Diamond Polisher in NJ/NY area

[Calla-lilies]

I am posting this question for a friend - she is not a PSer. She recently acquired an OMC -- it's beautiful IMO : ) There is a crack/chip - you can see that it affects the look of the diamond face-up if the light hits the diamond at the "right" angle and you can also see it under a 10X loupe. I think the diamond is beautiful as is -- although of course I don't know if the crack/chip affects the integrity. She brought it to a local jeweler who told her to just enjoy : ) But she is thinking that maybe she may want to get the diamond polished. Her local jeweler does not polish diamonds and she said he was hesitant to send it to his polisher -- something about potentially causing some damage when removing the diamond from the setting. Are there any diamond polisher that you can recommend in the NJ/NY area?

Thanks!

 

[lulu_ma]

I would have her contact Adam at OWD for this. Either he can help her or he can recommend a pro.

 

[Calla-lilies]

I would have her contact Adam at OWD for this. Either he can help her or he can recommend a pro.

Thank you!

 

[LightBright]

Like mentioned above, Adam at OWD would be someone I trust to send you to a good polisher/cutter.

However, I want to suggest that your friend either sell her diamond if she doesn’t find it mind clean enough, or enjoy it as is.

Cutting a chip away will likely entail loss of the original antique cut (possibly loss of crown height, table width, diameter width, etc.) The chip/crack could be a natural or an inclusion (did it get recorded in the Lab Report as a chip?). It’s IMO likely fine and stable to wear an antique diamond with a chip as is, in its setting. I don’t think taking it out of a setting threatens its integrity. I would ask people who have polished away (it’s actually recutting) a significant chip or cleaned up a girdle if their original cut was altered. I think the answer is YES, so if you are an antique cut purist, consider either loving the stone as is, or selling it as is and getting a diamond you don’t have mind clean issues with. Trying to fix a chip in a beautiful antique cut defeats the purpose of getting an authentic antique cut diamond in the first place.

 

[Calla-lilies]

Like mentioned above, Adam at OWD would be someone I trust to send you to a good polisher/cutter.

However, I want to suggest that your friend either sell her diamond if she doesn’t find it mind clean enough, or enjoy it as is.

Cutting a chip away will likely entail loss of the original antique cut (possibly loss of crown height, table width, diameter width, etc.) The chip/crack could be a natural or an inclusion (did it get recorded in the Lab Report as a chip?). It’s IMO likely fine and stable to wear an antique diamond with a chip as is, in its setting. I don’t think taking it out of a setting threatens its integrity. I would ask people who have polished away (it’s actually recutting) a significant chip or cleaned up a girdle if their original cut was altered. I think the answer is YES, so if you are an antique cut purist, consider either loving the stone as is, or selling it as is and getting a diamond you don’t have mind clean issues with. Trying to fix a chip in a beautiful antique cut defeats the purpose of getting an authentic antique cut diamond in the first place.

Thank you for this very thoughtful response! I am going to tell my friend about Adam at OWD as well as your suggestion to let it be. When she showed me the ring, I saw the flaw - maybe it's more than a chip? it seems to run from the girdle and down the pavilion? Maybe I saw it b/c I've been educated on PS - ha! I'm not sure anyone else would have seen it unless they really look at the diamond close up OR they know to look for it. But in any case, I still thought the diamond was beautiful and if it were mine, I would happily wear it as is : )

 

[LightBright]

Thank you for this very thoughtful response! I am going to tell my friend about Adam at OWD as well as your suggestion to let it be. When she showed me the ring, I saw the flaw - maybe it's more than a chip? it seems to run from the girdle and down the pavilion? Maybe I saw it b/c I've been educated on PS - ha! I'm not sure anyone else would have seen it unless they really look at the diamond close up OR they know to look for it. But in any case, I still thought the diamond was beautiful and if it were mine, I would happily wear it as is : )

With a significant inclusion like that, I would definitely get an opinion on structural integrity, and do find out what it is (a crack?). I hope Adam would have a local cutter (NYC likely) your friend could visit for an opinion. Can you share a photo of the diamond ring/close up of the diamond? I’d love to see it.

 

[Calla-lilies]

With a significant inclusion like that, I would definitely get an opinion on structural integrity, and do find out what it is (a crack?). I hope Adam would have a local cutter (NYC likely) your friend could visit for an opinion. Can you share a photo of the diamond ring/close up of the diamond? I’d love to see it.

I don’t think it’s a crack - although I’m not sure what a crack on a diamond would look like (unless it’s like a “real” crack?). I’ll ask her to bring the ring next time I see her and I’ll try to take a picture. Thanks.