Blue Star Jets and King Jeweler’s Nashville announced a concierge partnership

Blue Star Jets and King Jeweler’s Nashville announced a partnership to further develop each company’s luxury concierge program. Starting April 1st, 2010, any purchase of $5,000 or more earns a $1,000 gift certificate aboard Blue Star Jets. This partnership allows King Jewelers to further broaden their VIP concierge service and caters to elite watch collectors and diamond aficionados around the country.

Blue Star Jets is the largest broker of private jets for hire, under Part 135, offering its clientele unparalleled service and the ultimate in luxury and convenience. Business executives who regularly travel on private aircraft started Blue Star Jets as a result of their frustration with the lack of service and cost of flying privately. They quickly realized that most business and leisure travelers using private jets did not need to own a full or fractional ownership of a jet and would respond favorably to a more cost effective and flexible alternative. Blue Star Jets is the only complete jet charter brokerage company you will ever need. All flights are operated by Part 135 carriers. Operators providing service for BSJ's clients must meet standards set forth by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Please note that Blue Star Jets does not manage or operate aircrafts on behalf of our clients. We will assist our clients in finding the best operators for any aircraft. For more information, please visit http://www.bluestarjets.com/.

Established in 1912, King Jewelers has proudly styled jewelry and timepiece aficionados from around the world. A pioneer among independent couture jewelers, King Jewelers has built an outstanding reputation steeped in quality, value and first-class customer service. King Jewelers is an authorized dealer for over forty luxury Swiss watch brands including Bell & Ross, Bulgari, Breitling, Cartier, Chanel, Chopard, Hublot, Girard-Perregaux, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Jaquet Droz, Montblanc, Swiss Army, and TAG Heuer. With store locations in Aventura, FL and Nashville, TN, King Jewelers has won numerous awards as the Southeast's top jewelry store and diamond wholesaler. King Jewelers is a member of the American Watch Guild, an IW Leading Watch Retailer, and offers Nashville watch repairs and watch refinishing. For additional information, please visit our salon in Green Hills located at 4121 Hillsboro Road, call (615) 724-5464, or log onto http://www.kings1912.com/.

Exclusive U.S. Timepiece from BaselWorld 2010: Franc Vila’s Cobra “Blue Bandido”

Exclusive Spanish watchmaker Franc Vila has been a fresh and exciting addition in the world of boutique haute horology as his Franc Vila EVOS Cobra watches amazed BaselWorld 2010 and continued to build on his legacy for exquisite and eccentric timepieces. The most interesting new timepiece was Franc Vila’s Cobra “Blue Bandido,” an exclusive timepiece for the United States.

Franc Vila watches are unmistakable due to their very unique design and shape. The case on these watches is a combination of what Vila calls “DieHard Extreme Steel” and carbon-fiber, with titanium accents. The watch is water resistant 300 meters and houses an automatic mechanical hand finished Caliber FV8Ch movement with Franc Vila’s unique “Gold Concept Rotor”. Dial is also a combination of carbon fiber and guilloché (decorated) metal, with chronograph and “Big date” indicators. Comes on a black rubber strap with steel deployant buckle and as a nice bonus a crocodile leather strap with matching stitchings is also included. Price will be about $20,000. All are limited to just 88 pieces.

Holding true to his commitment to produce only exceptional quality mechanical timepieces, Vila works with the most respected manufacturers in the watch industry. His creations often take as long as five years in the development stage. And, they are always highly exclusive due to the limited production dictated by their complexity and by the tremendous amount of handcrafting involved. The entire process truly reflects his philosophy… “not only mine, but a part of me.” All FRANC VILA timepieces come with both crocodile and rubber straps. Due to the very limited production of these timepieces, there may be slight variances in the details of each watch.

Franc Vila’s Cobra “Blue Bandido,” an exclusive timepiece for the United States, will be available for sale in Fall 2010 exclusively at King Jewelers Nashville and King Jewelers Miami. King Jewelers also repairs and refinishes Franc Vila watches. For more info, visit http://www.kings1912.com/ or http://www.francvila.com/.

Luxury Sport Watch of the Year: IWC Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph

The winner of King Jeweler’s Luxury Sport Watch of the Year as released at the SIHH 2010 show hosted in Geneva during late January, IWC triumphs with release of the Yacht Club collection back in the iconic Portuguese case. The 45.4mm Yacht Club Chronograph is the first sporty IWC model in the Portuguese family and houses IWC’s manufacture caliber 89360. Its chronograph permits the recording of aggregate times of up to twelve hours on the common counter for the minutes and hours and can be reset to zero via the flyback function at any time while running, so that it is instantly ready to start measuring a new time.

Designed for nautical duty, a screw-in crown and crown protection help protect against the elements, and the case offers 6 bar water resistance. Consistent with the sporty theme, this watch has luminescent indices and hands – a first in the Portuguese family.

The Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph is available in three variants: 1) steel with a silver-plated dial, rhodium-plated luminescent hands and appliqués; 2) steel with a black dial, silver-plated flange and rhodium-plated hands and appliqués, also luminescent; 3) 18 carat red gold with a slate-colored dial with a sun pattern ground finish, subtly contrasted by the black small seconds display circle and the black ring for the aggregate minutes of the chronograph. This model is distinguished additionally by gold-plated hands and solid red gold appliqués. All three variants are worn on a black rubber strap with a folding clasp. The sapphire-glass back offers a clear view of the IWC-manufactured movement with double-pawl winding.

Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph Specifications
Movement: Calibre 89360
- Beats: 28,800/h- Jewels: 40- Power reserve: 68 h- Winding: automatic
Glass: sapphire, convex, anti-reflective coating on both sides
Back: see-through sapphire-glass back
Crown: screw-in
Water-resistant to 6 bar
Diameter 45.4mm
Height 14.5mm

The IWC Yacht Club Chronograph is priced at $12,600 in steel and $23,100 in red gold (USD). The Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph will be available at IWC boutiques in June. King Jewelers is proud to offer the IWC Portuguese Yacht Club Chronograph collection in September, but will allow collectors a first-hand glimpse at King Jeweler’s Nashville Watch Fair to be hosted April 23rd and 24th at King Jewelers in Green Hills, TN. For more info, visit http://www.kings1912.com/ or http://www.iwc.com/.

Jewelry Technology Spotlight: Men’s Cobaltchrome Wedding Bands

For many years, Benchmark has produced a collection of remarkable wedding bands in precious metals for both men and women. The FORGE line from Benchmark features an assortment of alternative metals for unique men’s rings such as Tungsten, Titanium, Seranite, and the newest metal, Cobaltchrome. Cobaltchrome is a new generation of contemporary metal that offers extraordinary characteristics.

Strength: Cobaltchrome is 4x harder than platinum, 5x harder than gold, and 7x harder than silver.

Resiliency: Cobaltchrome is incredibily hard and provides an uncompromising strength.

Shatterproof: Because of its tremendous abundance of strength, Cobaltchrome is shatterproof and will not crack.

Scratch- Resistant: Cobaltchrome is reliable durability that has proven to be scratch-resistant.

Hypoallergenic: Cobaltchrome does not contain harmful alloys that cause allergic reactions.

Bio-Compatible: Because Cobaltchrome is purely natural and can be tolerated by the human body, it has been highly accepted and used within medical practices.

Permanent Luster: Cobaltchrome features a natural, long-lasting high luster that never fades or discolors over time.

Sizeable: Cobaltchrome is one of the only alternative metals in the marketplace that can be resized.

Cobaltchrome rings from Benchmark come with a lifetime guarantee and services that range from resizing to refinishing. King Jewelers is proud to be an authorized agent for Benchmark Wedding Bands and the new Benchmark FORGE collections. Learn more about Cobaltchrome rings and shop on-line with confidence at http://www.kings1912.com/.

Mikimoto opens exclusively in the Nashville market with King Jewelers

King Jewelers is proud to announce the arrival of the MIKIMOTO pearly jewelry collections in Nashville, TN. King Jewelers Nashville concentrates on Mikimoto’s Akoya, Black South Sea, Pearls in Motion, Moderna 8, as well as MIKIMOTO’s Everday Essential collections. Mikimoto will host a launch trunk show on April 23rd and 24th during King Jeweler’s Nashville Watch Fair next month.

In 1893, Kokichi Mikimoto succeeded in producing the world's first cultured pearl. Since that day, MIKIMOTO continues to make history, creating its own distinctive style. Through mastery, aesthetics and a consuming fascination with quality, Kokichi Mikimoto made cultured pearls one of the world's most prevalent fashion accessories. It was Kokichi's dream "to adorn the necks of all the women of the world with pearls." His dream is expressed in the signature quality and elegance of today's MIKIMOTO Pearl Jewelry Collections.

MIKIMOTO has developed the highest standards of quality and consistency by devoting more than a century to understanding the sea and researching the oyster. While luster, pearl quality, surface perfection, color, shape and size are standard factors for pearl grading, the MIKIMOTO pearl grading scale is the only qualified system which accurately and consistently defines these factors by four individual grade categories. Only the top 5% of the pearl harvest meets the strict quality standards of MIKIMOTO.

Mikimoto pearls make great gifts for Mother's Day, graduation, and any special occasion. King Jewelers is an authorized dealer for Mikimoto pearls. Shop on-line with confidence for authentic Mikimoto pearls at http://www.kings1912.com/ or visit www.MikimotoAmerica.com.

King Jewelers Nashville Watch Spotlight: Calibre de Cartier

At this year’s SIHH 2010, Cartier released one of the finest, most masculine timepieces to ever bear the prestigious Cartier brand name: the Calibre de Cartier. Constructed in a 42mm case, the new collection is available in steel, two-tone, and 18k pink gold (featured here in steel). Imagine an IWC Portuguese Chronograph meets a Jaeger-LeCoultre sophistication with the DNA of Cartier --- the Richmoent group is truly a powerhouse of design and quality. Here are a few details and specs of what we feel to be one of the best new models to hit the watch market this year:

• Highly distinctive Cartier aesthetic codes : Innovative design, snailed opalin dial, Roman numerals, rail track, sword shaped hands, heptagonal crown set with a blue cabochon... Calibre de Cartier reinterprets all the emblematic watchmaking codes of the Maison.
• An extraordinary well balanced aesthetic: a powerful design with its large bezel and imposing horns, yet very comfortable to wear.
• A 100 % Cartier workshop-crafted automatic movement 1904 MC: A new
movement developed, manufactured and assembled by Cartier in the great watchmaking tradition to combine: chronometry, durability and reliability. This new in-house automatic movement provides an exceptional chronometry thanks to its double barrel and its bidirectional winding system. The 1904 MC displays a Manufacture level of finishes: rotor and bridges are decorated with the traditional Côtes de Genève and stippling decoration for the bottom plate.

Caliber 1904 MC
> Diameter: 11’’’½ id 25,6mm
> Thickness: 4 mm
> Number of Jewels: 27
> Number of pieces: 186
> Two barrels
> Bidirectional Rotor winding sytem
> Frequency: 28’800 vibrations / hour (4 Hz)
> Power reserve: 48 hours.

CRW7100014: $6,500
CRW7100013: $6,500

King Jewelers Nashville is the exclusive authorized dealer for the Calibre de Cartier in the Central South region. For more information, please visit www.Cartier.com or http://www.kings1912.com/.

KING JEWELERS FIRST RETAILER IN COUNTRY TO HOST NORTH AMERICAN DEBUT OF NEW TIMEPIECES FROM THE GENEVA 2010 WATCH FAIR AT THE NASHVILLE WATCH FAIR

King Jewelers will host the North American debut of its second annual Nashville Watch Fair “The Fair After the Fair,” an exclusive sneak peak at the new and exciting Swiss timepieces from the Geneva 2010 watch fairs held earlier this year. The King Jewelers’ Watch Fair will be hosted starting April 23 and April 24 from 10 a.m. to 6:30 pm at the store located at 4121 Hillsboro Road in Nashville.

Authorized dealers representing more than 20 luxury Swiss watch brands featuring more than 1,000 timepieces will participate and the King family is proud to present these exclusive never seen before collections and one of a kind pieces to the Central South. The timepieces will include once in a lifetime exquisite prototypes which may not ever be manufactured by these companies, providing an even more special experience for watch aficionados and collectors.

Guests will enjoy daily festivities and gifts with purchase, for example, all Swiss Army watches come with a complimentary Swiss Army knife as a gift with purchase and be among the first to wear haute horology’s most sought-after wristwatches for 2010. King Jewelers is also pleased to announce its representation of the exclusive ladies MIKOMOTO pearl jewelry collection and will preview the newest pieces with a trunk show during both days of the Watch Fair.

Among the hottest timepieces from the 2010 Geneva and Basel Watch Fairs are the IWC Portuguese Yacht watches, all of the new TAG Heuer Grand Carrera collection, the release of Cartier’s Calibere collection, the Hublot King Power Alinghi, and Jaquet Droz one-of-a-kind collections. TAG Heuer is celebrating its 150th anniversary and Bell & Ross will showcase its new Vintage collection.

The watch brands, many of which are carried exclusively by King Jewelers across the state, include Alpina, Bell & Ross, Breitling, Breitling for Bentley, BRM, Bulgari, Cartier, Chanel, Chopard, Concord, Franc Vila, Frederique Constant, Girard-Perregaux, Hublot, IWC, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Jaquet Droz, Michele, Montblanc, TAG Heuer, TAG Heuer Grand Carrera, TechnoMarine, and Tissot.

“The Watch Fair allows our guests from Nashville and beyond to view the most elite and unique Swiss timepieces for the first time,” said David King, brand manager of King Jewelers. “This annual event is one of the most distinctive ever offered to the Nashville community. Watch collectors wait with bated breath to glimpse these new offerings.”

In 1893, Kokichi Mikimoto succeeded in producing the world’s first cultured pearl. Since that day, MIKIMOTO continues to make history, creating its own distinctive style. MIKIMOTO has developed the highest standards of quality and consistency by devoting more than a century to understanding the sea and researching the oyster. Only the top five percent of the pearl harvest meets the strict quality standards of MIKIMOTO. A proprietary pearl grading system measures the quality of each MIKIMOTO pearl. This unique grading system provides the standard of excellence that distinguishes MIKIMOTO pearls from all others. Visit http://www.mikimotoamerica.com/ for more information.

King Jewelers, South Florida’s oldest and most reputable jeweler, continues its legacy of luxury in its jewelry and watch gallery store in Green Hills. The company spans five generations and the South Florida location opened in 1912. King Jewelers is a member of the Jewelers of America, American Watch Guild, Jewelers Board of Trade, International Wristwatch Leading Watch Retailer, and the American Society of Appraisers and has among its staff GIA Certified Gemologists. The store is located at 4121 Hillsboro Road at the corner of Hobbs Road and hours of operation are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. The telephone number is (615) 724-5464 and the web site is www.Kings1912.com.