The House
We chose the unreasonable life.
Since 2014
In 2014, we decided we would rather hunt than behave. Sensible careers were available. We declined them.
Ben was raised in Strasbourg and came of age inside New York’s estate salons, where the doors are heavy and the judgments quiet. Hugo grew up with gold dust in the air: a grandfather in Nice immersed in Art Deco before nostalgia had a market, a father trained at the Scuola Benvenuto Cellini, a bench, a loupe, an eye that required little instruction. Some things are learned. Others are recognized.
Our clients are the finest jewelry stores in the world, collectors, and dealers who understand that the best pieces are rarely the ones on display. They come to us for what is not listed anywhere else.
Odeon does not resemble the market, because it was never built for it.
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No volume. No seasons. No trends.
We look for pieces that hold their ground. If a jewel does not stop us, we leave it behind.
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By eye and by hand
Every piece is chosen the same way: slowly, carefully, its signature, period and craftsmanship examined before it joins the collection.
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Excellence is quiet
A French poinçon pressed into gold in 1940s Paris, an Italian bracelet engineered so precisely it feels inevitable, an American clasp that closes like a vault.
The people behind Odeon
Two inheritances, one eye
Co-founder · Strasbourg, New York
Benjamin
French. Forged by New York’s estate trade. Was in media once; it taught him how stories travel. Jewelry taught him what lasts.
Read his story
Co-founder · Nice, third generation
Hugo
Third generation. Nice. His grandfather called it: Art Deco, always. Hugo has spent thirty years making sure he is proven right.
Read his story608 Fifth Avenue
More than 1,600 jewels have passed through our hands.
Each one examined, documented and placed with care, with collectors and with the trade.
When you visit
Whether you encounter a piece online or across the counter, the invitation is the same: look closely. Jewelry reveals itself in the details.
When you visit, ask about the mark inside the shank, the construction of a clasp, the decade a piece belongs to. We will take out the loupe and look at it properly.
We are glad you are here. Come as you are. Leave with something extraordinary.