Delhi. Amanbagh. Jaipur. Hong Kong.

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Three friends, two flights and one ring from a house that has served Jaipur's court since 1852. Leave the rest to us.

Three friends. Two flights. One ring from a house that has served Jaipur's court since 1852. Everything else is content.

The crew

Three origins. One arrivals hall.

Lamine lands at 08:20 from Dubai.

Daniel lands at 11:45 from Hong Kong.

Samarth is already in the country.

Encalm lounge, T3 arrivals, 12:15.

01 / 01

The mission

The Gem Palace, Mirza Ismail Road.

Watercolor of the Gem Palace facade on MI Road, three peach-pink domes over a columned entrance
The haveli on MI Road, unchanged since the 19th century.
Jewellers to the Maharajas
1852

The Kasliwal family were invited to Jaipur by the royal house of Amber in 1700 and moved into this haveli in 1852. Upstairs, craftsmen sit cross-legged on cushions, cutting and setting stones and enamelling 22-karat gold in the meenakari tradition. Jackie Kennedy came in 1962, Charles and Diana in 1991.

  • Tuesday 10:00 ring pickup and the atelier tour
  • Two hours by car from Amanbagh, 84 km
  • Rule the box opens for the camera, never for a story
Watercolor of a gold solitaire ring in an indigo velvet box on green marble
The reason we are flying.

The numbers

Hot and dry, until Hong Kong.

222km
Delhi T3 to Amanbagh, about 3.5 h
84km
Amanbagh to the Gem Palace, about 2 h
18:12
Sunset at Amanbagh on Wednesday, the golden hour window
0d 00:00:00
Until CX694 leaves Delhi, 01:10 Thursday

Weather, live

Forecast from Open-Meteo, local time at each stop.

Flights

Two roads, one car

The shot list

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