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Koa Sets The Trend In Hawaiian Jewelry

Forget the puka shells or the old fashioned wave pendants that your grandmother bought in Hawaii. Today, the hottest trend in Hawaiian jewelry in wood – KOA wood, to be exact. Koa grows only in Hawaii and has beautiful swirling grain patterns unseen in any other wood.

Koa from the Big Island of Hawaii is used to create beautiful personal accessories and Koa jewelry worn by trendy locals, kama’aina. Visitors to the islands are seeing what the islanders are wearing and the trend going global.

Classic koa bangles or bracelets are worn by men and women alike. The narrower bangles are worn in odd numbers – 3, 5, or 7 at a time. Each bangle is carved from a single piece of koa wood. Koa bracelets go with almost any outfit, dress up for an evening out or casual for a day of shopping.

Koa Jewelry Rings from Martin and MacArthur

Koa rings are very popular now for wedding bands or simply to add a bit of Hawaiian style to any ensemble. Warning, don’t be fooled by cheap titanium rings that scratch easily and lose their shine. Smart kama’aina always buy koa rings made withtungsten, the hardest metal that never scratches and never needs polishing. High end retailer Martin & MacArthur has the widest selection of koa-tungsten rings in Hawaii.

Koa pendants are updated and in style now. While traditional Hawaiian fish hook pendants are still popular, young people are wearing koa pendants made with tungsten, for a shine that lasts forever. Some of the most popular styles are the koa dog tag pendant and the koa honu sea turtle pendant. The biggest trend is definitely Koa watches. The links and casing of these wood watches are carved from solid koa wood. No one does it better than Martin & MacArthur, the company that started the Koa craze and now features the widest selection of Koa watches in the world. The company’s latest innovation is the self-winding, automatic koa watch.

Koa sets the trend in Hawaiian jewelry today.

Wood Watches - Author Bio:• Local-born Michael Tam, returned to Hawaii with an accomplished track record

leading global companies with a strategic marketing focus. In 2008, Tam became the majority owner, CEO, and President of Martin & MacArthur, the premiere Koa furniture maker and retailer in Hawaii for fifty years. Also make personal accessories such as Koa wood watches ,jewelry,rings.

• • Tam is responsible for leading Martin & MacArthur to achieve sustainable, profitable,

and long term growth. He has created meaningful connections within the community in support of the Hawaiian heritage and local artisans in Hawaii.

• In the past three, Martin & MacArthur has opened nine new stores, including its first stores on the Big Island and Kauai. A distinctive retail store base is being created, focused on the finest home furnishings and personal accessories made in Hawaii for the gracious Hawaiian living. The Hawaiian furniture store have koa furniture & rocking chair. They Also make personal accessories such jewelry, jewelry boxes, Koa wood watches .

By the time Tam returned to Hawaii, he had accumulated extensive executive experience with global companies that included Nordstrom, Starbucks, Borders, McDonalds, and American Eagle Outfitters. His career is marked with success in creating corporate business strategies; developing new brands; reposition existing brands; introducing brands into global and domestic markets After graduating with a Master of Management degree in marketing and finance at the Kellogg School of Business, Northwestern University, he joined Leo Burnett as senior media planner for Procter & Gamble and was International Vice President responsible for McDonald’s Corporation.

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