Described as a "collaboration between the drinks, crystal, art and design worlds," Bombay Sapphire Revelation is a collection of 5 absolutely gorgeous bottles. Bombay Sapphire is the drink (of course), Baccarat is the crystal, Garrard is the art/jeweller, and Karim Rashid is the bottle designer. The Revelation line consists of 5 bottles shaped like enormous jewels, all the same with the exception of their caps -- each uniquely decorated with diamonds and sapphires.

The entire collection is worth $1 million, but each bottle (priced at $200,000) will be displayed separately at one of 5 airports around the world (New York, London, Dubai, Sydney, and Singapore) starting around the end of March with proceeds to benefit The Smile Train charity. And along with the beautiful Revelation bottle the new owners will also receive a years supply of Bombay Sapphire gin.

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Check out these two jeweled masterpieces from Jaeger-LeCoultre. These stunning pieces are known and the rose and the tulip. The rose, on the right, is made of a total of 75 carats of gemstones including 1,480 sapphires, 1,370 tsavorites, 120 rubies and 120 diamonds. The movement used in both watches is the manual-wind JLC caliber 846. The tulip is 85 carats of stones including 1,600 tsavorites, 1,900 sapphires and 30 diamonds.

Celebrity jewels are on the auction block again this fall. The Magnificent Jewels sales from Christie's on October 16 in New York City will include more than $25 million worth of jewels including property from the estate of actress Lucille Desiree Ball. The collection features signed jewelry by Van Cleef & Arpels such as a suite of yellow sapphire and diamond jewelry that includes a pendant necklace, a pair of ear clips and ring. A portion of the proceeds from this collection go to the The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Center in Jamestown, New York. The sale will also feature a variety of important diamonds including a 38.47 D,VS1 diamond estimated to sell for $2,300,000-$2,500,000 and several colored diamonds such as a pear-shaped fancy blue-gray diamond of 7.88 carats with an estimate of $700,000-$1,000,000 and a pear-shaped fancy vivid orangy-yellow diamond of 12.55 carats with an estimate of $800,000-$1,200,000.

Christie's is also holding a separate sale on the same day of 40 pieces from a private collection valued at $4 million. The collection features a variety of Harry Winston pieces including a rectangular-cut, D, VVS2 Type IIa 23.14 carat diamond ring which is estimated to sell for $800,000-$1,200,000. Type IIa diamonds are sometimes referred to as Golconda diamonds because they were first seen in the Golconda region of India and they are exceptionally clean and dazzling. My favorite piece of the 40-piece collection is the Tiffany & Co. brooch shown above. It is shaped like a Maltese cross with a stained glass design of sapphires, gold and diamonds around a central square-cut aquamarine, weighing approximately 19.48 carats. It is estimated to sell for $15,000-$25,000.

In today's age of motion and touch sensors and every other kind of high-tech gadget we've got for security of precious goods, Harrods in London recently took a unique step to protect a pair of very expensive shoes: they hired a poisonous cobra to stand (sit? slither?) guard.

Obviously this was a publicity stunt, not a real security effort, but I say good for them. That's pretty clever, and for all intents and purposes it worked. The cobra has since returned to its owner and the shoes are, I'm sure, under a more traditional lock and key type security system.

Curious what kind of shoes warranted such a show? A pair of red sandals by Rene Caovilla that are encrusted with rubies, sapphires, and diamonds and valued at about $120,000.

If you are running out of places to put your diamonds, consider your sneakers. The perfect accessory to those pricey limited edition sneaks just might be Kickbars, jewel-encrusted shoelace clips. The bars, which feature emeralds, sapphires, rubies and diamonds set in white gold, can also be used on bracelets and necklaces. The original Kickbar has 54 G color, VS1 diamonds pave set into the rectangular bar (a total weight of 2 carats) and sells for $7500.

An LA Times article earlier this spring highlights another way to make your shoes sparkle, a company called Greedy Genius is selling interchangeable diamond eyelets.

I've written about Mikimoto's designs by Giovanna Broggian before. The designer puts a whole new spin on classic pearls. Now, for your pre-Valentine's Day shopping you can meet the designer and check out the latest collections, Eden and Delfina which ornament diamonds and precious gems with pearls. Designer Lisa Broggian will be appearing at both the New York and Costa Mesa, California Mikimoto boutiques in early February. The earrings shown here are Love Knots that feature South Sea cultured pearls and blue sapphires and sell for $10,000.

Prince Edward of Wales certainly knew how to show his love for Wallis Simpson. The man who gave up a kingdom for love, gave the object of his affection this amazing Cartier brooch with their initials W and E done is rubies and sapphires. The brooch is now for sale again at Bonhams in London on Dec. 7. The auction has an estimate of up to 35,000 pounds ($67,729), lower than the $95,333 it brought when it was first on the market in the 1980s. The brooch was purchased from Sotheby's in 1987 by the Daily Mail newspaper and was won in a Daily Mail poetry competition by Percy and Vera Brindley and auctioned by Bonhams in 2000.

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This beautiful brown watch from Alain Sauser is part of his series that honors the elements. This one is earth and is set with 685 white, black and cognac-colored diamonds. The watches use the quartz ETA caliber 976.001 movement and have sapphire crystals. The other watches in the series feature sapphires, rubies and diamonds embodying the essence of Air, Water, Fire and Night to gorgeous effect.

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Another year older already? It's time yet again for the birthday of Posh Spice, otherwise known as Victoria Beckham. The Beckhams are infamous for their lavish birthday fetes and this year is no different. Last year they partied in Paris, this year Victoria is having a Japanese-themed party at the Beckham manse in Madrid. The walls will be covered in Japanese silk and chefs from Nobu will prepare the food which includes lobster tails served in martini glasses and exotic fruits and sorbets. But the big news is Victoria's gift. Rumor has it she will be given a copy of the necklace that Keira Knightly wore to the Oscars this year. The massive vintage collar which drips with diamonds, sapphires, rubies and emeralds has been said to cost around $12 million. After the big day, the couple will enjoy a vacation in the Italian lakes area. What a way to turn 32.

Jeweler Mark Patterson's Intensity collection uses the color of brilliant gemstones in a unique way. Brilliant pink or blue sapphires are set according to their varying shades so that the color seems to fade across the designs, from bright to the pale fire of diamonds. The sapphire and diamond ring shown here is done in18K white gold with twelve diamonds weighing .40 carat fading toward 2.90 carats of blue sapphires. It sells for $4,525.

No one took home the ruby and diamond necklace and earrings that I posted about when I first mentioned the Sotheby's sale which took place today in St. Moritz. The fact that these didn't sell didn't mean that the sale was a bust. Some items sold over estimate. Two lots contested for the top spot, both coming in at 580,000 CHF (approx. $443,000). The first was this pair of natural Burmese sapphire and diamond earrings. Each earring features an oval and a detachable pear-shaped sapphire surrounded by diamonds and mounted in yellow gold. The lot (estimated to sell for 280,000 to 400,000 CHF) also came with a simulated diamond necklace on which to attach drops. The other lot that sold at the same price was a brilliant-cut diamond 7.14 carat ring.

Wow, this little piece of heaven is featured on Europastar and is called Gaïa 23°27'. The watch was created by  Anatole Le Grand Edouard. The Gaïa 23°27' is a jewelry watch that features a bracelet of pink gold spheres that are slightly flattened on the interior. The main sphere, which has a diameter equal to 500 millionths of the diameter of the Earth, features an automatic calibre movement which is set off center and inclined to 23°27' which is the angle of inclination of the Earth’s rotational axis to its elliptical plane. The watch is full of celestial themes like comets, planets and stars rendered in diamonds, rubies and colored sapphires. The center is supposed to invoke the sun (although it reminds me a bit of a bloodshot eye). A total of 440 diamonds and 519 gemstones went into the piece and the tiny dial is actually a 2.32 carat ruby cabochon with a hole in the center. The watch is the first model in a limited series of 22 pieces.