NEWS BRIEFING: 10 October 2026

A curated edit of the week's global jewellery news - national and international - compiled for industry insight and trend monitoring.

💰'China's Central Bank Adds Gold in September as Bullion Weakens'*
7 October 2026, Bloomberg: The People's Bank of China added gold to its reserves for a 23rd consecutive month in September, keeping up its official buying even as the bullion price fell.
www.bloomberg.com

💰'Gold down 1% as dollar gains; Fed minutes in focus'
7 October 2026, CNBC: Gold slipped about 1 per cent midweek as a firmer dollar weighed on the metal and traders waited for the Federal Reserve's meeting minutes for clues on the rate path.
www.cnbc.com

💰'Gold ETF rush defies 8.5% gold price slide'
Colin McClelland, 7 October 2026, The Northern Miner: World Gold Council figures show gold ETFs took in $10bn in September and a record $31bn over the third quarter, lifting holdings to a record 4,256 tonnes even though the gold price fell 8.5 per cent in September.
www.northernminer.com

💰'Central banks add 39 net tonnes of gold in August with China, Uzbekistan and Poland leading purchases – World Gold Council'
Ernest Hoffman, 6 October 2026, Kitco News: Central banks bought a net 39 tonnes of gold in August, taking the year-to-date total to 170 tonnes, with Poland's 98 tonnes so far this year the most of any bank and Russia and Jordan the main sellers.
www.kitco.com

💰'Titan's Q2 sales miss masks healthy underlying consumer demand story'
Ram Prasad Sahu, 7 October 2026, Business Standard: Titan's domestic jewellery business grew 21 per cent in the September quarter, short of analysts' forecasts as the festival calendar slipped into the next quarter, but studded jewellery grew faster than plain gold and the underlying demand picture stays healthy.
www.business-standard.com

💰'Kalyan Jewellers shares gain 2% as Q2 revenue grows 26% YoY, firm records 20% same-store-sales growth'
Debaroti Adhikary, 7 October 2026, The Economic Times (via inkl): Kalyan's quarterly update showed consolidated revenue up more than 26 per cent, same-store sales up about 20 per cent and its online brand Candere up nearly 64 per cent, as the chain opened a further 12 showrooms in India and one in the UK.
www.inkl.com

💰'Tiffany & Co to open first Portugal store in 2027'
Shrikesh Laxmidas, 2 October 2026, ECO News: Tiffany will open its first directly operated Portuguese store in Lisbon's Avenida da Liberdade in 2027, in a former bank headquarters where LVMH has leased three units for Tiffany, Loro Piana and Celine.
econews.pt

💰'At Audemars Piguet the Royal Oak gives shape to a new high jewellery collection'
Bill Prince, 5 October 2026, Wallpaper*: The watchmaker's Royal Oak Joaillerie collection turns the octagonal bracelet into one-of-a-kind and customisable jewels in three lines, from multi-gold Dream of Joux cuffs to black titanium Risoud Eclipse pieces set around sugarloaf emeralds, sold through private trunk shows.
www.wallpaper.com

💰'I wanted to create an effect of solid light' – Solange Azagury-Partridge works with rock crystal in a Mary Shelley-inspired collection'
Felix Bischof, 5 October 2026, Wallpaper*: The London designer's Frankenstone collection plays with stone cuts as building blocks, including a broken emerald-cut gold-and-diamond ring and rock-crystal vial, cube and pouch pendants filled with diamonds or gold leaf.
www.wallpaper.com

💰'Tiffany Blue Meets HardWear: Inside the New Turquoise and Pearl Collection'
Adrienne Faurote, 7 October 2026, Haute Living: Tiffany has added nine HardWear designs that set its 1962-derived gauge links with turquoise and Akoya pearls in 18-carat gold, which chief artistic officer Nathalie Verdeille traces to a lapis-and-pearl necklace once worn by Bunny Mellon.
hauteliving.com

💎'The Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2027 Runways Are Making Mismatched Earrings A Thing'
Kelsey Stewart, 2 October 2026, The Zoe Report: Odd pairs and single statement earrings ran through the Paris shows, from Jonathan Anderson's archive-inspired florals and pearl drops at Dior to contrasting jewelled pairs at Dries Van Noten and ear-climbers at Chloé.
www.thezoereport.com

💎'Grand Duchess Stephanie of Luxembourg hosts her first state banquet since taking the throne – with a shape-shifting tiara'
Eleanor Dye, 2 October 2026, Hello!: For the Finnish state banquet, Luxembourg's new Grand Duchess wore the convertible Grand Duchess Josephine Charlotte tiara of pear-shaped diamonds and sapphires, a piece she had previously worn only as a choker.
www.hellomagazine.com

💎'Princess Charlene's champagne gown has a dramatic detail that makes it unforgettable'
Daniel Neira, 5 October 2026, ¡HOLA! USA: During the Italian president's state visit to Monaco, Princess Charlene skipped tiara and necklace and let a pair of diamond chandelier earrings from Graff's Gypsy collection carry the look.
www.hola.com

💎'Queen Mary's elegant burgundy suit comes with a surprising detail from 1964'
Daniel Neira, 6 October 2026, ¡HOLA! USA: At the opening of the Danish parliament, Queen Mary pinned a vintage Dior brooch, reportedly dating from 1964, with turquoise and red accents to her burgundy suit.
www.hola.com

💎'Heirloom State Dinner Diamonds for the Queen of Spain in Helsinki'
8 October 2026, The Court Jeweller: At the Helsinki state banquet, Queen Letizia went without a tiara and instead wore Queen Ena's large diamond earrings and both of Ena's diamond bracelets with a floral brooch from Queen Sofía's collection.
www.thecourtjeweller.com

💎'Celine SS27 Makes The Case For The Grown-Up Beaded Necklace'
Bianca Asare, 7 October 2026, Coveteur: Michael Rider's spring/summer 2027 Celine show put very long, mixed-material bead necklaces over tailoring and leather, which the article reads as the grown-up successor to summer's short chunky beads.
coveteur.com/celine-ss27-long-beaded-necklaces

💎'The 8 Trends That Took Over Milan Fashion Week'
Jordan Rossman, 28 September 2026, Coveteur:
Oversized, gem-toned statement jewellery (big earrings, necklaces and cocktail rings) is one of eight breakout trends from the spring/summer 2027 shows in Milan, with Prada, Gucci and Ferragamo cited as examples.
coveteur.com

🏛️'New image of an ancient wonder: Divers find ring showing Lighthouse of Alexandria at sunken palace'
Kamal Tabikha, 7 October 2026, The National: Franck Goddio's underwater team has recovered a bronze signet ring from the submerged royal island of Antirhodos in Alexandria's harbour, which Egypt's antiquities ministry calls the first known depiction of the Pharos lighthouse on a ring.
www.thenationalnews.com

🏛️'Boucheron Brings 168 Years of High Jewelry to Christie's New York'
Brooke Culp, 7 October 2026, L'Officiel USA: Boucheron's free exhibition at Christie's Rockefeller Plaza, opening 9 October, runs from the house's 1858 founding to Claire Choisne's new collection on the human form.
www.lofficielusa.com

🏛️'Parcours Bijoux 2026: Paris's contemporary jewelry festival and its offbeat activities'
6 October 2026 (updated), Sortiraparis: The fourth Parcours Bijoux runs through October with about 35 mostly free events across Paris and Saint-Denis, including a collective show in a working laundromat, a performance at the Palais Galliera's late opening on 16 October and an INHA conference on 20–21 October.
www.sortiraparis.com