Engagement Rings Buying Guide

Step 1: Establish Your Budget

Step 2: Learn About Diamonds

To begin shopping for a diamond, you need to understand the four Cs of diamond evaluation:

Carat

Color

Clarity

Cut

By understanding these qualities you can determine which traits are most important to you, and you can find a balance between them that best suits your needs. To learn more about the four Cs of diamonds, visit our Diamond Buying Guide.

Vacheron Constantin Partners with United State Watchmaking School

Vacheron Constantin (VC), and the NAIOSW have formed a two-year partnership to promote and support high watchmaking in North America.

VC is the first Swiss watchmaking brand to partner with the North American Institute of Swiss Watchmaking, based in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. The partnership is an extension of the brand’s worldwide support of the Institute of Swiss Watchmaking, of which the North American Institute of Swiss Watchmaking is a branch.

United States Chain-Store Sales +3%

United State weekly chain-store sales rose 2.7 percent year on year for the week that ended on 27-10, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers and Goldman Sachs. Week-to-week comparable-store sales experienced a slight increase, up 0.5 percent, in part due to consumers along the eastern seaboard buying supplies in preparation for a major storm.

"Abnormally warm weather lingered last week, which curbed seasonal merchandise demand, while residents in the East prepped to faced Hurricane Sandy, which seemingly helped lift grocery store business—according the  International Council of Shopping Centers -Goldman Sachs weekly consumer tracking survey," said Michael Niemira,  International Council of Shopping Centers 's vice president of research and chief economist. "Overall, though the week’s sales were decent, though there were pockets of softness among the seasonal categories,” Niemira added.