Hi everyone,
I know most people here buy loose stones and then set them, but I don't have any design creds and am still sitting on the few loose stones I bought years ago so.... just wanted to post about a finished piece that should be on it's way to me very soon.
I think the forum is pretty familiar with George / IEEX / Muzo Emeralds. I've been following them for a while and I love their stones (especially the ones that are out of reach for me!) but they also do a lot of jewelry production from high end to affordable - especially bezel set pieces in the 1-2ct & under range. Really sweet stuff but I associate emeralds with Liz Taylor and Bulgari, so this really caught my eye.
I get a lot of Liz vibe but they're wearable and affordable. The emeralds also look really good here and I wanted to go with someone whose "minor" really means "minor", and I find George's emeralds to be finer in general
The specs are: 0.5ct x 2 pears, the rest of the emeralds are another 1ct total. Minor oil and alpine green
Didn't ask about the diamond melee
I know emeralds are very tricky to photograph and already I can see that the two different lighting conditions create different colours, so I hope that I love them as much when they arrive. In any case, George offered a free return, no questions asked, if they don't.
I have a tiny bugbear - being the kind of person who is supposed to do valuation of companies and spot discrepancies for a living, I'm very fixated on specs / value drivers (as I would say in my job) that I read. This was originally listed at 0.7/0.7 ct pears, alpine green. The cert that George showed me today showed 0.5/0.5ct for the pears and "vivid" as the tone. I let George know but also said that I still wanted the earrings.
I know that in the grand scheme of things it probably doesn't matter if I'm happy with the size (larger carats could always spread less), and frankly I don't know if the lab just puts "vivid" for all good green colours because these look more alpine to me?
However, I am fighting my nature to second guess every discrepancy (it's an occupational hazard). I really like them and if the pictures do them justice, perhaps when I finally get them these issues will disappear.
Pricewise, for double the price of these plus a few hundred more, I could probably get a 2.1ct minor, vivid green step cut ring, flanked by two sizeable side diamonds from him, but that doesn't bring the same feeling of "oh wow" as these earrings.
I am getting them to celebrate finishing my first project at my new firm (and career tbh, but that's another story), and also because I have a minor surgery in 8 hours
and I loathe stitches (I always seem to heal over them and the removal of stitches traumatizes me more than the surgery)
Will update when I receive these beauties!
I know most people here buy loose stones and then set them, but I don't have any design creds and am still sitting on the few loose stones I bought years ago so.... just wanted to post about a finished piece that should be on it's way to me very soon.
I think the forum is pretty familiar with George / IEEX / Muzo Emeralds. I've been following them for a while and I love their stones (especially the ones that are out of reach for me!) but they also do a lot of jewelry production from high end to affordable - especially bezel set pieces in the 1-2ct & under range. Really sweet stuff but I associate emeralds with Liz Taylor and Bulgari, so this really caught my eye.
I get a lot of Liz vibe but they're wearable and affordable. The emeralds also look really good here and I wanted to go with someone whose "minor" really means "minor", and I find George's emeralds to be finer in general
The specs are: 0.5ct x 2 pears, the rest of the emeralds are another 1ct total. Minor oil and alpine green
Didn't ask about the diamond melee
I know emeralds are very tricky to photograph and already I can see that the two different lighting conditions create different colours, so I hope that I love them as much when they arrive. In any case, George offered a free return, no questions asked, if they don't.
I have a tiny bugbear - being the kind of person who is supposed to do valuation of companies and spot discrepancies for a living, I'm very fixated on specs / value drivers (as I would say in my job) that I read. This was originally listed at 0.7/0.7 ct pears, alpine green. The cert that George showed me today showed 0.5/0.5ct for the pears and "vivid" as the tone. I let George know but also said that I still wanted the earrings.
I know that in the grand scheme of things it probably doesn't matter if I'm happy with the size (larger carats could always spread less), and frankly I don't know if the lab just puts "vivid" for all good green colours because these look more alpine to me?
However, I am fighting my nature to second guess every discrepancy (it's an occupational hazard). I really like them and if the pictures do them justice, perhaps when I finally get them these issues will disappear.
Pricewise, for double the price of these plus a few hundred more, I could probably get a 2.1ct minor, vivid green step cut ring, flanked by two sizeable side diamonds from him, but that doesn't bring the same feeling of "oh wow" as these earrings.
I am getting them to celebrate finishing my first project at my new firm (and career tbh, but that's another story), and also because I have a minor surgery in 8 hours
and I loathe stitches (I always seem to heal over them and the removal of stitches traumatizes me more than the surgery)Will update when I receive these beauties!
Agreed not great to receive something brand new with flaws/faults so rather disappointing, however glad you found a resolution with George.
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