I've been a long time lurker and have enjoyed looking at everyone's beautiful pieces. I have come across a question that I could not resolve only though pure lurking and searching, so I'd love some input.
I've been researching princess-cut eternity bands and recently had my jeweler design one for me. I asked for a full eternity band using individual .25 ct. princess stones (F/G color, VVS) in a u-prong setting. My ring size is a size 5. We received a written invoice/receipt indicating the above and paid x-amount.
Weeks and weeks later (month and a half), the ring was completed and I picked it up. Apparently, they were having problems making the mold and it was had to be remade over and over. It was beautiful, but looked a bit smaller than the .25 stones we were shown. After emailing back and forth, I was told that the jeweler used .18 ct diamonds instead of the .23-.25 ctw we agreed on (and paid for). He said that creating a seamless full, eternity band in a specific size (size 5) is a very precise task, so in order for it to fit, they had to use .18 diamonds. Also, he says that even though the stones are smaller (.18 vs. .25), they had to use an extra diamond in the band to compensate for the individual smaller stone size.
From a pure visual standpoint, the ring is beautiful and looks fine. However, I feel a bit deceived. If our written invoice, our mutual understanding, as well as our payment was for .25 individual diamonds (F/G, VVS) on a size 5 eternity ring, isn't that what we should receive? Is it true that logistically, they can't make the size 5 ring using .25 (.23-.25) stones in a u-prong setting. (I highly doubt that). More importantly, does using an extra smaller .18 ct. stone equate to using one less larger .25 ct stone?
Hopefully, someone can shed some light, because I kind of feel like it was a bit of a "bait and switch". If we agreed on using .25 stones, that's what I would like. Using smaller stones, b/c they couldn't get it to "fit" (especially without telling me until I questioned it later) doesn't sound entirely proper. Thanks so much for reading.
I've been researching princess-cut eternity bands and recently had my jeweler design one for me. I asked for a full eternity band using individual .25 ct. princess stones (F/G color, VVS) in a u-prong setting. My ring size is a size 5. We received a written invoice/receipt indicating the above and paid x-amount.
Weeks and weeks later (month and a half), the ring was completed and I picked it up. Apparently, they were having problems making the mold and it was had to be remade over and over. It was beautiful, but looked a bit smaller than the .25 stones we were shown. After emailing back and forth, I was told that the jeweler used .18 ct diamonds instead of the .23-.25 ctw we agreed on (and paid for). He said that creating a seamless full, eternity band in a specific size (size 5) is a very precise task, so in order for it to fit, they had to use .18 diamonds. Also, he says that even though the stones are smaller (.18 vs. .25), they had to use an extra diamond in the band to compensate for the individual smaller stone size.
From a pure visual standpoint, the ring is beautiful and looks fine. However, I feel a bit deceived. If our written invoice, our mutual understanding, as well as our payment was for .25 individual diamonds (F/G, VVS) on a size 5 eternity ring, isn't that what we should receive? Is it true that logistically, they can't make the size 5 ring using .25 (.23-.25) stones in a u-prong setting. (I highly doubt that). More importantly, does using an extra smaller .18 ct. stone equate to using one less larger .25 ct stone?
Hopefully, someone can shed some light, because I kind of feel like it was a bit of a "bait and switch". If we agreed on using .25 stones, that's what I would like. Using smaller stones, b/c they couldn't get it to "fit" (especially without telling me until I questioned it later) doesn't sound entirely proper. Thanks so much for reading.
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