Close Guard At Jewellery Fair

Press, Volume C, Issue 29635, 4 October 1961, Page 2

Close Guard At Jewellery Fair

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ZALIA THOMAS]

The International Watch and Jewellery Trade Fair opened in London this week, and jewellery, plate, silverware, luxury gifts, watches and clocks on show amounted to more than £8,000,000.

To safeguard this fabulous display special squads of security officers were drafted to Karls Court to maintain a day and night watch, to say nothing of the individual security precautions also taken by the exhibitors. Typical of the Items on display were diamond watches costing £7500 and necklaces valued at £6OOO

Although it is always interesting to see expensive jewellery and wonder at the craftsmanship, it is the less expensive items which are of more interest to the woman in the street and on my tour round the stands the following things particularly caught my eye:

A two-raw necklace of golden octagonally - shaped beads which bad been electronically welded on to reinforced nylon, for those women who cannot help fiddling with their necklaces Adjustable Rings

The '‘snap-on" ring which ensures a perfect fit for any finger, no matter how large o' small—it ear, be adjusted to 12 different sizes by means of an interior spring link and two invisible shank hinges Rings of any size or weight can be obtained with this device and are the ideal solution to the problems of large jointed folk and a boon to sufferers of arthritis or rheumatism. who are often unable to wear finger jewellery. The device is also very satisfactory for large-stone rings which tend to twist on the finger. Even old rings can be converted if required. To cut down telephone costs, a pen-shaped tele-phone-timer which can be used to dial your number The timer remains in the dial and automatically shows bow the minutes are passing. To start the mechanism you press down the gilt cap and your call is recorded from the time the number you have dialled answers. As each minute passes a coloured and numbered ring is re* vealed by the gilt- cap automatically returning to its original position. A watch for travellers which gives tbe time in every main city throughout the world, at a glanee. throughout any hour of the day or night

An alarm clock with novelty appeal which folds like a book and has extra space in its leather case for trinkets and other odds and ends needed by the traveller. For owners of charm bracelets miniature radiograms, television seta or radios in 9 ct. gold which incorporate a minute musical box which plays a few ban from any of tbe four tunes available. Wide enamelled banglee with a watch hidden under one end automatically slide open to reveal the watch when the arm is raised A “Never on Sunday" alarm clock which is wound each Sunday night and wakens you with seven seta of rings each morning for the rest of the weak but on the following Sunday morning stops automatically after eight seconds. Of interest to jewellers was the new type of gem setting on show at the fairclaws holding a baguette diamond. Baguette, or straightsided, precious stones are usually set in a box-type of setting and claws are normally used with the rounded cuts. By this new technique, nesrly-invisible Claws hold the baguette stones so that they appear more prominent and there is no appearance of metal. •