{"id":17096,"date":"2018-05-17T00:51:09","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T23:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/\/?post_type=business&p=17096"},"modified":"2021-05-12T00:19:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T23:19:22","slug":"gemgeneve-a-recipe-for-success-2","status":"publish","type":"business","link":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/business\/gemgeneve-a-recipe-for-success-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GemGen\u00e8ve: a recipe for success"},"content":{"rendered":"

If ever you dreamed of a first-rate jewelry fair with a friendly, even family atmosphere on a human scale, GemGen\u00e8ve is the one.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Its founders Ronny Totah and Thomas Faerber were determined from the outset that GemGen\u00e8ve would be the antithesis of “Baselworld”, the jewelry show where they have exhibited every year since the 1970s. They wanted no truck with gigantism and its problems for small-scale exhibitors, overwhelmed by juggernaut companies and ever-vaster stands.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Founders of the first water<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ronny Totah and Thomas Faeber, assisted by their respective daughters Nad\u00e8ge and Ida, brought 147 exhibitors together in under nine months. Both are experienced Geneva-based dealers. Thomas Faerber also has branches in New York, Antwerp and Hong Kong, and has sold historic stones and pieces including Empress Marie-Louise’s emerald set (bought by the Mus\u00e9e du Louvre). Ronny Totah, Vice President of the Association Suisse des N\u00e9gociants en Pierres Pr\u00e9cieuses (Swiss association of precious stone dealers), is one of the Place Vend\u00f4me’s accredited stone suppliers. A considerable connoisseur in Kashmir sapphires, he has had dealings with the very rarest, including the largest known to date: a specimen of 65 carats.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Wide variety of exhibitors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Antique and vintage jewelry dealers rubbed shoulders with jewelers, well-known and more cloistered designers, historians, gemology laboratories and even Geneva’s rare book specialist Bernard Letu. All generations were represented, from the 90-year-old fine pearl dealer Paul Fischer to French designer Emmanuel Tarpin, a mere 25. The unobtrusive Robert Procop presented a preview of his second collection in collaboration with Angelina Jolie, and the Italian jeweler Fabio Salini his carbon fiber pieces. Showcases and safes were bursting with Golconda diamonds, over-the-top emerald and diamond sets, pieces by Suzanne Belperron, David Webb, Ren\u00e9 Lalique, Sterl\u00e9 and more. Truly bedazzling\u2026<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Top-drawer visitors<\/strong><\/p>\n

Among the 4,300 visitors, half of whom were international, I came across heritage directors from major companies seeking the one piece missing from their archives, and creative directors nosing out the latest trends. I hailed Mr Arikawa<\/a>, a leading collector I met a few months ago in Tokyo. The mysterious JAR, long-time friend of Thomas Faerber, and the Indian jeweler Viren Bhagat<\/a> also made the trip, while representatives of top Asian trade fairs made a return journey to test the waters. Ronny Totah and Thomas Faeber couldn’t have hoped for more!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Where did all the palpable enthusiasm and good humor come from? <\/strong><\/p>\n

Exhibitors and visitors alike were relaxed, smiling and approachable. Even JAR seemed happy to be there, taking his time moving from one artist to another. The show brought together a community of devoted professionals well-versed in discretion. All or nearly all of them were accommodated under the same sign:\u00a0 no big companies grabbing the limelight with stands decked out by a star designer. No red carpet or celebrities either. And not a selfie in sight.<\/p>\n

The first GemGen\u00e8ve<\/a> fulfilled its promises. It remains to be seen if its founders will have the wisdom to resist the siren call of success, and the lure of “bigger, bolder, better”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If ever you dreamed of a first-rate jewelry fair with a friendly, even family atmosphere on a human scale, GemGen\u00e8ve is the one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15692,"template":"","tags":[1308,4750],"class_list":["post-17096","business","type-business","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-gemgeneve-en","tag-gemology-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGemGen\u00e8ve: a recipe for success - The French Jewelry Post by Sandrine Merle<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/business\/gemgeneve-a-recipe-for-success-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"GemGen\u00e8ve: a recipe for success - The French Jewelry Post by Sandrine Merle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If ever you dreamed of a first-rate jewelry fair with a friendly, even family atmosphere on a human scale, GemGen\u00e8ve is the one.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/business\/gemgeneve-a-recipe-for-success-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The French Jewelry Post by Sandrine Merle\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thefrenchjewelrypost\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-05-11T23:19:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/galu0127.odns.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/gemgeneve-mise-en-avant.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\\\/en\\\/business\\\/gemgeneve-a-recipe-for-success-2\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\\\/en\\\/business\\\/gemgeneve-a-recipe-for-success-2\\\/\",\"name\":\"GemGen\u00e8ve: a recipe for success - The French Jewelry Post by Sandrine Merle\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/galu0127.odns.fr\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\\\/en\\\/business\\\/gemgeneve-a-recipe-for-success-2\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\\\/en\\\/business\\\/gemgeneve-a-recipe-for-success-2\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/gemgeneve-mise-en-avant.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-16T23:51:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-05-11T23:19:22+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\\\/en\\\/business\\\/gemgeneve-a-recipe-for-success-2\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\\\/en\\\/business\\\/gemgeneve-a-recipe-for-success-2\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\\\/en\\\/business\\\/gemgeneve-a-recipe-for-success-2\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/gemgeneve-mise-en-avant.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/gemgeneve-mise-en-avant.jpg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":700},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\\\/en\\\/business\\\/gemgeneve-a-recipe-for-success-2\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\\\/en\\\/home\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Business\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\\\/en\\\/business\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"gemgeneve\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\\\/en\\\/tag\\\/gemgeneve-en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"GemGen\u00e8ve: a recipe for success\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/galu0127.odns.fr\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/galu0127.odns.fr\\\/\",\"name\":\"The French Jewelry Post by Sandrine Merle\",\"description\":\"Sandrine Merle\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/galu0127.odns.fr\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/galu0127.odns.fr\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/galu0127.odns.fr\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The French Jewelry Post by Sandrine Merle\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/galu0127.odns.fr\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/galu0127.odns.fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/logo-video.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/logo-video.png\",\"width\":200,\"height\":123,\"caption\":\"The French Jewelry Post by Sandrine Merle\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/galu0127.odns.fr\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/thefrenchjewelrypost\\\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"GemGen\u00e8ve: a recipe for success - The French Jewelry Post by Sandrine Merle","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/business\/gemgeneve-a-recipe-for-success-2\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"GemGen\u00e8ve: a recipe for success - The French Jewelry Post by Sandrine Merle","og_description":"If ever you dreamed of a first-rate jewelry fair with a friendly, even family atmosphere on a human scale, GemGen\u00e8ve is the one.","og_url":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/business\/gemgeneve-a-recipe-for-success-2\/","og_site_name":"The French Jewelry Post by Sandrine Merle","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thefrenchjewelrypost\/","article_modified_time":"2021-05-11T23:19:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":700,"url":"https:\/\/galu0127.odns.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/gemgeneve-mise-en-avant.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/business\/gemgeneve-a-recipe-for-success-2\/","url":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/business\/gemgeneve-a-recipe-for-success-2\/","name":"GemGen\u00e8ve: a recipe for success - The French Jewelry Post by Sandrine Merle","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/galu0127.odns.fr\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/business\/gemgeneve-a-recipe-for-success-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/business\/gemgeneve-a-recipe-for-success-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/gemgeneve-mise-en-avant.jpg","datePublished":"2018-05-16T23:51:09+00:00","dateModified":"2021-05-11T23:19:22+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/business\/gemgeneve-a-recipe-for-success-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/business\/gemgeneve-a-recipe-for-success-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/business\/gemgeneve-a-recipe-for-success-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/gemgeneve-mise-en-avant.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/gemgeneve-mise-en-avant.jpg","width":700,"height":700},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/business\/gemgeneve-a-recipe-for-success-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/home\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Business","item":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/business\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"gemgeneve","item":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/tag\/gemgeneve-en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"GemGen\u00e8ve: a recipe for success"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/galu0127.odns.fr\/#website","url":"https:\/\/galu0127.odns.fr\/","name":"The French Jewelry Post by Sandrine Merle","description":"Sandrine Merle","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/galu0127.odns.fr\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/galu0127.odns.fr\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/galu0127.odns.fr\/#organization","name":"The French Jewelry Post by Sandrine Merle","url":"https:\/\/galu0127.odns.fr\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/galu0127.odns.fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/logo-video.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/logo-video.png","width":200,"height":123,"caption":"The French Jewelry Post by Sandrine Merle"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/galu0127.odns.fr\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thefrenchjewelrypost\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/business\/17096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/business"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/business"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/business\/17096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefrenchjewelrypost.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}