Searching for Antwerp's “Born Pairs” Shining Diamond Capital

It has been said that if you don't visit Antwerp in Belgium, you will never be able to appreciate the true charm of diamonds. Just as a woman does not encounter a man who is destined to be destined, he will never understand the love of the heart.

Many people have only a few key words about Antwerp, "the six gentlemen of Antwerp", the "City of Diamonds", and the "European town". The only thing that comes to mind is the distant outline. At the invitation of Woodlands Diamonds, this time, I was able to fly to the “Diamond Capital”, which has 84% ​​of the world's rough stone trade and 50% of diamond cutting and polishing, with an annual turnover of US$58 billion.

Antwerp is Belgium's most important commercial centre, port city and capital of the Flanders region and the second largest port in Europe. As the world's largest diamond processing site, Antwerp is famous for its trade center, but the streets and streets are filled with culture, art and leisure life. There are different designer brands and different styles of museums... People who live here like to sit in the afternoon cafes, sit quietly in the cafes, or read them leisurely.

Handshake is the deal of the diamond exchange

The first stop to find the "City of Diamonds" is Antwerp's famous Diamond Street. This block of kilometers and less than 1 square kilometer has gathered more than 4,000 diamond companies, hundreds of diamond cutting workshops and 4 diamond exchanges around the world. Countless diamond insurance companies and consulting companies. Logistics companies and brokerage agencies can be seen everywhere.

The intensity of the jewelry store on the street is beyond imagination, and it is possible to cross four or five diamond stores in a few steps. Nearly 100 million carats of uncut loose diamonds are sent to Antwerp for processing and cutting each year, with an average daily transaction value of around $26 million.

In particular, Diamond Street has a centuries-old Jewish diamond exchange. Every working day, diamond dealers with different skin colors shuttle here, and the leather cord tied to the wrist is the common logo they are ready to trade. Here, extremely expensive transactions become lighter. A handshake or a few minutes of meeting can reach a business worth tens of millions of dollars. After the buyer and the seller reached an agreement, they did not even need any contract. They only used the Jewish tradition to shake hands and speak Mazel in Hebrew (good luck). The deal was settled and never regretted. There is also a bulletin board dedicated to blacklisting on the exchange. Once a businessman who violates integrity, his personal file will be posted here. No one will ever deal with him anymore. Unscrupulous businessmen will not be able to get involved in the diamond industry for life. .

The credibility of the merchant is the only valuable chip on the street that rivals the diamond. A simple handshake can strike a very expensive business, and diamond trading is like the meaning of diamond itself, which is worthy of admiration. The starting point of the Woodlands Diamond begins here. Yulan not only strives for excellence in the quality and processing of diamonds, but also inherits the truth-seeking and trustworthiness of Antwerp in business operations, such as the essence of diamonds, transparent and solid.

"A natural pair" picks one in a thousand and tells the wonders of the creation of 3.3 billion years

After enjoying the dazzling array of diamonds on Diamond Street, we visited the world-famous rough stone supplier Diarough Group. Tracing back to the 3.3 billion-year-old miracle of creation, we explored how the “natural pair” of the brilliant orchids was selected from the original stone.

The story about 3.3 billion years is well documented. The data show that diamond is the oldest diamond in the world, which was produced in the volcanic eruption several billion years ago, and then slowly crystallized into the rough diamond under the deep high pressure and high temperature conditions of the earth, because the formation process is extremely long, solid The symbol of eternity.

The two identical embryos on the “natural pair” ring products we saw are the same original stone from 3.3 billion years. These two diamonds have lived together for 3.3 billion years. They have undergone numerous trials and trials and were eventually discovered by people to witness the immortal love of lovers. According to Mr. Nishit Parikh, Chairman of Diarough, there are 1,037 different shapes of diamond original embryos. The original stone suitable for cutting “natural pair” must be diamond-shaped embryos, because only diamond-shaped rough stones can satisfy two perfect diamonds. The requirements of the original diamonds that meet this requirement are only less than 8%. Even if many of the 8% of the original diamonds selected are eliminated due to defects, size, quality, etc., the difficulty of selection is further increased.

In the final statistics, only one of the 10,000 rough diamonds can be selected to match the same-original diamond that is qualified by the "natural pair". It is a true one. In order to meet the demand of one in ten thousand, the professional team needs to purchase blanks of the same size, size and quality from all over the world, carefully select them and then polish them into two diamonds of similar size.

A diamond wants to be a "natural pair", and the selection of the original stone is just the beginning of the whole process. From Diarough, we went to the cutting and polishing company of Woodland Diamonds, and also the highest technology diamond polishing company in Belgium.

Thanks to Woodland Diamonds, the company's core partner, we were finally allowed to visit this mysterious polishing company and communicate with the diamond cutting master Bart DeHantsetters.

According to Mr. Bart DeHantsetters, Antwerp has long been the world's most famous “Antwerpcut” due to its exquisite and unique cutting process, which has attracted the world's highest quality rough diamonds, and has become the universal standard worldwide. . This set has been used for nearly six centuries. It can cut a diamond into the shape of 24 faces and 32 faces. It is said that this is the best way to reflect the proportion of the diamond and the crystal clear.

Naturally, a pair of homogenous drills need to choose a rhombohed off-grain original stone cutting, and at the same time have a large cutting difficulty. Because the crowns of the two diamonds of the same diamond are parallel and close, when cutting them, they must be smooth and cautious. If they encounter cockroaches, or if they are slightly careless, they will suddenly burst, and the valuable diamonds become waste. Further increase the difficulty and risk of cutting.

Just as the Chinese media group was amazed at Antwerp's craftsmanship, Bart De Hantsetters showed the world's 15th largest embryo, the 603-carat stone Lesotho Promise. After the rigorous design of the factory, this stunning diamond was cut into 26 high-quality D-colours of perfect diamonds, which are extremely exquisite and gorgeous. The factory is currently cutting a 98-carat diamond, which will produce a pair of carats of "natural pair" diamonds.

Two diamonds and one card international first "natural pair" is perfect

After a short break, we went to the first authoritative diamond grading agency, HRD Antwerp, which is certified by the World Standards Organization. Founded in 1973, HRD Antwerp is one of the world's top diamond certification agencies.

HRD Antwerp has always been adhering to the stringent certification process of “World Standardized Diamond Testing”. Each diamond sent to the test here must first be tested by optical thermal energy equipment to determine the authenticity of the diamond, and will be sufficient to exclude synthetic diamonds. Secondly, five senior experts personally tested and identified the 4C data of the diamond, such as carat, color, clarity, and cut. The five experts judged in separate spaces and at different times, and must agree on each of the 4C standards. Any one that produces a difference or disagreement requires repeated identification until the results of each identification are uniform. Once the results are consistent, HRD Antwerp will create an “ID card” for each identified diamond, using professional laser technology to inspect the diamond on the identification code and incorporate the diamond data into the global system for future tracking and Inquire. And the orchids are born with a pair of embryos, but also need to be on the diamond waist, laser true love code, representing two diamonds and one embryo, true and reliable, happy and perfect, like the love of every customer.

According to Ms. Jennie Baeten, Marketing Director of HRD Antwerp, usually a diamond can only correspond to one certificate. The “natural pair” of the Woodland Diamond is derived from the natural billet drill formed 3.3 billion years ago. It is very rare and special. Therefore, it is the only product in the world that records two diamond certifications on the same certificate. This is like a certificate of love issued for lovers, and the two names are forever engraved together. “The HRD Antwerp certification body has been certified for countless diamonds since its inception in 1973, but has never put two diamond certifications on the same certificate. The birth of this natural pair also made us HRD Antwerp A new step has been taken."

From rough stone supply, cutting craftsmen, design teams to certification bodies, each of the ring orchids insists on cooperating with the world's top partners to create the world's top quality in the world of Antwerp diamond culture while demonstrating the essence of Antwerp's diamond culture. .

"Born pair" Mobius love ring let love go on

Before leaving Antwerp, the Chinese media group was invited to witness the Belgian God-inspired wedding of the members of the Woodlands. The wedding venue chose the Renaissance Antwerp City Hall, built in the mid-16th century. The hall is full of murals depicting the historical events of Antwerp, especially quaint and solemn. The Antwerp City Council is still working here. For this building, since the 450, in addition to witnessing the local Belgian love vows, she is the first time to send a blessing to a Chinese couple.

This pair of transcripts is a peer. Many years ago, because of the opportunity of work, they fell in love at first sight. In the end, they did not have time to confide in their heart because of work changes. Until the end of last year, the two talents had a very coincidence. This time, the boy decided not to miss the opportunity, and began a passionate pursuit of the girl. Today, the two happy people finally married in the wedding room of the Belgian City Hall, and they have been holding hands for a lifetime.

Or, the fate of the "natural pair" of the orchids, and the life of the hand is written for them. The natural pair of embryonic designers who witnessed the romantic love of the new couple invited the French star designer Frederic Saint Romain to design. For many years he has been designing products for P&G, French Moet, Hennessy, LV Group. Frederic is inspired by the "∞" shape of the lover's fingers, while "∞" is like the Mobius ring in mathematics, meaning infinity and infinity. If two people hold hands along the surface of Mobius's "∞", they will always go on. Just like the true love of embryos and diamonds for 3.3 billion years, they live together forever.

Diamonds are not a luxury but a testimony to everyone's love

Lan Lan was born to a Belgian tour and was warmly welcomed by the Deputy Mayor of Antwerp, Claude Marinower, and specially opened a dinner in a castle estate with hundreds of years of history. On the same day, Gao Peng was full of people, many people from the fashion industry and jewelry industry from Antwerp were invited to participate, among them, the CEO of Ann Demeulemeester, the head of the “An Antwerp Six Gentlemen”, also came to communicate with the Chinese fashion media. This trip to Antwerp not only made China and Belgium more connected to diamonds, but also made good exchanges between the fashion circles of the two countries.

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