diamond solitare necklace- what chain???

[Green with Envy]

To all you diamond solitare necklace wearers...

any difference in durability when diamond is attached to chain compared to when they can move?
other pros and cons to these two different styles? Besides diamond seems to "float" when attached to chain.

Type of chain...What is the most durable, yet delicate looking chain? Box chain?

What is stronger for chain... 14 kt, 18kt gold, do they even make platinum chains???

Thanks for feedback!

 

[Green with Envy]

I remember reading somewhere on PS.. but have to look again.
i can not remember if there is a difference in strength of 14 vs 18 gold.

martini on this chain like that will really float! i guess box chain best is getting moving setting.

Thanks for your input!

 

[Harriet]

I think 14k is the stronger of the two because it contains more alloy.

 

[marcy]

Box chains are generally considered the strongest chain for their size. I would get a 14KT or even 10KT gold chain because they are stronger than 18KT gold.

 

[Green with Envy]

is platinum stronger than 14kt gold? I understand benefits and differences of platinum vs white gold for rings... but not sure about chains. Will white gold look brighter? Or pretty much look the same?

I have been told that even though box chain is strongest... something more delicate will look better. If stationary setting... just go with trace link? It looks like most folks have seomthing like that.

 

[Skippy123]

Platinum is stonger and heavier. WG tends to yellow but some people are lucky and it doesn''t yellow for them. I like Platinum better; I have a wg one and it is starting to get a tiny bit of yellow to it.

 

[Green with Envy]

i know there have been posts about this... but I look much better in yellow gold. i wear both white and yellow. I will place the diamond in white martini basket... but would it look funny if i have a thin yellow gold chain? I figure for something worn all the time- rather than go with what most people have (white gold)... I should get what looks better on me.

Any good reasons why I should talk myself out of the yellow gold chain? Is it going to look tacky rather than classic if I combine white basket and gold chain? i could not find ANY examples... so no one must do it for some reason!

 

[Skippy123]

I am sorry I didn''t know you were talking about Yellow gold. I would buy yellow gold. I never had a problem w/it breaking. You will be fine w/YG.

 

[Green with Envy]

I am going to get platinum or yellow gold. i just do not want the yellow gold right next to diamond so I wanted to put diamond in white martini basket and yellow gold chain???

 

[iheartscience]

I think a white gold or platinum basket with a yellow gold chain will be just fine. That''s what most yellow gold rings have-a yellow gold band with a white metal (usually platinum) head. I would just make sure the bail/bale (sp?), if you''re going to have one, is yellow gold and only the basket and prongs are a white metal.

 

[monarch64]

I definitely vote for box chain...imo it is the strongest and most durable. If possible, find one with a lobster clasp (easier imo to put on, most of the slimmer box chains come with the spring ring clasp and they''re very small so it''s sort of a difficult process for some to put them on). Otherwise, a very slim rope chain is durable, or something besides a chain just consisting of o''s interlinking as they are very easily broken with a good accidental yank.