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Horlogerie, montres,
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The saga of the House of adler began with a
grandfather who devoted himself to his love of
precious stones. Born in the Austro-Hungarian
Empire, Jacques Adler did his apprenticeship in a
jeweller's workshop in Vienna and then went on to
set up his firm at Istanbul in 1886! His passion
for gemstones had led him to this centre of the
jeweller's art. His son became the court jewellers
of the Ottoman Empire. Edouard Adler, further
extended the company in 1955 by opening a second
shop in the Hilton Hotel of Istanbul. The family
firm remained there for a century! In the heart of
the jewellers' quarter of the city, surrounded by
gold and silversmiths, the firm gradually
perfected its skills and built up its immense
'savoir-faire.'
As in all aspects of its vast culture, the art of
Byzantium is a fascinating blend of its classical
heritage with diverse later influences. This city
of immense contrasts is found at the
