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Shiny_Rock
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Please help! We are visiting our jeweller next week to reset the diamond from my original engagement ring into a necklace. It’ll be set in 18kt rose gold. This is a super important project because it will be my 10th wedding anniversary gift & hopefully something I wear daily.
My diamond is round, approx 0.3ct bought from a store before I knew about diamonds. I don’t remember much about the specs, only that it’s a J but looks lovely & white & sparkly to me.
I’m pretty much struggling with most aspects of the design.
Bezel/basket:
Husband wants to replicate the T&Co DBTY fixed pendant. This seems like a really versatile design for layering etc but I’m more drawn to the Cartier d’amour double bezel. However, they seem to do this design with much smaller diamonds so I’m wondering if it’ll look too chunky on my diamond.
Here’s the Cartier design
Here’s a pic I found (most likely on here!) which I LOVE. Would the more dainty double bezel of the 2nd pendant here look better than the Cartier version? I won’t have any milgrain.
Alternatively, I think this is very pretty without any bezel but wondering if my diamond will get lost.
How it’s fixed to chain:
I’m also concerned about the “fixed” element. My understanding is that the diamond will travel up my neck?
I could do a slider pendant instead but my biggest pet hate is the clasp migrating to the front. Drives me crazy. If I did go this route I’d have to decide whether the chain goes through the basket (does this cause flipping??) or if we have a bale. I hate big bales but thought this was pretty:
As you can see, I’m all over the place!! Would really appreciate your advice.
My diamond is round, approx 0.3ct bought from a store before I knew about diamonds. I don’t remember much about the specs, only that it’s a J but looks lovely & white & sparkly to me.
I’m pretty much struggling with most aspects of the design.
Bezel/basket:
Husband wants to replicate the T&Co DBTY fixed pendant. This seems like a really versatile design for layering etc but I’m more drawn to the Cartier d’amour double bezel. However, they seem to do this design with much smaller diamonds so I’m wondering if it’ll look too chunky on my diamond.
Here’s the Cartier design
Here’s a pic I found (most likely on here!) which I LOVE. Would the more dainty double bezel of the 2nd pendant here look better than the Cartier version? I won’t have any milgrain.
Alternatively, I think this is very pretty without any bezel but wondering if my diamond will get lost.
How it’s fixed to chain:
I’m also concerned about the “fixed” element. My understanding is that the diamond will travel up my neck?
I could do a slider pendant instead but my biggest pet hate is the clasp migrating to the front. Drives me crazy. If I did go this route I’d have to decide whether the chain goes through the basket (does this cause flipping??) or if we have a bale. I hate big bales but thought this was pretty:
As you can see, I’m all over the place!! Would really appreciate your advice.
) but as someone who owns both slide pendants and fixed pendants, I find that with the fixed pendant, the stone gets off center frequently and that really bothers me. I have to adjust it several times a day and I'm always feeling for it to make sure it is centered. With my slide pendants, I only have to adjust the clasp occasionally, and sometimes never in a day. I should note that my fixed pendant is in a basket, while my slide pendants are in bezels. Perhaps that affects things. I'm not sure.
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