Antwerp: Pioneer designer "mecca"

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Diamond and fashion is the two sign town of Antwerp. Little town, is the world's largest diamond trading center.

Although some people questioned its status in the decline, beIndiaOr other countries to replace, but the city has one thousand six hundred Diamond Corp (mainly Jewish business), and various related with Diamond Museum and exhibition hall, as well as the world's best diamond cutting craftsmen, a huge foundation is difficult to shake.

Safdico is a top diamond manufacturers and trading companies, each month, cutting about thousands of carats of diamonds, inSouth Africa, Antwerp,New YorkAnd have factories in Botswana, in recent years Antwerp has cut some large diamonds, like the Lesotho promise, is found that nearly 13 years the largest one, the largest diamond in this century also found, and Letseng Legacy, its owner is a jeweler Graff.

According to Yves Alexis, managing director of Safdico said, "is rare and special diamond Safdico good, weight is mostly 5 carat." The company has about 30 employees, cutting jeweller and engineers, are top craftsman industry. "Antwerp has a certain position in the diamond industry, this is not what secret, basically, those small and cheap diamonds will not choose in Antwerp. The Antwerp diamond center focus on high-end technology. In short, the diamond cutting and polishing this market, Antwerp never surrendered to others."

As for the grinding process for so many years, what has changed? Yves Alexis said: "now, Safdico at the beginning of cutting and polishing, will take the time to observe and consultation for several months, it is the most perfect cutting and polishing angle and the market demand to do with."

"The bare diamond prices are still rising, which is also very easy to understand, because fewer and fewer. De Beers diamond quality than ever."

Diamond shop

If you plan to stay in Antwerp, the time is not long, can be in before departure, first to the local jewelers call, tell him what you want to buy diamond, size, color, cut to speak clearly.

You to Antwerp, a car from the hotel to pick you up to the jewelry shop, was featured in a few diamonds previously screened, if there is a favorite, immediately can clinch a deal. At the same time, you can also choose jewelry design, jewelry chamber of Commerce when you face to the gem to the machining workshop.

Diamond has been controversial products, many people will say, behind every diamond has dirty and sweat, but in the Antwerp each diamond is the United Nations protected "non" conflict diamonds. That is to say, to sell the diamond to earn money will not be used in violence, military and terrorist activities. So buy a diamond, you will get a guarantee, ensure that your money is not to do bad things. Of course, the price also is the advantage here, less expensive seventy percent off, don't you not tempted.

No intention to buy diamonds can be turned in the diamond district, around the central train station. About 1 square miles, accommodating 1500 Diamond Corp and 4 Diamond Exchange, where a Diamond Corp is the largest Diamond land. The world's largest diamond Museum in the city, in addition to the visual satisfied outside, you can hear. DiamondsThe pictureFrom sixteenth Century until now, here, you can see the world's largest diamond, diamond hill and lightAfricaStar.