Ok, here is how the day went:
1. Cartier, they showd the the Declaration DeAmar, and she really loved that setting, low, nice.
They showed us two rings, one had the diameters on the GIA one did not due to the year GIA analyzed it.
a) 1.50 ct G VVS2
$29,375.00 Cut grade: excellent, Polish: Excellent Symmetry. Then on right side were the angles, etc..
Slightly thick facected. It was a diagram of a diamond, which she drew for them, but didn''t have titles.
We can probably figure it out. 58% table, 55% right off table down to first line, Top angle had 35.5
Bottom angle had 41.4. Had 80% indicated at large portion of bottom of diamond.
Then inside diamond had a vew percentages too, not sure if they mean anything:
15.0% the top slant, then 62.3% in the middle, by the girdle.
b) 1.66 ct G VS1 $30,400.00 Polish very good, Symmetry: very good.
This one is larger and no additional specs, and it didn''t have the excellent on it, but was nice because it was larger.
2. Michael C Fina - Showed loose stones, 1 Hearts on Fire 1.60 F SI1 $28,000.00 Others too that were not Hearts on Fire, but excellent written on GIA report, didn''t see full report, just on paper the diamonds came in.
The diamonds were around 20,000.00 up to 30,000.00 and between 1.50 and 1.70.
Then they found two settings they loved, 1 Michael B setting (has little diamonds circling it, not everywhere just in separated spots on the rings, it sits flush, beautiful head for the main diamond. Just not sure of the name, it was not the one with tons of diamonds, just interspursed, it was round 10,000 for both ering and band.
Then they found 1 by Jeff Cooper, it had a plan band that fit into the ring, that had two bagettes on each side, and very nice, that was less, around 7,000 or so for both.
3. Graff, but decided not to do the Graff one, seems too much and were not thrilled about the setting.
4. Van Cleef, very expensive, but he was very nice. He told them that they could get a loose stone with much better quality then trying to get from Cartier, because it seems like your tacking on 10,000 for the name.
Then get a designer setting from Michael Fina after finding the stone.
He gave them a phone number to a man on 47th street, and he said they are friends, supposively, and they can trust him, so they are going to call him and see what loose stones this man has, and now are sort of thinking this is the best route since their assumption that just buying from HW Graff Cartier will produce and excellent cut is not necessiarily true unless you want to pay another 10,000 then you probably can get F or so and excellent.
What do you think, still go with that setting that Cartier has, or are they going in right direction now, picking stone and then going to Michael C fina and ordering either Michael B or Jeff Cooper,.
1. Cartier, they showd the the Declaration DeAmar, and she really loved that setting, low, nice.
They showed us two rings, one had the diameters on the GIA one did not due to the year GIA analyzed it.
a) 1.50 ct G VVS2
$29,375.00 Cut grade: excellent, Polish: Excellent Symmetry. Then on right side were the angles, etc..
Slightly thick facected. It was a diagram of a diamond, which she drew for them, but didn''t have titles.
We can probably figure it out. 58% table, 55% right off table down to first line, Top angle had 35.5
Bottom angle had 41.4. Had 80% indicated at large portion of bottom of diamond.
Then inside diamond had a vew percentages too, not sure if they mean anything:
15.0% the top slant, then 62.3% in the middle, by the girdle.
b) 1.66 ct G VS1 $30,400.00 Polish very good, Symmetry: very good.
This one is larger and no additional specs, and it didn''t have the excellent on it, but was nice because it was larger.
2. Michael C Fina - Showed loose stones, 1 Hearts on Fire 1.60 F SI1 $28,000.00 Others too that were not Hearts on Fire, but excellent written on GIA report, didn''t see full report, just on paper the diamonds came in.
The diamonds were around 20,000.00 up to 30,000.00 and between 1.50 and 1.70.
Then they found two settings they loved, 1 Michael B setting (has little diamonds circling it, not everywhere just in separated spots on the rings, it sits flush, beautiful head for the main diamond. Just not sure of the name, it was not the one with tons of diamonds, just interspursed, it was round 10,000 for both ering and band.
Then they found 1 by Jeff Cooper, it had a plan band that fit into the ring, that had two bagettes on each side, and very nice, that was less, around 7,000 or so for both.
3. Graff, but decided not to do the Graff one, seems too much and were not thrilled about the setting.
4. Van Cleef, very expensive, but he was very nice. He told them that they could get a loose stone with much better quality then trying to get from Cartier, because it seems like your tacking on 10,000 for the name.
Then get a designer setting from Michael Fina after finding the stone.
He gave them a phone number to a man on 47th street, and he said they are friends, supposively, and they can trust him, so they are going to call him and see what loose stones this man has, and now are sort of thinking this is the best route since their assumption that just buying from HW Graff Cartier will produce and excellent cut is not necessiarily true unless you want to pay another 10,000 then you probably can get F or so and excellent.
What do you think, still go with that setting that Cartier has, or are they going in right direction now, picking stone and then going to Michael C fina and ordering either Michael B or Jeff Cooper,.
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