Lap of Luxury: Arunashi Diamonds
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Channel: FOX 5 New York · 2015 · News & Politics
This holiday, Fox 5 has teamed up with the Robb Report to show our viewers some of the most extravagant gifts and experiences money can buy. The Robb Report has been releasing its Ultimate Gift Guide for 32 years. David Arnold, senior vice president, says every year he thinks the issue can't get bigger or better, but somehow they manage to find more amazing products, services, and experiences. Arnold says they look for the pinnacle of design, technique, manufacturing and one-off experiences. It's really a bucket list of gifts that would make someone's year, not just their day, if they found them under the tree. So why not begin with the ultimate holiday gift? Diamonds. Arun Bohra has designed a 1.55-carat vivid blue-green diamond ring. Bohra says there are maybe 100 stones in the world that are a carat-plus fancy vivid blue or blue-green, but only about 20 to 25 of them have this kind of clarity. And he would know. Bohra and his family have been in the jewelry business since 1841. As the 8th generation in the business, Bohra jokes that it's a curse he can't escape. A friend brought this rare blue-green diamond ring to Bohra, who says he just had to have it because of its spectacular color. His business is called Arunashi, and it's all about unique artistry. Bohra says Arunashi is a small, intimate, boutique-style business that does limited pieces: only about 70 to 80 per year. He says the creative process of design and the art of craftsmanship have to marry. With this ring, Bohra, set the exquisite stone in 18-karat gold and surrounded it with 8 more carats of white diamonds. The design was inspired by his young son's obsession with snails. The ring is designed like a nautilus, with flat-cut diamonds enveloping the blue-green center stone. Price tag: $3.75 million. If that's not enough, Bohra also created a matching pair of earrings. He says he was eventually able to find three stones that were close enough in color and recut a few of them so they matched. The ring has a fancy vivid blue-green diamond. The earrings are fancy vivid green-blue stones. They're slightly smaller, but the colors are breathtaking. The green-blue diamond earrings are 2.27 carats combined and cost $6.85 million. Can't bear to separate the earrings from the ring? You can take the entire set for $10.6 million. Bohra says the set needs to go to a home that falls in love with it.
