Calibre cut diamonds

[stepcutnut]

This will probably sound ignorant, but can someone explain to me if calibre cut diamonds are stones cut to fit together in a particular design/space or is it a style of cutting i.e. OMC, OEC, French cut...?

I recently purchased a ring with an octagonal bezel that fits 9 diamonds(5 square and 4 triangluar). So I was wondering about the proper termanology.

 

[kefira]

I saw your post in the antiques forum yesterday, but I was on my phone, and I hate posting from it. Anyway, you are correct - calibré literally means calibrated. The stones can be of any cut; the term refers to the technique. source

Pictures, pretty please!

 

[rappelz]

I agree with the upstairs view

 

[stepcutnut]

Thanks

I purchased this ring as a gift, so I wanted to have the terminology correct.

The ring is 18k with an octagonal bezel that fits one .25ct french cut, four .20ct french cut and four .10ct triangular diamonds.

 

[kefira]

Gorgeous! Frenchies and a pretty openwork mounting - I think your giftee will love it. Thank you for posting those pictures.

I agree with the confusion on the terminology. I'm not sure what you ring has is considered calibre, but I am no expert. I found a couple of examples at Lang that use french cuts set together, but the parts described as calibre are always the tiny accent stones, not the center diamonds.

Example 1
Example 2

 

[stepcutnut]

kefira-thanks! I am still unsure about the correct terminology, but will continue to search for it And those 2 rings from Lang's--hubba, hubba