International maisons
The global houses with boutiques in Zurich, most on the Bahnhofstrasse, names like Cartier, Tiffany, and Bvlgari. You're paying for a name and a signature setting you'll recognise, usually with the diamond grade and price already fixed.
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Cartier
4.8Bahnhofstrasse 47 · since 1847
Cartier runs its Zurich boutique at Bahnhofstrasse 47, where the bridal counter is built around the Solitaire 1895, a four-claw platinum solitaire named for the year the design first appears in the house archives. Founded in Paris in 1847, Cartier also offers the Destinée and Ballerine settings, and a Set For You service that lets you pick the stone and the mount separately.
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Bahnhofstrasse 14 · since 1837
Tiffany sits at Bahnhofstrasse 14 and is the house that invented the six-prong solitaire most people picture when they think engagement ring. Charles Lewis Tiffany introduced that Setting in 1886, lifting the diamond off the band so light reaches it from every side, and the Zurich store will book you with a diamond specialist to see it in person. The firm dates to 1837 in New York.
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Bahnhofstrasse 11 · since 1906
Van Cleef & Arpels trades from Bahnhofstrasse 11, the Paris house that turned gem-setting into a patented craft. Its Mystery Set, registered in 1933, holds stones on hidden rails so no metal claws show, and that obsession with how a stone is held carries through to the bridal solitaires. The maison started on Place Vendome in 1906.
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Bvlgari
4.6Bahnhofstrasse 25 · since 1884
Bvlgari's Zurich boutique is at Bahnhofstrasse 25, bringing the Roman house's bolder, more coloured look to a street full of white-diamond classics. Sotirio Bulgari opened the first shop in Rome in 1884, and the bridal rings carry that Italian signature, geometric settings and the Serpenti motif rather than the plain solitaire. Worth a look if you want something that reads less conventional.
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Graff
4.7Bahnhofstrasse 16 · since 1960
Graff's boutique is at Bahnhofstrasse 16, and the house exists for one thing above all, exceptional diamonds. Laurence Graff started the firm in London in 1960 and it has handled some of the largest rough ever found, including the Lesedi La Rona. The bridal rings lean on that sourcing, so if the centre stone is the whole point, this is a serious stop.
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Bahnhofstrasse 28 · since 1932
Harry Winston runs a salon at Bahnhofstrasse 28 by Paradeplatz, reopened and expanded in 2025. The New York house, started by Harry Winston in 1932, built its name on big important stones and the Winston Cluster, a setting from the 1940s that groups mixed-cut diamonds so the metal almost disappears. This is the address for the larger end of the carat scale.
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Chopard
4.6Bahnhofstrasse 40 · since 1860
Chopard keeps a boutique at Bahnhofstrasse 40 and is the one big house here making its rings in fully ethical gold. Since 2018 the whole jewellery line uses Fairmined gold, traced back to the mines, which matters if the provenance of the metal is part of the decision. Founded in 1860, Chopard is also where the floating-diamond Happy Diamonds idea came from.
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Buccellati
4.5Bahnhofstrasse 25 · since 1919
Buccellati opened its first Swiss boutique at Bahnhofstrasse 25 near Paradeplatz in late 2023. The Milan house, started by Mario Buccellati in 1919, works in a way no other maison here does, hand-engraving gold with the rigato and tulle techniques so the metal looks like woven fabric. If you want a ring where the goldwork is the story as much as the diamond, this is the one to see.
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Piaget
4.4Bahnhofstrasse 38 · since 1874
Piaget's Zurich boutique is at Bahnhofstrasse 38, a house that started as an ultra-thin watch movement maker before it became a jeweller. Georges-Edouard Piaget set up shop in the Jura village of La Cote-aux-Fees in 1874. Its best-known ring is the Possession, a band with a second ring that spins freely around it, so the bridal side of Piaget tends toward the playful rather than the strictly classic.
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Wempe
4.4Bahnhofstrasse 32 · since 1878
Wempe holds a spot at Bahnhofstrasse 32, the German watch and jewellery house that's been family-run for five generations. Gerhard Wempe started it in 1878, and besides selling the big watch brands it makes its own pieces, including a By Kim engagement line. It tends to feel a little more understated than the French and Italian maisons next door.
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Boucheron
4.4Bahnhofstrasse 50 · since 1858
Boucheron was the first jeweller to set up on Place Vendome, back when Frederic Boucheron moved there in 1893, and the house dates to 1858. In Zurich you'll find its collection at Bucherer on Bahnhofstrasse 50 rather than a separate storefront. The bridal side leans on the Quatre and Serpent Boheme designs, so the rings carry more pattern and architecture than a plain solitaire.
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Pomellato
4.3Weinplatz 10 · since 1967
Pomellato runs a boutique at Weinplatz 10, just off the Bahnhofstrasse, and it's the outlier on this list. The Milan house, founded by Pino Rabolini in 1967, made its name on colour, the Nudo ring with its big faceted stone in a simple four-claw mount is the signature. Come here if a coloured-gem ring or a stackable band appeals more than a white solitaire.