Anaconda
- ADDRESS:
- Via Bergamini 7
- PHONE:
- +39 (0) 258 325 684
Owner Monica Rossi works exclusively in pink or white gold, which master artisans trained in Milan’s metalworking tradition cut and etch with arabesques and renaissance motifs.
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While Rome is all about the city’s past of papal pomp and cinema glamour, Milan is an Italian paradox; it may be Italy’s wealthiest city, but it is also its most discreet. Since its beginnings as the ancient Roman city of Mediolanum, Milan has been all about business. Nowadays, Milan mediates between the Italian love of beauty and an almost Nordic practicality. No wonder Milan’s greatest artist is Leonardo da Vinci - consummate problem solver and aesthete. The boutiques selected here - from a rich field of competitors - produce jewellery and watches that marry form and function. The riches sold in these six destinations are for real life and real work (even Bodino’s, provided your profession is diva).
Compiled by Madeleine Johnson
Owner Monica Rossi works exclusively in pink or white gold, which master artisans trained in Milan’s metalworking tradition cut and etch with arabesques and renaissance motifs.
Giampiero Bodino presents his showstopping jewels in the restored salons of a 1930s Portaluppi residence, across the street from Villa Necchi.
Since 1971, the Pennisi family has been selling antique and vintage jewellery a block from La Scala at the Hotel Grand et de Milan, where Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi spent his last days.
Pisa Orologeria links Swiss watchmakers with a sophisticated clientele looking for stylish watches from the best brands in the world.
Although its origins are in Piedmont, Vhernier is pure Milanese in its ability to combine organic forms with sleek lines and industrial precision.
Villa is the only jeweller in Milan - or perhaps anywhere - that traces its origins back to an alchemist, thanks to Benvenuto Villa who, in 1876, opened a shop to finance his quest for black gold.