Starting a new thread for my girl while she's getting her new dress. Some of you might remember when I bought her on TRR. She was sold to me as a 2.7 K-L, VS2-SI1 in a 27 gram gold nugget setting. And she looked like this…
I had a lengthy thread going with many photos and comments. I had no knowledge of my own, just a strong desire for an old cut. So many helpful PS'rs chimed in. LavenderDragonfly named her Willy from “Free Willy”. Someone said her cut was “Chef’s Kiss”. Dreamer D said ‘You could look for a year and not find another stone cut that well’. Everyone assured me the cut was beautiful, and she had a tiny table with no visible inclusions. There was some question about the color but I didn’t mind her warmth. I had her removed from her bezel. After spending a few days with her in a brassy colored stone holder that bordered on rose gold, I couldn’t stand her. It was obvious she was nowhere near a K-L. I called TRR, told them the color was egregiously misrepresented. They agreed to return the ring if the stone was back in the setting. I did it. I put her back in the bezel of the gold nugget. I asked the PS admin to remove the thread, seems so stupid but I was frantic, and didn’t want any issues with the return.
When I picked her up from the jeweler, I gasped. She looked like the beauty I thought I had. White gold bezel, yellow gold nugget setting. I couldn’t bear to part with her, so I kept her and wore her in the nugget setting for about a month. My husband and kids were horrified lol. Then I worked up the courage to take her out of the ring… again. This time, I used a silver stone holder and wow! Huuuuugggeeee difference. Someone commented not to put lower colored stones in rose gold. This might not be true across the board but for Willy it was 100 percent accurate. I added a gold earring to mimic a faux bezel. Pic below. Dangerously wore it that way for a couple weeks. I still loved her. I contacted Cayssie from CVB, who has been awesome and very patient with me, and that’s where she is now. I’m not sharing my setting plans, I don’t share the names of my kids before they’re born either.
Now I’m sure you’re wondering what color she really is. I had one jeweler tell me WX. Guesses were all over the place. The prelim from GIA came back today and….. Shes an Old European Brilliant, 2.89, Q-R, VS2. 9.1mm x 8.75 mm x 5.77. 46 % table, 64.7% depth. Large culet.
Now that I've seen about 10 old cuts in person and many (many) more online, I can truly say her cut is near perfection. ... and "cut is king". I feel like saying that and meaning it means I've earned another level on my PS belt.
Off all the things that happened, money wasted on bezel, rebezel, un-bezel, I only regret deleting the PS thread. I don’t really know why I did it. Maybe I wanted to forget the whole experience. But, hind sight is 20-20 and you cant go back. Cheers to Willy’s new thread and looking forward to more posts and a new dress When she does come back, I think she’ll come back as Wilhelmina lol.
I had a lengthy thread going with many photos and comments. I had no knowledge of my own, just a strong desire for an old cut. So many helpful PS'rs chimed in. LavenderDragonfly named her Willy from “Free Willy”. Someone said her cut was “Chef’s Kiss”. Dreamer D said ‘You could look for a year and not find another stone cut that well’. Everyone assured me the cut was beautiful, and she had a tiny table with no visible inclusions. There was some question about the color but I didn’t mind her warmth. I had her removed from her bezel. After spending a few days with her in a brassy colored stone holder that bordered on rose gold, I couldn’t stand her. It was obvious she was nowhere near a K-L. I called TRR, told them the color was egregiously misrepresented. They agreed to return the ring if the stone was back in the setting. I did it. I put her back in the bezel of the gold nugget. I asked the PS admin to remove the thread, seems so stupid but I was frantic, and didn’t want any issues with the return.
When I picked her up from the jeweler, I gasped. She looked like the beauty I thought I had. White gold bezel, yellow gold nugget setting. I couldn’t bear to part with her, so I kept her and wore her in the nugget setting for about a month. My husband and kids were horrified lol. Then I worked up the courage to take her out of the ring… again. This time, I used a silver stone holder and wow! Huuuuugggeeee difference. Someone commented not to put lower colored stones in rose gold. This might not be true across the board but for Willy it was 100 percent accurate. I added a gold earring to mimic a faux bezel. Pic below. Dangerously wore it that way for a couple weeks. I still loved her. I contacted Cayssie from CVB, who has been awesome and very patient with me, and that’s where she is now. I’m not sharing my setting plans, I don’t share the names of my kids before they’re born either.
Now I’m sure you’re wondering what color she really is. I had one jeweler tell me WX. Guesses were all over the place. The prelim from GIA came back today and….. Shes an Old European Brilliant, 2.89, Q-R, VS2. 9.1mm x 8.75 mm x 5.77. 46 % table, 64.7% depth. Large culet.
Now that I've seen about 10 old cuts in person and many (many) more online, I can truly say her cut is near perfection. ... and "cut is king". I feel like saying that and meaning it means I've earned another level on my PS belt.
Off all the things that happened, money wasted on bezel, rebezel, un-bezel, I only regret deleting the PS thread. I don’t really know why I did it. Maybe I wanted to forget the whole experience. But, hind sight is 20-20 and you cant go back. Cheers to Willy’s new thread and looking forward to more posts and a new dress When she does come back, I think she’ll come back as Wilhelmina lol.
The code is never delete a thread though so you get some demerit club points for that.
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