Help me choose between AVR or Octavia Asscher

[joelly]

Hi Everyone,

Which diamond would you choose for a 5-stone or a 7-stone wedding band? AVC, AVR or Octavia Asscher.

Also, please state your reason. This is for a 10th year anniversary gift.

TIA!

-joelly

 

[scarsmum]

Octavia’s are not asschers! And they would be my choice. An octavia suite would be stunning and so multi -faceted.

 

[OcnGypZ]

Octavia’s are not asschers! And they would be my choice. An octavia suite would be stunning and so multi -faceted.

I wonder if Yoram cuts them that small. They are labor intensive.

 

[leukolenos]

I suspect at this current point in time you’d be lucky to be able to get any of those options!

 

[OoohShiny]

IIRC anything under 1ct is basically out of the question for an Octavia, unless the customer has extremely deep pockets to pay for the (seven-times???) longer labour needed to cut them!

If you like that style, though, check out Yoram's vintage high-crown, small-table asschers on his www.gemconcepts.net site - @Matthews1127 has an amazing suite of 7 of them patiently waiting to be set, and she started a thread on them with pictures and videos included - search it out! @Jimmianne has also started a thread on her 'Mildred', a 2.5ct (IIRC?) version of that asscher cut, which is luuuuuverly

 

[AV_]

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Love larger facets on small diamonds & the French cuts form a continuous pattern like no other cut...

The shop seems to specialize in OTT suits.

 

[joelly]

I stand corrected on the octavia asscher. I’m new at this asscher cut. Is it correct to assume that octavia is a type of asscher cut but more firey?

Now I’m confuse as to what to do. I’ll check the suggestions mentioned-above. TIA!

 

[joelly]

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Love larger facets on small diamonds & the French cuts form a continuous pattern like no other cut...

The shop seems to specialize in OTT suits.

Tks for recommending. I’m sending an inquiry email to them. It will be good to see what it looks like. Is there any psers’ who own the french cut bands?

 

[AV_]

There are many, many French cut bands here, around 2mm all-around...

 

[OoohShiny]

I stand corrected on the octavia asscher. I’m new at this asscher cut. Is it correct to assume that octavia is a type of asscher cut but more firey?

Now I’m confuse as to what to do. I’ll check the suggestions mentioned-above. TIA!

The Octavia is a special cut of Asscher, designed by @Karl_K on this board under his previous username, the aim being to create maximum light performance in a stepcut.

https://gemconcepts.net/octavia-diamond/

AIUI they are not dissimilar to a SuperIdeal MRB in terms of light performance, which is pretty amazing, but I've not seen one in real life yet!

There are some previous threads showing the insane level of accuracy needed to cut them - IIRC @Dancing Fire start a thread showing the journey of his Octavia from rough to cut crystal, which included some excellent photos

There are a few videos on YouTube that could be worth a watch, including a comparison with an MRB and also traditional asschers!
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=octavia+diamond+comparison

 

[tyty333]

Also, talk to Diamonds by Lauren. He does a lot of fancy cut bands. He does mostly colored stones but I'm sure he can also do white.
http://www.diamondsbylauren.com/ind..._types=diamond_ring_type_wedding_bands&page=1

 

[lambskin]

I love the Octavia. It would make a beautiful and unique 5 stone ring if you are able to source the stones.