Jewelry-making was always a dream for Roberto Coin, but not one that was immediately achieved. Coin’s career first started in hospitality while working as a manager at five-star hotels. Though seemingly unrelated to jewelry, while working in hospitality, Coin learned best how to work for his customer.
While he learned from the masters over the years, Coin had also accumulated hundreds of his own jewelry designs and drawings that were eventually made into reality. In 1996, Roberto Coin went in a different direction and launched its first jewelry collections.
In an unbelievably short period of time, the brand reached great success, gaining an international reputation in fine jewelry. Now, the jewelry company produces an unparalleled 600-1,000 original designs every year.
Roberto Coin has also produced major innovations in the jewelry industry. The Kimberley Process can attribute success to the Italian jeweler. Coin is a member of the Board of Directors of the World Diamond Council which has worked with the United Nations to create the Kimberley Process. The process is an agreement between the UN, the governments’ of diamond-producing countries and NGOs that is against the trafficking and sourcing of diamonds from areas of conflict.
Coin has been in avid support of conflict-free material sourcing. His signature hallmark, a ruby inserted on the inside of a jewelry piece, is now synthetically produced. The jeweler has stated that the only way he can be sure his signature ruby is conflict-free and ethically sourced is by using synthetically produced diamonds completely free of association with Myanmar (Burma).
Roberto Coin has also worked closely with master diamond-cutters to create a new cut that enhances fire, brilliance and scintillation. His cut is called the Cento cut, after the Italian word for 100. The cut is a modified brilliant that features a total of 100 facets and enhances the sparkle of Roberto Coin diamonds.
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