Hawaii or Catene
Buccellati · Pomellato
Hawaii
Hundreds of tiny rings, each coiled by hand from twisted gold thread and linked like the flowers of a lei, so a necklace moves like knitted cord.
Catene
The plump gourmette link Pomellato has made since its first season, blown up and softened until three or four articulated links become the whole ring.
Milan made both, close to a century apart. Mario Buccellati, who opened his shop in the city in 1919, drew Hawaii in the 1930s: hundreds of small rings coiled from twisted gold thread and linked like the blossoms of a lei. Vincenzo Castaldo's Catene, from 2021, starts from the opposite end of the chain-maker's craft, a single gourmette link swollen until three or four of them form a ring. Buccellati multiplies the link; Pomellato magnifies it.
| Fact | Hawaii | Catene |
|---|---|---|
| Introduced | — | 2021 |
| Designer | Mario Buccellati | Vincenzo Castaldo |
| School | Milan & Valenza | Milan & Valenza |
| Materials | yellow gold, white gold, rose gold, diamond, opal, chalcedony, jade | rose gold, yellow gold, white gold, diamond, coloured diamond |
| Moves | No | No |
| From | Not published | €8,100 |
| Top of line | — | €45,000 |
Prices in euros as published by each house, October 2026.
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