High jewelry

Fine jewelry: a unique know-how

Place Vendôme, a Mecca for French jewelry and fine jewelry, embodies the symbol of excellence that brings together the most prestigious luxury brands. High jewelry is a luxury know-how, maintained by rare expert jewelers such as Lorenz Bäumer.

What is high jewelry?

Haute-joaillerie is an art that aims to create the most beautiful things in order to obtain exceptional pieces of incomparable beauty. Its essence lies in the search for aesthetic perfection. Indeed, these elegant and unique jewels are often set with the finest materials that can be found in jewellery: precious stones, precious metals and other fancy elements come together in an exceptional jewelery creation.

Behind each creation hides a know-how of excellence, from the design to the realization of the jewel. Indeed, Lorenz Bäumer, the only independent jeweler in Place Vendôme, is a true artist who spends hours, weeks, even months shaping a piece of fine jewelry.

In fine jewelry, each jewel is unique, adding an exceptional rarity to each piece. Therefore, the value of the jewel is naturally higher. But, fine jewelry does not necessarily designate the most expensive. Fine jewelry is a quest for excellence using the most beautiful and noble materials to create jewelry of exceptional quality.

Bracelets , necklaces, watches, necklaces, earrings, rings and other jewelry can be found in our high jewelry collections, exceptional creations to offer as gifts or for yourself.

What is the difference between jewelry and jewelry?

The jeweler offers jewelry made of different metals, whether precious or not. In jewelry, the designer works exclusively with precious stones and noble materials. This is also the case in fine jewelry, but in this universe, the jeweler is only interested in what is most beautiful and rare in order to give life to unique pieces.

For example, in fine jewelry, sapphires, rubies, diamonds and emeralds are the stones mainly used to set the lines of jewelry, especially when they have a specific size or a high number of carats. True gifts of nature, precious stones are the most coveted materials.

The diamond is the most appreciated stone and used in high jewelry collections but also in the world of fashion. Indeed, with an haute-couture outfit, jewels such as bracelets, rings, necklaces, earrings in pink or white gold, set with diamonds, highlight the clothes by giving them shine and sparkle.

Definition of this exceptional know-how

Maison Bäumer attaches great importance to its values ​​of excellence, authenticity and beauty. We maintain exceptional know-how by working only with specialized workshops such as jewelers, diamond cutters, lapidaries, setters and polishers, each bringing their unique expertise. This ensures that Bäumer jewelry reaches a level of perfection, turning the dream into reality.

Because your love is priceless, you can also have your wedding ring custom-made, at the heart of traditional French know-how. Indeed, in addition to our collection of wedding rings, you can decide the lines of your jewel.

Fine jewelry: a French tradition resulting from unique know-how

Place Vendôme is the international cradle of fine jewelry. This exceptional craftsmanship, using only noble materials, dates back to the 16th century. At that time, the beginnings of trade between Asia and India resulted in the creation of jewelry set with precious stones on jewelry for royalty and the elite of society.

Therefore, in this context, French jewelers have developed their know-how over the centuries. This know-how has spanned the ages and is now one of the greatest riches of French luxury.

Our fine jewelry collections are aimed at both women and men. Indeed, we offer a wide choice of bracelets, watches, earrings, necklaces, rings and other jewelry mainly available in pink or white gold. You will also have the opportunity to make the jewel of your dreams by embarking on the adventure of tailor-made alongside Lorenz Bäumer. Made-to-measure immerses you in the heart of French know-how during which your ideas are the guiding principles of creation. Sapphires, diamonds, rubies of the number of carats and the size you want, will be made available to you to create the creation of your desire whether it is for a wedding or any other occasion, and respecting the price that you can grant to this bespoke piece of jewelry.

The quality criteria of fine jewelry

The quality criterion is the most important criterion in high jewelry. Indeed, artisan jewelers only wish to use what is most beautiful and of the highest quality for their creations.
Therefore, the most beautiful precious stones such as diamonds, emeralds, sapphires or rubies are privileged.

Also, precious metals such as 18k gold or platinum are also used. Lorenz Bäumer even likes to shake up the traditional codes of jewelry by offering unique creations. He explores new noble materials still rarely used in jewelry such as meteorite , titanium, olfactory matter and even tattooed diamonds.

The quality of the materials

As mentioned earlier, quality is an extremely important essential element in the creation of a piece of fine jewelry.

Precious metals with care for their quality and durability

 Gold, is a precious metal, also called noble metal, is widely used in jewelry. It offers a varied color palette. Gold should not be confused or equated with platinum, another more robust precious metal. These two metals are very qualitative.

Gold is an extremely malleable metal, which is why it is necessary to mix it with other stronger materials in order to create jewelery that is rigid enough to be worn. This is how the notion of “carat” for gold comes into play.

Gold can be of different colors: white, pink, black or yellow. This alloy is worked in the workshop in order to offer you exceptional and quality jewellery.

Precious stones chosen for their brilliance and purity

 True gifts of nature, the precious stones (diamond, emerald, ruby ​​or sapphire) chosen for the jewels in our collections are of exceptional quality in order to bring out the power and beauty of the stone as much as possible. times set. Therefore, the brilliance and purity of the latter are exceptional.

Indeed, we take care to choose the most beautiful stones for our necklaces, bracelets , rings, watches and other jewelry. For example, on our Shipstern Bluff Ring, the Ceylon sapphire set in the center of the ring is 22 carats in size, accompanied by a pavé of white diamonds. This exceptional piece, priced at 71,500 euros, is a true piece of fine jewelry to be found in our “Aqua” collection.

Know-how and creativity

If fine jewelry is the art of creating exceptional pieces with fabulous gemstones, Maison Bäumer is undoubtedly a reference in this art. Within the 19 place Vendôme excels a creator who knows perfectly precious stones, colored diamonds, and even meteorites. All these materials, each more scintillating than the next, inspire Lorenz Bäumer to create jewelry straight out of dreams. Lorenz Bäumer's unlimited talent and creativity allow him to create exceptional, original and unique pieces that are unlike any other.

Moreover, the fine jewelry of Maison Bäumer Vendôme is not limited to the perfect mastery of traditional know-how. Indeed, our jeweler wants to affirm a certain audacity, a taste or even an obsession to always push the limits of fine jewelry. He creates breathtaking, unexpected, impertinent pieces. Hidden mechanisms, reverse setting, celestial materials, Lorenz Bäumer puts his engineering qualities and his limitless creativity at the service of Beauty, to continually surprise and make his customers dream.

Taking pleasure in shaking up the traditional codes of jewelry, Lorenz Bäumer offers you ever more spectacular and original shapes and creations. His imagination is overflowing, bringing a great wealth of styles and designs, which he will not hesitate to present to you to create especially for you, the high jewelry piece of your dreams.