AllAboardTheBlingTrain
Ideal_Rock
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FWIW I think your jeweler's prices are fair. Since you mentioned somewhere that you're colour sensitive, I won't recommend reducing colour and clarity to get yourself to that 1ct size, but I do have some other ideas:
1) creating a necklace with a large jump in gradation in the front, i.e. going from 1ct centre to 0.87ct sides and then following the gradation of the quote he's given you for the 0.87ct centre necklace. I did the math and it works out as follows, and it holds up with the quote (I assumed price in AED):
- add 1 x 1ct F VS1 centre stone: price with 5% tax (comps from stonealgo) comes to around 40,295
- add 1 x 0.87ct F VS1 side stone: price with 5% tax (took price from your jeweler's quote) comes to 24,031
- you would need to subtract a couple stones from the back to keep the length consistent, but that would be a max of 500AED in value, so I left them in.
With this, your necklace quote comes to 228,376.55 (~62k USD for other readers).
2) Creating a necklace with a 1ct drop directly below the 0.87ct centre. In that case, the math works out as follows: 204345 AED (I simply added the 1ct F VS1 price of 40,295 to your earlier quote) which works out to approx ~56k USD. Here is a pic reference from the internet. I think you can do yours without the halo, and I priced it out for a round drop itself, but you could also do a drop of a different shape. I love this look, and the bonus is that its even less likely to flip or move around than a simple tennis.
To address your other concerns, while tennis necklaces are prone to flipping, having one at a short length (16in and below) will help in keeping it from flipping. Also, making sure the necklace is flexible between the links also really helps. If the necklace can "change direction" in a couple of stones it will be much less likely to flip than if it requires more stones to change direction. Finally, having some weight towards the front of the necklace keeps it steady. In that way, graduated ones actually flip less imo.
Does your jeweler have something you can try?
1) creating a necklace with a large jump in gradation in the front, i.e. going from 1ct centre to 0.87ct sides and then following the gradation of the quote he's given you for the 0.87ct centre necklace. I did the math and it works out as follows, and it holds up with the quote (I assumed price in AED):
- add 1 x 1ct F VS1 centre stone: price with 5% tax (comps from stonealgo) comes to around 40,295
- add 1 x 0.87ct F VS1 side stone: price with 5% tax (took price from your jeweler's quote) comes to 24,031
- you would need to subtract a couple stones from the back to keep the length consistent, but that would be a max of 500AED in value, so I left them in.
With this, your necklace quote comes to 228,376.55 (~62k USD for other readers).
2) Creating a necklace with a 1ct drop directly below the 0.87ct centre. In that case, the math works out as follows: 204345 AED (I simply added the 1ct F VS1 price of 40,295 to your earlier quote) which works out to approx ~56k USD. Here is a pic reference from the internet. I think you can do yours without the halo, and I priced it out for a round drop itself, but you could also do a drop of a different shape. I love this look, and the bonus is that its even less likely to flip or move around than a simple tennis.
To address your other concerns, while tennis necklaces are prone to flipping, having one at a short length (16in and below) will help in keeping it from flipping. Also, making sure the necklace is flexible between the links also really helps. If the necklace can "change direction" in a couple of stones it will be much less likely to flip than if it requires more stones to change direction. Finally, having some weight towards the front of the necklace keeps it steady. In that way, graduated ones actually flip less imo.
Does your jeweler have something you can try?
thank you so much again for taking the time to comment on my questions, really appreciate that. I am going to study your comments in detail, as well as compare the other information and see what will be for me
) Mom did this to keep this style from flipping -- sort of a butterfly backer behind the clasp. She swore by it!
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