Chaumet Jewelry

Pre-owned Chaumet jewelry: Paris jewelry since Napoleon's crown

Chaumet jewelry carries the bee of Napoleon into rings, pendants and necklaces. Discover our pre-owned Chaumet jewelry, each piece authenticated with a Castafiore guarantee.

Chaumet, jeweler to Napoleon since 1780

Few Paris jewelry houses can claim a history as imperial as Chaumet's. Here is how a single workshop became one of France's most celebrated Maisons.

Marie-Etienne Nitot and the birth of the house

Chaumet was founded in Paris in 1780 by Marie-Etienne Nitot, who became the official jeweler to Napoleon Bonaparte and Empress Josephine. Nitot created the crowns, tiaras and jewelry for their coronation, establishing the house at the heart of French imperial style, a heritage the Maison still draws on today.

Joseph Chaumet and a name for the ages

In the late 19th century, Joseph Chaumet took over the house through marriage and gave it the name it still carries. Under his direction, Chaumet moved to its historic address on Place Vendome in Paris, where the house remains today, and expanded its reputation for tiaras across Europe and Japan.

Bee My Love, the imperial bee reimagined

No motif is more closely linked to Chaumet than the bee, a symbol Napoleon chose to represent his own reign.

The bee, from imperial emblem to jewelry icon

Napoleon adopted the bee as a personal emblem, and Chaumet, as his court jeweler, wove it into crowns and jewelry from the very beginning. Centuries later, the house revived the motif with the Bee My Love collection, translating the bee into a honeycomb pattern of small hexagons in yellow gold, white gold or rose gold.

Bee My Love rings, pendants and earrings

A Bee My Love ring sets a single diamond, or a row of diamonds, within its honeycomb structure, available as a slim band or a wider, more graphic model, and often paired with a matching Bee My Love wedding band for a fuller stack of rings. The same pattern extends to a Bee My Love pendant, a Bee My Love necklace and to Bee My Love earrings, letting a collector build a matching set of jewelry in the gold tone of their choice, plain or set with diamonds.

Josephine, an empress's jewelry legacy

The Josephine collection pays direct tribute to Empress Josephine, whose love of wheat, floral and feather motifs still inspires Chaumet jewelry today.

The Josephine Aigrette ring

The Josephine Aigrette ring takes its name from the aigrette, a feather-shaped ornament once worn on tiaras and headdresses. Set with a diamond and finished with a curved, plume-like silhouette in yellow gold or white gold, the ring translates a historic headpiece detail into an everyday piece of jewelry. A matching Josephine Aigrette pendant and a pair of Josephine earrings extend the same curved diamond line to a necklace and to the ears.

Wheat, laurel and other Josephine motifs

Beyond the Aigrette, the Josephine collection also draws on wheat ears and laurel leaves, two motifs closely associated with the empress and with Napoleon's own imperial imagery. These pieces, often in yellow gold with diamond accents, extend into rings, earrings, pendants and necklaces that share the same delicate, botanical language, making Josephine one of the best represented collections in our pre-owned selection.

Liens and Jeux de Liens, the art of the bond

Alongside its imperial icons, Chaumet has built an entire vocabulary around the idea of connection, expressed through interlocking bands of gold.

The Liens ring and bracelet

A Liens ring links two bands together at a diamond-set clasp, a design meant to evoke a bond between two people. Available in yellow gold, white gold and rose gold, or in platinum for a rarer version, the Liens wedding band and bracelet follow the same principle, and a Liens necklace carries the same linked motif on a fine chain with a pendant. Liens earrings and a matching diamond-set ring complete what is one of Chaumet's best-loved everyday collections.

Jeux de Liens, playing with color

The Jeux de Liens collection multiplies the idea of Liens across different tones of gold, mixing yellow gold, white gold and rose gold within a single ring or pendant. This play of color, closer to a game than a single statement piece, makes Jeux de Liens rings especially popular for stacking with other Chaumet designs.

Chaumet watches and other jewelry

Beyond rings, pendants and necklaces, the house's imperial motifs also appear on watches and on a wider range of jewelry.

Watches and hoop earrings

A Chaumet watch often borrows the same refined, floral detailing found across the house's jewelry, with a dial or bracelet echoing the Bee, Josephine or Liens motif. Chaumet hoop earrings offer a simpler, more contemporary complement to these lines, while a diamond pendant necklace or a pair of diamond earrings can complete a look built around a single watch. Together, these pieces round out a Maison known as much for its jewelry as for its watchmaking.

Buying pre-owned Chaumet jewelry with confidence

Buying pre-owned Chaumet jewelry means trusting both its authenticity and its condition, whatever the collection.

Authentication and the Castafiore guarantee

Every piece of Chaumet jewelry for sale at Castafiore is examined in detail: gold hallmarks (official stamps guaranteeing metal purity), the security of every diamond setting, and the condition of the gold surface. Our cofounder Anne Borde spent 30 years in auction houses, notably at Drouot, and her trained eye rarely misses a replaced stone. Every purchase comes with our authenticity guarantee, backed by decades of expertise from Anne Borde and Charlotte Rey.

From Cartier to Chaumet, the same rigor

Our cofounder Charlotte Rey spent 20 years at Cartier, including as Director of High Jewelry, and applies that same rigor to every Chaumet piece she assesses, from a diamond-set Bee My Love ring to a Josephine Aigrette pendant.

What shapes the price of a pre-owned piece

Rather than fixed price lists, Castafiore applies an individual valuation approach to ensure fair and transparent pricing for every piece, based on:

• the collection, such as Bee My Love, Josephine, Liens or Jeux de Liens
• the material, whether yellow gold, white gold, rose gold or platinum
• the presence and quality of diamonds or other stones
• the condition of the piece and the completeness of its box and papers

Whether you are drawn to the honeycomb pattern of a Bee My Love ring, the imperial elegance of a Josephine Aigrette necklace, the quiet symbolism of a Liens pendant, the playful color of Jeux de Liens or a diamond-set watch, pre-owned Chaumet jewelry offers a rare piece of Paris history, with the best pieces rarely staying in our selection for long. Sourced from private collections and exclusive resellers, every piece ships worldwide with fast, insured shipping and comes with our full authenticity guarantee before beginning its next chapter with you.