El huevo de Kutchinsky

One night in 1990, before millions of viewers, London jeweler Paul Kutchinsky unveiled an impossible object on television: a sixty-centimeter gold egg, encrusted with thousands of diamonds and valued at tens of millions of pounds. It was the crowning achievement of his life. Yet, what seemed like the realization of a dream soon began to reveal a far more unsettling backstory. Decades later, his daughter embarked on an obsessive quest to discover what really happened to that extraordinary object that shaped her family's destiny. As she unraveled the mystery, she pieced together the story of the Kutchinskys—a dynasty of jewelers born among East End immigrants that rose to the heights of the international luxury elite through talent, ambition, and risk-taking. The egg emerged as more than just a unique masterpiece; it was the epicenter of a saga of ruin, silence, and fractured relationships. Failed businesses, broken bonds, and buried secrets came to light over a journey spanning more than a century, stretching from Eastern Europe to the most exclusive circles of the modern world. After years of investigation, the author managed to trace the object, discovering that it had survived for decades in private hands in Japan, far from the public eye. Through a deeply personal yet rigorous investigation, Serena Kutchinsky weaves together personal memoir, business history, and social chronicle in a powerful exploration of family ties and the way success can morph into obsession.