TheAffairOfTheNecklace
Rough_Rock
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- Feb 3, 2014
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Hi,
I am new to posting on this board and only found you a few weeks ago. I haven't actually been successful posting so I'll see if this works without trying to attach a picture. You can call me Antoinette if you like (not my actual name) but I found you because - well I like to look at diamonds, a trait I inherited from my recently deceased grandmother who was Liz Taylor only (in my eyes) more glamorous.
Her third husband (prior to their marriage) workedfor DeBeers importing & had his own monkey (imagine my childlike disappointment when I learned said monkey was no longer a part of his life). They met when her second husband bought a stone/pendant for her from him (by then he was designing). When husband #2 ran off with some girl #3 proposed with a 5 c round diamond and a love affair was born. How many 9 year olds spent their time at grandma's house being paid a dime for every errant diamond they sifted from the carpet in Grandpa's home office? Those were the days.
My current e ring is composed of that first pendant solitaire diamond he sold to #2 (a round- I'm told it is a very fine old European cut- what does that mean?) and a handful of those pesky little carpet diamonds. I knew NOTHING about setting a ring and since #3 had long given way to #4 I felt I had to use my Grandmother's jeweler friend despite the complete incongruence of our taste. She didn't listen to what I requested at all- chided me for wanting platinum ("You will be back in a year begging me to swap this for gold!") where I asked for bead set I got channel and down the list it went, the ring was so uncomfortable and every time I looked at it I wanted to scream "No Channel Set!!" You couldn't even see the diamonds- that we had it reset before the wedding.
Figuring anything would be better than what I had I just described something simple and the guy filled in the rest- no one asked how high I wanted it to be or told me I could have a single or split shank- I was clueless and planning a huge wedding (event planning I knew plenty about). I just described a ring and the people my dad recommended made it. My parents believed it would cause a great scandal if I pointed out the difference between the ring I asked for and the one I got to the jeweler (remember Grandma was a regular and a friend of this "artiste") so they offered to help us get it reset as long as it was never mentioned and since we had blown our wad with the first setting and granny was never the wiser.
Recently We lost granny and because I am the one who always admired things that shine she left me her ring and a few other baubles. I told my Mom to wear it for as long as it gives her comfort but eventually it will come my way (my mom has never even wanted a 1 carat diamond ring so it is purely sentimental to her-let's face it, it's sentimental to all of us. Did you know that you can have your remains made into a diamond?? Q
I don't want to muck it up this time- I can't muck it up this time. So I'm here to spend some time learning and getting advice before I move into the choosing phase.
What will I do with this diamond? My choices as I see it-reset my current Ering (about 1.4c or 1.04? I think with another 1.5 in little diamonds) and wear the sparkler as a right hand ring or pendant. OR upgrade, wear the sparkler as an e ring and have my current Ering made into a halo set (or other) necklace pendant and a set of diamond studs (maybe halo set as well) so I have a whole sparkly set that I can wear as often as I like. Budget will be of concern but by the time mom parts with it we should be able to save up a chunk of jewelry change.
What kind of settings would a round 5 carat diamond look good in? It is in a yellow gold bezel with some strange almost Hebrew looking squiggles on it right now that isn't my vibe (reset for husband #4). I like white gold or platinum (what 8 have now) vintage, halo, split shank, Art Deco, Edwardian, gorgeous side views, cushion cuts, ummmmmm I don't early know what I like haha.
I will try to include pictures in a reply if I get this text up. I started wearing my Ering on my right hand and my two wedding bands on my left and I am liking that better than my old set up of all three rings on my left hand- it was uncomfortable and I think it detracted from the diamond. The solitaire kind of gets lost in the little diamonds.I think it could have been done with less metal to show off the diamonds but no one explained if there was a reason it was done as it was. Thanks for making it through my post
I am new to posting on this board and only found you a few weeks ago. I haven't actually been successful posting so I'll see if this works without trying to attach a picture. You can call me Antoinette if you like (not my actual name) but I found you because - well I like to look at diamonds, a trait I inherited from my recently deceased grandmother who was Liz Taylor only (in my eyes) more glamorous.
Her third husband (prior to their marriage) workedfor DeBeers importing & had his own monkey (imagine my childlike disappointment when I learned said monkey was no longer a part of his life). They met when her second husband bought a stone/pendant for her from him (by then he was designing). When husband #2 ran off with some girl #3 proposed with a 5 c round diamond and a love affair was born. How many 9 year olds spent their time at grandma's house being paid a dime for every errant diamond they sifted from the carpet in Grandpa's home office? Those were the days.
My current e ring is composed of that first pendant solitaire diamond he sold to #2 (a round- I'm told it is a very fine old European cut- what does that mean?) and a handful of those pesky little carpet diamonds. I knew NOTHING about setting a ring and since #3 had long given way to #4 I felt I had to use my Grandmother's jeweler friend despite the complete incongruence of our taste. She didn't listen to what I requested at all- chided me for wanting platinum ("You will be back in a year begging me to swap this for gold!") where I asked for bead set I got channel and down the list it went, the ring was so uncomfortable and every time I looked at it I wanted to scream "No Channel Set!!" You couldn't even see the diamonds- that we had it reset before the wedding.
Figuring anything would be better than what I had I just described something simple and the guy filled in the rest- no one asked how high I wanted it to be or told me I could have a single or split shank- I was clueless and planning a huge wedding (event planning I knew plenty about). I just described a ring and the people my dad recommended made it. My parents believed it would cause a great scandal if I pointed out the difference between the ring I asked for and the one I got to the jeweler (remember Grandma was a regular and a friend of this "artiste") so they offered to help us get it reset as long as it was never mentioned and since we had blown our wad with the first setting and granny was never the wiser.
Recently We lost granny and because I am the one who always admired things that shine she left me her ring and a few other baubles. I told my Mom to wear it for as long as it gives her comfort but eventually it will come my way (my mom has never even wanted a 1 carat diamond ring so it is purely sentimental to her-let's face it, it's sentimental to all of us. Did you know that you can have your remains made into a diamond?? Q
I don't want to muck it up this time- I can't muck it up this time. So I'm here to spend some time learning and getting advice before I move into the choosing phase.
What will I do with this diamond? My choices as I see it-reset my current Ering (about 1.4c or 1.04? I think with another 1.5 in little diamonds) and wear the sparkler as a right hand ring or pendant. OR upgrade, wear the sparkler as an e ring and have my current Ering made into a halo set (or other) necklace pendant and a set of diamond studs (maybe halo set as well) so I have a whole sparkly set that I can wear as often as I like. Budget will be of concern but by the time mom parts with it we should be able to save up a chunk of jewelry change.
What kind of settings would a round 5 carat diamond look good in? It is in a yellow gold bezel with some strange almost Hebrew looking squiggles on it right now that isn't my vibe (reset for husband #4). I like white gold or platinum (what 8 have now) vintage, halo, split shank, Art Deco, Edwardian, gorgeous side views, cushion cuts, ummmmmm I don't early know what I like haha.
I will try to include pictures in a reply if I get this text up. I started wearing my Ering on my right hand and my two wedding bands on my left and I am liking that better than my old set up of all three rings on my left hand- it was uncomfortable and I think it detracted from the diamond. The solitaire kind of gets lost in the little diamonds.I think it could have been done with less metal to show off the diamonds but no one explained if there was a reason it was done as it was. Thanks for making it through my post
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