Replacing my damaged star sapphire with Jewelers Mutual

[Begonia]

Ooooooooooo. That came together very well. Very well indeed!

 

[mayday]

Congrats on your new ring! I am so happy for you that you ended up happy and satisfied. The colors in your new ring are incredible!

 

[JackTrick]

Absolutely LOVE the new stone and design! So excited for you!

 

[Slickk]

Wow! It’s so so beautiful! What a journey but I love where you ended up!! Can’t wait for hand pics!

 

[vintageinjune]

That was quite the journey!

While of course, it would have been preferable to not have gone on it to begin with, the end at least is indeed quite happy. It's gorgeous!

Nov 6,2023

 

[fiona00004]

Omg omg your new ring is gorgeous!!!! Such a stressful journey though!!!

 

[RunningwithScissors]

What a yummy, gorgeous new ring! I adore the colors!

 

[Dreamer_D]

It was a super stressful six months, that’s for sure! I appreciate the commiseration. Most people irl didn’t understand.

I made a SMTB thread with hand shots and videos!

This year marked a very important professional accomplishment for me: I was promoted to full professor at my university. It took me 13 years to achieve this goal, on top of 9 years of graduate and post-doctoral education. So I decided to buy myself a beautiful ring to mark the occasion, as a reminder and a reward for all my hard work.

My first attempt to create my dream celebration ring ended in tragedy, as just one day after bringing my ring home I discovered that the center gemstone had been damaged. You can read the whole tale of woe here, including my experience making a claim with Jewelers Mutual to replace my damaged gemstone.



Luckily I was insured. And after a six month journey to replace my damaged star sapphire I finally have my beautiful — and perfect — celebration ring on my hand.

Yvonne Raley of Cecile Raley Designs sourced the 4ct, Sri Lankan star sapphire for me. It is a gemmy little gum drop that shifts from a delicate pink in the sun to a deep purple indoors. The star is soft but complete and centered. I’m really enjoying the crystal quality.


Here are some photos when it was loose and a video that Yvonne took that shows the pink color.

Yvonne also made the 18k gold setting for me. We chose some lovely pink and blue sapphires for side stones.



And here are Yvonne’s pictures of the finished ring.





I’ll post my photos and videos in the next post.

 

[ilovegemstones]

Congratulations! It is so beautiful!