Swarovski

Making Your Own Jewelry With Swarovski Beads

I love designing jewelry – usually this is just for myself, as I haven’t got to the stage of making anything that is swish enough to sell….yet – she says with overconfidence
Some of my favourite beads are from Swarovski and if you want some ideas for designing jewelry pieces or for sources of the [...]

Swarovski Binoculars and Scopes

Apart from beautiful crystals and stunning beads and jewelry Swarovski is also know for its range of binoculars and spotting scopes. This may seem like quite a diverse range of products but what draws all parts of the company together is the engineering excellence which stems from the company’s quest for precision and ever higher [...]

Want to Find Out What Your Swarovski Collection is Worth?

Collecting Swarovski:
Identification & Price Guide
(Identification and Value Guides
(Krause))

If you already have some Swarovski collectibles or you want to start getting serious about looking for the best items to buy now and then watch the price rise, one of the best books around is:
Collecting Swarovski: Identification & Price Guide by Dean A Genth.
This book is a [...]

Swarovski Collectibles

Swarovski jewelry and crystal miniatures are highly sought after by collectors and their value increases year on year, with some pieces such as the Swarovski Silver Crystal range being particularly highly prized. For example the Lovebirds in this range have increased around 3000% in value since their release and many other limited editions are continuing [...]

History of the Swarovski Brand

The Swarovski Company was founded in the late 19th Century when Daniel Swarovski invented an automatic cutting machine for crystal, and in 1895 established a crystal cutting factory in Austria. The birthplace of the factory was Wattens, which was chosen because local hydroelectricity made the energy-intensive process involved more cost-effective.
Today Wattens is home to the [...]