Reappraisal...

[ringbling17]

HI guys,
I was just wondering, for those of you that have had you diamonds set by your jewelers, rather than the vendor you purchased the diamonds from, did you get your diamonds reappraised afterwards?
I am having a custom setting made, and my concern is that the jeweler may accidently damage the diamond either when he removes it from the old setting or puts it in the new setting.
I am fairly good with the loupe, but I have yet to see the inclusions in my diamond. It is laser inscribed though and he is pretty reputable, so I am not as worried about him switching the diamond as him damaging it. I am not sure if I would be able to see any damage if it were to happen.
I once read a post were this woman had a three stone ring made and the jeweler accidently let the smaller sidestones touch and they wound up scratching one another. You couldn''t see it, except with a loupe and the setter didn''t take responsibility for the damage.
I know I am being neurotic, but I have a diamond that has a chipped girdle from when it was reset by a jeweler.
So, should I have it reappraised after I receive it? What did you do?

 

[pauls girl]

When my fiancee proposed, he had given me this amazing diamond in a plain white gold setting (he had a feeling I would want to pick my own band out). As soon as we were engaged, we went out together & I picked out my dream band - but not from the same jeweler that he had purchased the diamond from. After 5 weeks the band was ready, and I had to turn over my diamond (which I had become so attached to) so that they could set it in the new band. For 5 days I fretted over the safety of my diamond, even though it was a very reputable jeweler that we had purchased the band through. When I finally picked the finished ring up, I looked at it through a loupe for the inclusions that were on my certificate, but since I am not a jeweler, and didn't really KNOW what I was looking for, I still had this worry that the diamond had been switched or damaged in some way. Because of this, and because I needed to get it appraised for insurance reasons anyway, I went out the next day & had it appraised. I chose an appraiser that was recommended by the AGL, and that would appraise it right in front of me. When that was done, then I was able to breath a sigh of relief. Even though I was sure it was our diamond before the appraisal & it looked as flawless to me as ever (I mean a mother knows her baby!) I still felt better knowing that in independant 3rd party agreed that it was the diamond that my love had picked out for me, and it hadn't been scratched or chipped.


If you have concerns, it couldn't hurt to have someone check it out. I sure felt better afterwards.




-PG

 

[Richard Sherwood]

I would have it reappraised, or just checked by the original appraiser to see if any damage was sustained upon setting. It doesn't happen often, but it does happen, and it is the rare jeweler who will fess up to it when it does happen. Most hope that you won't notice, and when you discover it years later will assume it must have happened afterwards.