Harry Winston, Beverly Hills

Royalty, business tycoons and movie stars all come here to splurge on jewelry and timepieces. The late Harry Winston, a native New Yorker, is still known as "The King of Diamonds," and the business empire he founded has an international reputation. High-profile celebrities are known to "borrow" jewelry when they attend the Oscars each year, and even the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Louvre have displayed Winston's exclusively crafted works. The stores, or salons as they are called, maintain a high profile, and this one in Beverly Hills is no exception. You can expect impeccable service, and to be set back by several thousand dollars if you decide to secure one of the exquisite pieces on offer.