Bose Taps London’s Cece Jewellery for Precious One-off Ultra Open Earbuds

GOLD STANDARD: Crystal-clear sound wasn’t enough for Bose.

The high-end audio equipment company has tapped five-year-old British fine jewelry brand Cece Jewellery for a one-off edition of its second-generation Bose Ultra Open Earbuds in gold, diamonds and champlevé enamel.

“I love the idea that something so beautifully timeless can hold the technology of today,” the jeweler’s founder and designer Cece Fein-Hughes told WWD. She described her design “a unique marriage of fine jewelry and sound, and a little objet d’art to carry with you wherever you go.”

Drawing on music as a form of escapism, folklore and the idea of “staying wild,” she imagined gold panels dressing the earbuds. Each is engraved with the words “Stay Wild” and diamond-set stars, further adorned with enameled horseshoe and heart with wings motifs.

Fein-Hughes also imagined a miniature bag in 18-karat gold to carry the earbuds, with a detachable chain.

Weighing more than 172 grams, the design features gold chainmail with a diamond-set frame, a detachable bow with its own diamond that can be worn as a necklace charm and a medallion depicting a flying horse on a night sky.

Only one lucky sound enthusiast will be sporting the result of Bose and Fein-Hughes’ collaboration. The one-off custom piece is the prize in a draw that kicks off on Monday, with customers purchasing the earbuds on the high-end audio manufacturer’s e-commerce site automatically entered to win.

This isn’t the first time Bose has called on jewelers to give its wares a precious twist. Last year, U.S.-based Kendra Scott revisited its Ultra Open earbuds in three colorways sold exclusively at Target, while Nadine Ghosn imagined one-of-a-kind headphones for tennis player Coco Gauff and NBA star Anthony Edwards ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

More recently, it tapped Thom Browne for a collaboration around its QuietComfort Ultra headphones.