Cavalier Blog

Where the sapphires are extraordinary, the security is armed, and you're buying stones from a jail cell. Let me explain...

An essay for a bar, or time, that doesn't really exist anymore. There used to be a place in Bangkok...

The Carranzas, the Molina brothers, the road from Bogotá to the canyon, and why my family stopped going back then,...

Buying sapphires in Sri Lanka means drinking endless tea, sitting with dealers in Balangoda, and occasionally surviving food poisoning. It's...

Where the women run the spinel trade, the noodles are clear, and the rice wine is fierce. You leave Hanoi...

A forgotten parcel of Winza rubies reveals the hidden cost of the gem trade. While buyers worry about making the...

The road to Mogok is long, dusty, and rarely straightforward, but that's where some of the world's finest rubies begin...

Some gemstones arrive through a supply chain. Others require a helicopter ride into a Colombian canyon, roadside police checkpoints, a...

Read time: 3 mins Our Summer '25 Collection started with a flower— the dahlia. For us, it’s more than something...