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resetting an heirloom Marquise
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Well, we're engaged now 
Took a few hand shots last night before our dinner reservations, however my camera isn't worth much. She is going to visit her parents right now, and hopefully will get some better shots.
I asked her to make a thread in the Show Me the Bling forum, which I will link to here
Took a few hand shots last night before our dinner reservations, however my camera isn't worth much. She is going to visit her parents right now, and hopefully will get some better shots.
I asked her to make a thread in the Show Me the Bling forum, which I will link to here
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Hey congrats. Your ring looked great, good choice.
I just wanted to share a Marquise ring I saw while shopping which made me drool. I had never seen a marquise that made me at all interested until this one. Sadly I could not afford a stone large enough to attempt this setting. This is from a local jeweler in Columbus, Ohio and they have done a few variations on it
http://www.jackseibert.com/var/m_5/56/561/16178/112020-marquise_diamond_ring.jpg
I just wanted to share a Marquise ring I saw while shopping which made me drool. I had never seen a marquise that made me at all interested until this one. Sadly I could not afford a stone large enough to attempt this setting. This is from a local jeweler in Columbus, Ohio and they have done a few variations on it
http://www.jackseibert.com/var/m_5/56/561/16178/112020-marquise_diamond_ring.jpg
I got the thread up
I finally got some great shots, however I sized them down for uploading, then the forum sized them down again.
I'll try to find a way to crop them instead of size them...anyways, here is the thread!
[URL='https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/1-ct-marquise-e-ring.169834/']https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/1-ct-marquise-e-ring.169834/[/URL]
does anyone know the max size of an image? I'll zoom in on the ring and not shrink it down any more than needed.
I finally got some great shots, however I sized them down for uploading, then the forum sized them down again.
I'll try to find a way to crop them instead of size them...anyways, here is the thread!
[URL='https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/1-ct-marquise-e-ring.169834/']https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/1-ct-marquise-e-ring.169834/[/URL]
does anyone know the max size of an image? I'll zoom in on the ring and not shrink it down any more than needed.
Now that I've had the ring in-hand, and proposed,
I think it is amazing, and everyone seems to love it...however.
almost instantly, my girlfriend noticed that the stone might be set crooked. we aren't sure if this is intentional...in that the Marquise itself might be flawed, and so they chose to set it tilted to try and minimize the problem (or something?)
That is the working theory that my mother and fiancee have come up with. However I would have expected to be informed of this from the jeweler.
Today at Christmas dinner, they passed it to my sister, and she found it, too. So it's definitely there. MOST people would never, ever notice it unless they were turning it over and over in-hand and inspecting it.
But my fiancee did, and she is the one who is wearing it.
I intend to call LJN in the morning to discuss it with them, see what the options are. Because it is a custom crown head, I highly doubt that a local jeweler could add material properly, and I don't know any local that I would trust to "do it right". Most won't even bother with custom work.
anyways, here is one of their studio pictures of the ring, that shows it quite well. This is a picture of my specific ring and not a stock photo.
Please let me know what you think/advise. Thanks!
I think it is amazing, and everyone seems to love it...however.
almost instantly, my girlfriend noticed that the stone might be set crooked. we aren't sure if this is intentional...in that the Marquise itself might be flawed, and so they chose to set it tilted to try and minimize the problem (or something?)
That is the working theory that my mother and fiancee have come up with. However I would have expected to be informed of this from the jeweler.
Today at Christmas dinner, they passed it to my sister, and she found it, too. So it's definitely there. MOST people would never, ever notice it unless they were turning it over and over in-hand and inspecting it.
But my fiancee did, and she is the one who is wearing it.
I intend to call LJN in the morning to discuss it with them, see what the options are. Because it is a custom crown head, I highly doubt that a local jeweler could add material properly, and I don't know any local that I would trust to "do it right". Most won't even bother with custom work.
anyways, here is one of their studio pictures of the ring, that shows it quite well. This is a picture of my specific ring and not a stock photo.
Please let me know what you think/advise. Thanks!
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Thank you,
I suspect the same. They got it to me fast to propose by Christmas, and I am thrilled with that.
However I also want it to be right.
Do you all think I am asking for too much at my budget? Or do you think I should send it back?
I'm not sure what the expectation is at this level of custom work...sort of entry-level (pricepoint wise) hand fabrication.
I suspect the same. They got it to me fast to propose by Christmas, and I am thrilled with that.
However I also want it to be right.
Do you all think I am asking for too much at my budget? Or do you think I should send it back?
I'm not sure what the expectation is at this level of custom work...sort of entry-level (pricepoint wise) hand fabrication.
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Well, I called Winona, and she said that they would be happy to take it back and fix it to my satisfaction,
However, the reason the prongs are uneven is to set the stone even.
The diamond itself is not symmetrical on those two sides, so if the prongs were dead even, the diamond itself would not be.
She said it was my choice if I wanted it sitting even from the side view, however if I did that, the diamond would be tilted from the top.
I chose to leave it as it is, as the current setting does as much as can be done to minimize the appearance of the dis-symmetry.
I'm happy, again
However, the reason the prongs are uneven is to set the stone even.
The diamond itself is not symmetrical on those two sides, so if the prongs were dead even, the diamond itself would not be.
She said it was my choice if I wanted it sitting even from the side view, however if I did that, the diamond would be tilted from the top.
I chose to leave it as it is, as the current setting does as much as can be done to minimize the appearance of the dis-symmetry.
I'm happy, again
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