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Place Vendôme · Paris, since 2005

Messika

Valérie Messika grew up watching her father, the diamond dealer André Messika, slide stones between his fingers, and in 2005 built a house on the idea that a diamond looks best in motion. Her hand is thin pavé and loose stones: diamonds that run along a gold rail, ride a sprung thread, or sit alone on a bare line of white gold.

Founded by Valérie Messika. Ideas from €750. Messika site

Move Classique double-chain bracelet in white gold: an open gold cage holding three diamonds that slide along it, on a pale grey ground.
Image © Messika

Move

2007 From €750
Pair of Gatsby medium hoop earrings in yellow gold, each a thin oval lined with pavé diamonds, on a pale grey ground.
Image © Messika

Gatsby

From €1,250
Skinny rivière bracelet in white gold: a thin flexible line of diamonds forming a bangle, with a fine safety chain, on a pale grey ground.
Image © Messika

Skinny

2009 From €5,900
Glam'Azone pavé ring in yellow gold: two parallel diamond-set bands joined at the centre by an oval diamond in a pavé halo, on a pale grey ground.
Image © Messika

Glam'Azone

From €2,990

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Inside the house

  • Skinny rivière bracelet in white gold: a thin flexible line of diamonds forming a bangle, with a fine safety chain, on a pale grey ground.

    Skinny after Move

    Two years after Move, Messika put the movement into the line itself: tiny springs let a rivière stretch over the hand and close back.