Top jewelry brands

The Luxury Institute in New York recently interviewed 500 wealthy luxury consumers and asked them to rate 20 of the world’s top jewelers. They rated a list of 20 brands on the basis of superior quality, uniqueness & exclusivity, social status and customer service, which were then converted into an index. They recently published the results from this in the Top 10 Jewelry brands.
Here’s the list…..

  1. Harry Winston
  2. Buccellati
  3. Van Cleef & Arpels
  4. Graff
  5. Tiffany & Co
  6. Piaget
  7. Cartier
  8. Chopard
  9. Bvlgari
  10. Mikimoto
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