Stories behind a jewel

Pablo Cimadevila's jewelry table is already about to start molding, carving and polishing the jewels.The immediacy and speed of television adapt to the patience of jewelry.“We had to match those speeds.We try to demystify the trade and that people see that how a jewel from beginning to end is made, from their order to its final delivery, ”explains Pablo Cimadevila, designer and craftsman jeweler who was Paralympic swimming champion in Sydney 2000. This Friday (this Friday (this Friday (this Friday (this Friday (this Friday (this Friday (this Friday (this Friday (this Friday (22.00), 24 karats opens its doors at Discovery Max with very peculiar orders, dosed three by three in each of the five episodes.

Pablo, is the soul of the workshop and the creative part of the business, while his brothers David and Miguel, who accompany him in this adventure, are more focused on getting new customers and ending orders.Together they form a puzzle whose elements fit perfectly.“When we talk about jewelry, people identify someone oldnot them themselves, ”says Pablo.

It is not a usual jewelry store where to find a common wedding alliance or simple earrings.Not because they are not capable, but because the client is looking for something different, original, that they do not find who does it and, above all, exclusive.An example of this will be the first commission of him: to manufacture a pure 14 carat pure vibrator shaped like a diamond.

Bijoux Indiscrets, one of the most important companies in Europe in the erotic toys sector will be planted in its home-home located in a typical Pazo Pontevedrés (Galicia) to offer them this challenge.The vibrator will be auctioned in the US to raise funds to support projects linked to women's rights and gender equality, the company explains."We have charged 5,000 euros of material but its price will vary according to the bid. I tell you that to see if Lady Gaga buys it and becomes famous," jokes the designer.

However, Pablo warns that he will not be the only request to surprise, but that there is a great variety in which each one will call attention to a different thing.There is where to choose: Pepe Solla, chef with a Michelin star, uses them to try to unite the world of gastronomy with that of jewelry;A young couple who are going to marry the gold ring shaped like corn ring or ‘Trisky’;And a widowed woman who, after converting her husband's ashes into a diamond, asks Paul to design a ring to always carry him on the finger.

“The client seeks confidence and security, knowing that it will be done well and that what he needs is going to be done.It is a very delicate job because jewels are often handled that can be a family heritage and that have a very strong sentimental value for the client, ”says the former elite athlete.His's jewelry line is called ‘Kamikaze’-from there it with k-because he thinks that to fulfill dreams you have to risk and that is what they intend to convey with his mark.

The union of a good idea with a little luck, the precise moment and the exact time made Discovery Max produce this program."I have always been very fan of this chain and I realized that there was no format to teach how the jewels are made," he says.And Nathalie García, general director of Fremantle Media, was just looking for a Paralympic athlete to do something on television.So they got to work.

One of the essential qualities to be a good jeweler is to be a good psychologist.“It has to be able to design the jewel that the client still does not know exactly how he wants and that until he looks at him he does not know if he likes it.You have to be a bit psychologist, ask them what they like, what colors, what is their way of dressing ... it must be very observant, be very patience and feel passion for your work, ”says Pablo, who confesses that several curricula have already arrivedAlthough the program has not been issued.The chain warns him that he prepares so that from now on they increase the orders and meanwhile, Pablo, already begins to get nervous.

Athlete in four Paralympic Games

Pablo Cimadevila (Pontevedra, 1978) remained paraplegic with only four years for a car hit and, from then on, he turned to swimming.His mother said: "Honey as you can't walk, I will teach you to swim."And after intense dedication and eagerness for overcoming, he participated in four consecutive paraolimpiates (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012), in which he achieved four medals, including a gold and three bronzes.

"If you can dream it, you can do it" it is his philosophy of life and takes her tattooed in her skin.Pablo explains that when he returned from the New Zealand world championship of 98 he raised himself whether to do architecture, but he "didn't want to draw things but do them."Then he met the world of jewelry by chance through his friends who had a jewelry workshop and discovered his vocation.