Rolex has really thrown down the gauntlet,” with its new Dynapulse escapement, Victoria reports. Next, the pair analyze the effect the U.S. administration’s initial tariff announcements had on the jewelry industry (confusion and worry) and offer some perspective on what may lie ahead in a time of rapid change and continuing uncertainty.Presenting sponsor: IGI (igi.org/education)Sponsor: Nivoda (nivoda.com)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Jewelry District, a podcast by J.C.K. brought to you by IGII, the International Gemological Institute.
0:18.9	Today, Rob Bates and Victoria Gamalski talk about watches and wanders in Geneva and the impact and
0:24.1	uncertainties around tariffs.
0:30.2	Hey, everyone.
0:31.6	Welcome to the jewelry district.
0:33.5	This is Victoria Gamelski, editor-in-chief of JCPay and J-CK Online.com, calling in from Los Angeles.
0:40.5	And I'm with Rob Bates, news director of J-CK and J-CK Online.com calling in from New York City.
0:46.8	Well, happy spring, I guess.
0:48.5	Maybe the last time.
0:49.5	Yes, it's very nice out.
0:50.6	We talked.
0:51.2	It is, yeah, it's very nice out of here too. It does feel like lots of new things are in the air,
0:55.8	I guess you could say. I think from the get, we need to tell our listeners that we're recording this
1:01.5	on April 9th, a couple weeks out from when it's airing, and lots and lots can change. So keep in
1:09.0	mind that our conversation is sort of time stamped and may very
1:13.1	well be out of date by the time you finish listening to this episode. And that's all we can say.
1:18.5	We live at a time of great uncertainty and lots of dramatic ups and downs and changes. And we'll get
1:23.7	into those. When did you get back from Watchers of Wonders? So I flew to Geneva on March 30th.
1:29.1	I arrived there March 31st, and then I flew home on April 4th.
1:32.6	So I was there, you know, not quite a week, actually.
1:34.9	I didn't sleep a wink on the plane, which is just my curse.
1:37.9	I never sleep on planes, no matter the class I'm in.
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