Thank you. I have to confess to having ogled your amazing Octavia extensivelyIts in a league of its own.
Thanks, I do love the tapered baguettes!
Thank you. I really love photographing my rings. I'm always on the quest for the perfect shot. Getting a decent video of the ring which shows the steps in motion has been more challenging, but I'm not giving up yetEverything about your ring is just absolutely stunning!! I have to say your photos are also incredible, you have captured your diamond beautifully!
There was a very long and winding route to acquiring this asscherI first discovered asschers a few years ago when I came across a stunning antique ring in a jewellery shop window. The diamond had intriguing steps and large clipped corners, and even though it was way out of budget and I was not in the market for a diamond ring at the time, I had to go into the store and find out all about it. This was beginning of my longing to find a beautiful asscher of my own, but at the time I had no idea about all of the factors that contribute to making a beautiful example of an asscher diamond.
Over the years I have not missed the opportunity to look in every jewellery shop window I passed, anywhere I went, in the hope of seeing more examples of asscher diamonds. My lovely long-suffering husband has accepted that jewellery window shopping will be a built-in element of days out and holidays annd he has even become quite the expert in what to look for, after listening to me banging on for hours about it all.But they are not a particularly common site here in the UK, and especially not in sizes large enough to appreciate all the details of the geometric patterns. Various threads on PS, along with online diamond vendor sites and IG have fuelled the obsession over the years.
I chose a round brilliant for my enagement ring because I wanted the classic sparkle for my everyday ring, and I have never regretted this decision. But a part of me has always been on the look out for a right hand ring asscher which ticks all my boxes and scratches the itch. It has been sooooo difficult finding exactly the right stone which is bright under the table as well as through the crown facets, has evenly spaced well defined steps that flash on and off, loads of fire, large clipped corners creating beautiful windmills which light up as much as the other facets. I wanted a white-facing stone which would also face up a good size for the carat weight, and be large enough for me to appreciate the beautiful step patterning. I also wanted a diamond that could hold its own against some of my other diamond rings without looking too "quiet"
I had a few near misses, and ended up ordering and returning a couple of "almost perfect" examples, until I found my 1.59ct H VVS1 on Bluenile.
Here are the specs:
Length/Width Ratio 1.00
Depth % 66.3%
Table % 61.0%
Polish Excellent
Symmetry Excellent
Girdle Medium to Slightly Thick
Culet None
Measurements 6.55 x 6.52 x 4.32 mm
I loved the video so much that I ordered the diamond without seeing an ASET image, and was very pleasantly surprised when I viewed it with my own ASET scope at home. Here it is loose:
Here is a previous thread with more photos/ video of the loose diamond:
Choosing an asscher is a little like choosing a husband..........
1) They come in all styles and sizes and it takes time to find the right one 2) You can't choose them by the numbers alone 2) You may swipe left on the vast majority you see 3) You may swipe right on a few, only discover below-par performance 3) Sometimes the right one turns up when you least...www.pricescope.com
There was a lot of agonising over the design for the ring setting, but I eventually decided that I wanted to stick with something fairly simple with step cut side stones that would be easy to clean in a powerful ultrasonic without worrying about little diamonds coming loose. Asschers definitely need to be clean to get the maximum wow factor.
Anyway, here is the finished ring with 0.33cts tapered baguettes:
There was a very long and winding route to acquiring this asscher
Over the years I have not missed the opportunity to look in every jewellery shop window I passed, anywhere I went, in the hope of seeing more examples of asscher diamonds. My lovely long-suffering husband has accepted that jewellery window shopping will be a built-in element of days out and holidays annd he has even become quite the expert in what to look for, after listening to me banging on for hours about it all.
I chose a round brilliant for my enagement ring because I wanted the classic sparkle for my everyday ring, and I have never regretted this decision. But a part of me has always been on the look out for a right hand ring asscher which ticks all my boxes and scratches the itch. It has been sooooo difficult finding exactly the right stone which is bright under the table as well as through the crown facets, has evenly spaced well defined steps that flash on and off, loads of fire, large clipped corners creating beautiful windmills which light up as much as the other facets. I wanted a white-facing stone which would also face up a good size for the carat weight, and be large enough for me to appreciate the beautiful step patterning. I also wanted a diamond that could hold its own against some of my other diamond rings without looking too "quiet"
I had a few near misses, and ended up ordering and returning a couple of "almost perfect" examples, until I found my 1.59ct H VVS1 on Bluenile.
Here are the specs:
Length/Width Ratio 1.00
Depth % 66.3%
Table % 61.0%
Polish Excellent
Symmetry Excellent
Girdle Medium to Slightly Thick
Culet None
Measurements 6.55 x 6.52 x 4.32 mm
I loved the video so much that I ordered the diamond without seeing an ASET image, and was very pleasantly surprised when I viewed it with my own ASET scope at home. Here it is loose:
Here is a previous thread with more photos/ video of the loose diamond:
Choosing an asscher is a little like choosing a husband..........
1) They come in all styles and sizes and it takes time to find the right one 2) You can't choose them by the numbers alone 2) You may swipe left on the vast majority you see 3) You may swipe right on a few, only discover below-par performance 3) Sometimes the right one turns up when you least...www.pricescope.com
There was a lot of agonising over the design for the ring setting, but I eventually decided that I wanted to stick with something fairly simple with step cut side stones that would be easy to clean in a powerful ultrasonic without worrying about little diamonds coming loose. Asschers definitely need to be clean to get the maximum wow factor.
Anyway, here is the finished ring with 0.33cts tapered baguettes:
My daughter and I were so busy admiring the rainbow flashes when we were out walking in the woods today that we didn't notice a dog walker until she got close enough for us to see her looking at us strangeley. I suppose we must have looked a bit odd, with me waving my hand around at strange angles to catch just the right lighting.
Here you go:
Good question. I did consider it, and the Octavia is a very beautiful cut, but the look is a little different to a more traditional asscher cut, and I was really set on getting the traditional look with the hall of mirrors effect. In the videos I have seen of Octavias they seem to have more triangular flashes of light whereas the traditional asscher has longer bars of light in distinctive concentric squares.
Finally managed to get a video that captures some of the many colours I see through the steps as it moves
Awww, thanks, that is high praise indeed, I was pretty obsessed with your RA!
Thanks - I know you are dedicated to the cause, being the owner of a pretty amazing step cut yourself!@diamondhoarder I don’t know how I missed this! It is so amazingly beautiful! Stunning!
ThanksOh my goooosh!!!! I am DROOOLING!!!
Thank you. I'm all about the technical stuff, in fact I'm a bit of a sad case when it comes to overanalysing and over-thinking my sparklies
Apart from being a little different from the traditional norm of the RB, one of the reasons I love fancies so much is the challenge of finding a beautiful one. It becomes addictive. 
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