Art Nouveau
Brilliant_Rock
- Joined
- Dec 5, 2004
- Messages
- 678
My old round diamond is finally back from Beaudry in a new setting and I cannot be happier. My round diamond was in a typical 80''s yellow gold setting with rows of channel-set rounds and baguettes. The setting looks dated and the cut of the diamond was mediocre. Plus I picked up a bruise some how on a crown facet, which bothered me even though it was not eye visible. Two months ago, I decided to reset the stone in a Beaudry signature stillette mounting. Since the stone is coming out of the mounting, I decided to have it recut to remove the bruise and to improve the appearance. I went through The Diamond Broker, but Stephen Moore at Beaudry helped me design the ring and personally supervised the project. He took care of getting the stone recut and recertified by GIA. The stone was a 2.61 ct G VVS2. It is now 2.45 ct, but the symmetry grade improved from ''good'' to ''very good'' and the stone looks much better. I wanted a picture frame around the diamond, but I didn''t like the look of round on round. Stephen suggested to use a cushion shaped picture frame around the round center. The spllit shank has pave set round diamonds and a stilette in between the split. The rest of the shank has hand engraving on three sides. The workmanship on the ring is super. Even though the diamond lost weight, it now looks like over 3 carats due to addition of the picture frame. I can''t believe how much better the ring looks! Here are 4 views of the ring:
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