Cover Graff Tamara Butterfly brooch in white gold set with emeralds and diamonds
Graff Tamara Butterfly brooch in white gold set with emeralds and diamonds
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With 12 one-of-a-kind butterfly brooches and more than 65 extraordinary pieces, Graff’s Diamonds Take Flight exhibition has made its way to Singapore and the region
The butterfly holds significance for many. It is a symbol that speaks of transformation, of something ephemeral made permanent, and of natural beauty translated into precious materials. For Graff, it has long been a defining symbol, and the Diamonds Take Flight exhibition is, in many ways, the fullest expression yet of that enduring fascination.
Having debuted in Hong Kong in April 2026, the exhibition presents over 65 pieces of high jewellery, with the highlight being 12 unique butterfly brooches—each one available exclusively by advance order, limited to ten pieces. The showcase has since made its way to Singapore and Shanghai, and will also travel to Taiwan and Macau, bringing with it a rare opportunity to encounter jewellery of this calibre in person.
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The centrepiece of the exhibition are 12 unique butterfly brooches, which also function as jabot pins and pendants. Available exclusively by advance order and limited to ten pieces each, every brooch takes its name from a woman of historical or mythological significance, lending the collection genuine intellectual texture.
Tamara references Tamara de Lempicka, Art Deco’s most magnetic portraitist, and is rendered in Zambian emeralds and diamonds. Seraphina, set with Mozambique rubies and diamonds, draws on Baroque grandeur. Lina honours the Italian brutalist architect Lina Bo Bardi, its architectural rigour expressed through pink sapphires. Eva pays tribute to the Impressionist Eva Gonzàles, with sapphires, Paraiba tourmalines, emeralds and diamonds capturing the boldness of colour that defined her work.
There are goddesses too such as Freya, the Norse goddess of love and beauty, set entirely in fancy vivid yellow and white diamonds for a total of 4.90 carats. Selene, named for the Greek goddess of the moon, combines black spinel and diamond in a piece that is at once dramatic and refined. Luna, meanwhile, pairs opal with pearl and diamond, its iridescent surface conjuring something genuinely lunar in quality.
Graff Sylvie Butterfly brooch in white gold set with pearls and diamonds
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Perhaps the most poignant is Sylvie, named after the Pearly Queen of Whitechapel—the East London neighbourhood where Graff’s founder, Laurence Graff OBE, was born. Set with Persian Gulf pearls and diamonds, it is a piece that carries personal history alongside its considerable beauty.
Beyond the brooches, the exhibition brings together a collection of new high jewellery pieces that demonstrate the breadth of Graff’s craftsmanship. A sapphire and diamond cuff bangle anchors itself around an expertly cut oval diamond, its wings of pavé sapphires transitioning seamlessly to pavé diamonds.
Graff Butterfly bracelet in white gold set with sapphires and diamonds
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A white diamond suite comprising a necklace and earrings traces a sweeping arc of pear-shaped and marquise diamonds in graduated scale—the kind of piece that rewards close attention, each stone positioned to amplify the next. A high jewellery necklace set with scintillating diamonds, rubies and pink sapphires reveals a voluminous silhouette, where fluttering butterflies bring the design to life.
A series of high jewellery earrings—set with white and yellow diamonds, rubies, and emeralds—completes the picture, each butterfly precisely angled to maximise brilliance against an almost invisible white gold setting. The technical achievement here is considerable: the settings are designed to disappear, allowing the stones to speak without interference.
What makes Diamonds Take Flight more than a showcase is the consistency of vision behind it. The butterfly, for Graff, is not merely decorative shorthand. It is a framework through which the house explores transformation—of raw material into jewellery, of natural form into wearable art. The 12 unique brooches, each drawing on a distinct artistic or mythological tradition, make that ambition explicit.
Discover the full collection and its inspiration here
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Annabel Tan is the Editor of Watches and Jewellery at Tatler Singapore, where she covers all things luxury timepieces and fine jewellery across both print and digital platforms. She is also the Editor of Tatler GMT Singapore, a role that deepens her fascination with the ever-evolving world of watchmaking. Outside of work, she’s usually on the hunt for her next favourite watch that she can’t afford, planning her next beach getaway, or catching up on the latest Formula 1 race.
