If it’s adorned with diamonds, someone will want it. This has been true for generations, and jewels have been set and displayed in everything from tiaras to swords throughout history. Today, items fashioned with diamonds may include almost anything. Diamond jewelry will never go out of style, but as long as the wealthy are willing to spend their fortunes on diamonds, new ways for them to do so will be invented.
Diamond Studded Pens
The famous “White Star” logo German pen, watch and accessories manufacturer Montblanc has been linked with celebrity ambassadors Nicholas Cage, Johnny Depp and Julieanne Moore, among others. The company recently launched “Boheme Papillon,” limited edition diamond-studded fountain pens available at a cost of $266,000. The Boheme Papillon pens look as delicate and graceful as a pair of gold and diamond earrings.
According to company officials, the six Boheme Papillon pens were created as collectible items. As the name “papillon” denotes, the butterfly was the inspiration for these combination writing instrument-jewelry pieces. The body and cap of the pen feature intricate butterfly and foliage filigree designs, and a Montblanc Diamond star is centered on the cap’s end. 1,400 diamonds and sapphires are studded on each pen’s surface and spring mechanism, and each features a retractable 18 carat gold nib. Boheme Papillon pens are available in white, yellow or rose gold.
Diamond Trimmed Gadgets
If fountain pens aren’t your style, you can always make a statement with your diamond-studded Apple iPhone. There are actually two special edition luxury iPhones available from Amosu. One features the Apple Logo in dazzling diamonds, while the other features a steel, 18K yellow or white gold bezel trimmed with 420 diamonds totaling 5.65 carats. The more elaborate diamond iPhone will cost $41,225 and will be available in November.
The diamond iPhone is just the latest of Amosu‘s diamond-studded communications gadgets. Motorola’s Diamond Motopure H12 is a limited edition diamond-studded Bluetooth headset created by Amosu.
Dazzling Board Game
Once you have your diamond iPhone or fountain pen, you may want to add a diamond-studded board game to your collection. Hasbro created one special edition Diamond Scrabble board to be auctioned off this summer. The benefits from the sale will go to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.
If only real diamonds are good enough for you, might want to pass this offer by. The diamonds featured on Hasbro’s Diamond Scrabble board are actually Swarovski crystals. The 30,000 Swarovski crystals set throughout the glass Scrabble board are still quite impressive, and the set is expected to sell for around $20,000.
More Brilliant Ways to Spend on Diamonds
If you still don’t own enough diamonds, look to your home’s plumbing fixtures for inspiration. Tecknobili recently created a special bejeweled edition of their Oz faucet tap. The Oz Diamond Editorial Faucet is crafted from white gold instead of regular metal, and 282 diamonds embellish this extra fancy faucet.
What’s more outrageous than a diamond studded sink? How about a diamond-studded dog collar valued at $1.8 million. Internet based company I Love Dogs Diamonds offers a line of diamond dog collars with a 52 carat diamond dog collar is its crowning jewel.
The Amour Amour is crafted of crocodile leather, platinum, 18K white gold and 1,600 hand-set diamonds. The centerpiece of the collar is a 7 carat, brilliant cut diamond. Of course, there are less costly options available: the Jeune Cheri collar is available for $280,000.
A Diamond is a Diamond, After All
If million dollar diamond dog collars and iPhones that cost as much as cars sound too ridiculous to be believed, consider how many couples of average means overspend on engagement rings each year. Just as you imagine the wealthy could spend their fortunes in more “practical” ways than on diamond board games and sink faucets, the same could be said of almost anyone purchasing diamond jewelry. In terms of investment value, a diamond is a diamond, after all. Whether diamonds are set in dog collars or engagement rings, they are still luxury purchases.
Is one luxury purchase more “practical” than another? Society may say so. Engagement rings and other diamond jewelry items may hold special sentimental value for individuals, and society expects high prices to be paid for diamonds at certain times. Financed diamond engagement rings that put couples in debt for years aren’t uncommon. For the cost of a bride’s diamond ring, many couples could afford a down payment on a new home, or at least a sizable payment on a new car.
It seems fair to wonder if diamond jewelry purchased at a price outside of the owner’s means is any less extravagant than the diamond iPhone the rich and famous can actually afford to buy.
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