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Vogue 2020 - The Customisation Craze Has Landed In The Luxury Watch World
Backes & Strauss is another storied house offering bespoke dials, as seen in its new Green African Elephant watch, created especially to support Gemfields’ Walk for Giants Campaign…
The Bite Magazine 2020 - The Exquisite Piece
High-end luxury watches diamond and gem-encrusted timepieces from the legendary and renowned English jewellery brand Backes & Strauss.
Europa Star 2020 - Hall of Diamonds
Backes & Strauss presents a series of white gold timepieces, the dials of which are set with white Ideal Cut diamonds and red rubies. From one angle…
Global Family Office Community Journal 2020 - A Brand with a Heart
f there is one artisan brand that has withstood the test of time, it must be the British luxury watch house Backes & Strauss…
The Week 2020 - Four of the best new luxury watches
The demand for customisable luxury watches is on the rise and, “when it comes to understanding the true meaning of luxury”…
The Telegraph UK 2020 - The sky's limit: inside world 10m personalised watches
When it comes to understanding the true meaning of luxury, the world’s oldest diamond company is a master. For watch and jewellery maker Backes & Strauss…
The Naked Watchmaker 2020 - Interview with Vartkess Knadjian
I am Armenian, born in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. My father a graduate of the Ecole D’Horlogerie of Geneva had a business importing fine Swiss watches to Ethiopia…
WatchPro 2020 - Backes & Strauss renames watch family as the Brexit collection
In light of the UK’s official departure from the European Union on the 31st of January 2020, Backes & Strauss has decided to rechristen its John Bull .…
Forbes 2020 - Perfect Valentine’s Day Watches
The world’s oldest diamond company, founded in 1789, presents the new Piccadilly Valentine’s Day Red Heart.…
Oracle of Time 2020 - Why the Berkeley Black Knight Chrono 43 Epitomises Tough Elegance
A sleeker, sportier take on the classic regency stylings of Backes & Strauss, the stopwatch-equipped piece contrasts the usual luxurious gold we’ve come to expect with a stealthy black…
Europa Star 2019 - Discovering Backes & Strauss
The timepieces crafted by Backes & Strauss are as rare as it gets. We have been following the brand for a long time, and for good reason…
Walpole 2019 - Holiday with Taline & Levon Knadjian
Today the Knadjian siblings, who head up Marketing and Business Development at the family business Backes & Strauss…
Luxury London 2019 - In Praise of Bejewelled Beasts
A charity committed to reducing the demand for ivory, this Backes & Strauss 18kt white gold watch is decorated with iconographic leaves and a central elephant motif.
Sphere Magazine – Royal Treatment
Backes & Strauss presents the second generation of bespoke tourbillons - King Berkeley 43. British high end brand rediscovers swiss watch design and add its diamond expertise to reaching the heights of luxury watchmaking.
Great British Brands 2019 - Haute Horlogerie and Joallerie
Diamonds and watchmaking expertise of Backes & Strauss was expressed in the third generation of tourbillon - a sophisticated mechanism for a subtle men wristwatch.
Oracle Times 2018 - Aficionado
Backes & Strauss, the oldest diamond company in the world, creates high-end diamond watches that was featured in Oracle Times 2018 as the coolest thing right now.
Country & Town House 2018 - Miss Victoria Collection
Jewellery & Watches 2018 has featured Backes & Strauss’ Miss Victoria diamond female watches as the timepieces to be passed down the generations.
Dexters 2018 - Empress Rose
Dexters 2018 has featured the Empress Rose diamond female watch in 18k white gold with Ideal-cut diamonds as the timepieces to be passed down the generations.
Oracle Times 2018 - The Unique Creations
Oracle Times talks about the story of the CEO of Backes & Strauss, Vartkess Knadjian, of over 200 years of expertise in diamond sourcing and gem-cutting.
Fifth Chukker Magazine 2018- Watches to Look out for
The extensive collection of Backes & Strauss watches featured in Fifth Chukker Magazine 2018 demonstrates the mastery of diamond detail and design.