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picked up this 3.4ct recently.

mrs-b said:
@cm_ls1 -

I like the blue and gold! And I love the way you're wearing it - dressed down neutrals - very nice! If you're gonna wear a watch like that, not over-egging the pudding is definitely the way to go.

Love it!
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What an interesting phrase, never heard it. What does it mean?
 
Polabowla said:
What an interesting phrase, never heard it. What does it mean?
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'Over-egging the pudding' means to overdo something already decorative or complicated, and wrecking it thereby. In this case it would mean wearing something very decorative with something *else* very decorative - which would be overdoing it.

It's an old, English expression which we used to hear in my household a lot while I was growing up - most often from my father in relation to his teenage daughters wearing too much makeup! :))
 
cm_ls1 said:
As for the colour I compared it to a set of master stones and it’s debatable between F-G
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How cool to be able to do this! Are you in the trade by chance? You're definitely not a diamond newbie! =) Oh, and both of your watches are beautiful!
 
mrs-b said:
'Over-egging the pudding' means to overdo something already decorative or complicated, and wrecking it thereby. In this case it would mean wearing something very decorative with something *else* very decorative - which would be overdoing it.

It's an old, English expression which we used to hear in my household a lot while I was growing up - most often from my father in relation to his teenage daughters wearing too much makeup! :))
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I love this phrase, and also the phrase Gilding the Lily
 
Nice!
 
cm_ls1 said:
Thank you, yes, some say the gold with blue is a little over the top, but I suppose it’s how you carry it that matters ;-)

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As for the diamond, it was an opportunistic buy, the right price!

It had an IGL NY cert, so I didn’t take much notice of that and did my own examination.

It has a total depth ratio of 61% (sorry if i don’t use the correct terms)

The crown height is 13% and the pavilion % is 44% with a girdle 4% faceted polished

The table is 57%

So although not excellent, still very good.

All the lower crown facets line up to the pavilion lines and the distance between the upper crown facets to the lower crown are roughly 50/50.

I get nice arrows and hearts, although I’m finding it hard to capture in a pic.

As for the colour I compared it to a set of master stones and it’s debatable between F-G but i was doing the compare to the left of the master and then the right and seeing if it looked lighter or darker and I’d place it closer to F but only just

As for the inclusions Wisps, and mostly at the edges under the crown , the table was mostly clean l, and one on the pavilion side. When looking at it with a 30x loupe it took me quite a few seconds to find the inclusions each time I picked it up from scratch

At the end of the day I looked at the diamond and it had good brilliance, sintilation, lol is that what it’s called or radiance.

The price was too good to pass up ;-)
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Congrats! Did you get stone at B&M store, online, auction, etc?
 
caf said:
Congrats! Did you get stone at B&M store, online, auction, etc?
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Someone I know needed money urgently, so we did the deal :)
 
Welcome! Very nice watches! My husband is into watches. He likes your "Bluesie".
 
What I find impressive is that you had an IGL stone and you were confident enough to objectively assess and purchase! And you have 30X loupe (and are knowledgeable about proportions and angles.
Well done--love that you got an opportunity and went for a good value!


Thank you so much for sharing and please keep us posted if you use this lovely stone in a piece of new jewelry!
 
Thank you for all your replies, enjoyed reading them =)
 
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