I’m thinking of getting a necklace like this- does anyone have any experience with the diamond / stone flipping?
thanks in advance!
thanks in advance!
It depends on where it hits your neck and what the back looks like. On me 18 inches does not flip but 20 does. what does the back look like?
I have a similar necklace with a bezel. The problem I struggle with is that it doesn’t stay in the right spot. It shifts up toward my shoulder and I’m constantly checking it to make sure it’s straight. Pretty stone!
Hi, @Slick1 , is your bezel attached to the chain or is it free to slide on the chain?
@eesmom I have a similar pendant with the setting attached directly to the chain, it doesn't really flip at all, but as so many have mentioned, it does shift around my neck constantly, and I find myself having to fidget with it to reposition the stone more than I enjoy. I don't foresee getting a setting like that again.
@Garry H (Cut Nut) That's an interesting observation, and I wish I could definitively tell you which direction it migrates, but I honestly can't say I've paid specific attention to how it moves, only that it does.
And my stones have never flipped, which — sorry! — was your original question!
I have a custom small diamond in a fixed setting like this, and while it does travel slightly back and forth, it doesn't flip much at all. Actually, the lack of center-seating is a benefit not a drawback for my daily look, as my stone is small and I want it to look carelessly askew. Windswept, as it were.
I've got a solitaire diamond Tiffany necklace. When I first got it, in original length, it would flip all the time. I have extended the chain by about 2.5 cm and no more flipping So I think it is all about the length which is right for you and where it hits you below your collarbone.
A few years ago, I switched my pendants from bales, which allowed the stones to slide on the chain, to fixed on the chain like this. Each brings its irritations. Yes, the attached ones like this sometimes shift over. But I much prefer that to what was happening before, which was that the clasp of the necklace was ALWAYS sliding around to the front.
I bet it almost always goes in one direction.
I have been trying to work that out - e.g. do left hand peoples necklaces turn a different direction than right handed peoples