ChrisES|1330394641|3136033 said:What I've read on this forum is that because single cuts have larger facets, and the stones are so small, the single cuts actually have more "flash" to them because the big(ger) facets reflect more light.
But I am no expert. Perhaps someone has some pictures?
Oldminer|1330468131|3136673 said:SC diamonds cost a bit less because less labor goes into faceting them. They have fewer facets. NOTHING is defective about them and under 0.02ct they really can look superb. The style today is for Full Cut diamonds regarless of size. That's fine, but of no real extra beauty under 0.02ct size. SC diamonds do not equate with junk unless the diamonds are poorly cut, off color, highly imperfect, etc. They are not difficult to find or to replace. Dealers often say pretty much anything that works for them at the time.
Oldminer|1330468131|3136673 said:SC diamonds cost a bit less because less labor goes into faceting them. They have fewer facets. NOTHING is defective about them and under 0.02ct they really can look superb. The style today is for Full Cut diamonds regarless of size. That's fine, but of no real extra beauty under 0.02ct size. SC diamonds do not equate with junk unless the diamonds are poorly cut, off color, highly imperfect, etc. They are not difficult to find or to replace. Dealers often say pretty much anything that works for them at the time.
Gypsy|1330474218|3136777 said:Oldminer|1330468131|3136673 said:SC diamonds cost a bit less because less labor goes into faceting them. They have fewer facets. NOTHING is defective about them and under 0.02ct they really can look superb. The style today is for Full Cut diamonds regarless of size. That's fine, but of no real extra beauty under 0.02ct size. SC diamonds do not equate with junk unless the diamonds are poorly cut, off color, highly imperfect, etc. They are not difficult to find or to replace. Dealers often say pretty much anything that works for them at the time.
They are hard to find an replace unless you are working with a vendor that deals with antiques/vintage pieces regularly. Most jewelers do not work with them regularly, and therefore do not stock them. They also do not buy them in mass bulk, the way they do full cut melee, so they do end up costing more actually than full cut melee when you only need to replace a few or if you want some special ordered for a custom ring.
Also it takes time for them to get it in, so it's not a one day repair. It's a week repair.
The vendors I worked with are not the "say anything type" they are VERY reputable PS vendors and even got me matching melee once I had a repair for free and sent it to me so I could stock it for the next time I needed a repair, just because it was such a pain to source it the first time, and they wanted to save me the angst of having to deal with that again.
Old Timer,I respectfully disagree.
berry731|1330460959|3136576 said:Hi, I don't want to thread jack- but I just have a quick question regarding single cut diamonds. I had a setting custom made from China off a seller from Ebay. I took the setting and stone to the jeweler to have it set and he basically told me the setting was crap (without saying so much) because it had single cut diamonds. I thought the setting looked very pretty, but ever since I had met with that jeweler I just assumed single cut diamonds were not as valuable, especially since the setting only cost around $350 and was a halo setting. So, my question to you is, was the jeweler just saying this because single cut diamonds are an older cut?
Oldminer|1330468131|3136673 said:SC diamonds cost a bit less because less labor goes into faceting them. They have fewer facets. NOTHING is defective about them and under 0.02ct they really can look superb. The style today is for Full Cut diamonds regarless of size. That's fine, but of no real extra beauty under 0.02ct size. SC diamonds do not equate with junk unless the diamonds are poorly cut, off color, highly imperfect, etc. They are not difficult to find or to replace. Dealers often say pretty much anything that works for them at the time.
Victor Canera|1330499073|3137102" data-source="" class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch">Victor Canera|1330499073|3137102 said:Oldminer|1330468131|3136673 said:SC diamonds cost a bit less because less labor goes into faceting them. They have fewer facets. NOTHING is defective about them and under 0.02ct they really can look superb. The style today is for Full Cut diamonds regarless of size. That's fine, but of no real extra beauty under 0.02ct size. SC diamonds do not equate with junk unless the diamonds are poorly cut, off color, highly imperfect, etc. They are not difficult to find or to replace. Dealers often say pretty much anything that works for them at the time.
Great write up David.
Indian polished single-cuts do cost less than their Indian full-cut counterparts.
When you go to ideal Russian or Chinese polished single-cut melee, the same type of stones used by high end watch companies, you can expect to pay an order of magnitude higher cost.
And yes, there is a difference. Indian single-cut melee are polished pretty poorly. Off round stones are very common. Because the facets are larger, more precise polishing is required to make the stones look perfectly symmetrical. To me, Indian polishers haven't reached that point yet. Since Russian and Chinese polished melee have become a niche market used on high-end jewelry or watches, with few manufacturers, competition isn't really there. Also, factoring the higher labor costs of these polishing centers, these particular stones end up costing more.
Good luck on your quest.