Your blue baroque pearl necklaces are radiant with superb quality near flawless. Very beautiful indeed ! In my opinion as a pearl merchant and product designer, you are showcasing the beauty of the pearls, so keeping the pearls without the eye-catching gold beads is cleaner, simpler and more lasting elegant than being a bit busy clashing hard metals with soft pearls. Another idea is to put only a few very small gold beads irregularly placed on the chain as accent pieces to complement the pearls. Hope you don't mind my opinion.