Has anyone bought a setting from Precise White Gold?

[DonaBella]

I found the link to this company Precise White Gold, a compoany that claims they have WG solitaire settings that never require rhodium plaing. Has anyone purchased a setting from them? Are they as good as their website claims? Would you recommend them? Their website is www.precisewhitegold.com.

 

[ecf8503]

Deanne! Any news on the cushion yet???

I have not heard of them before, nor can I find the alloy used listed anywhere on their site (granted it was a quick peek - they do have some nice looking settings!). I assume it is a palladium alloy, which is widely known to provide a whiter base color that doesn''t yellow like the nickel based ones CAN - but DON''T ALWAYS do. I inquired about using a palladium alloy with my WG setting, but the cost was almost double that of the standard nickel.

There are a lot of factors that go into whether a WG ring will yellow or not - body chemistry, what alloys in what percentages, purity of the ingredients, and quality of the rhodium plating used over it (and I''m sure there are more). I decided to stick with the standard nickel based alloy in my 18k WG setting - for cost, for reduced weight (don''t shoot me, but I don''t really care for the weight of platinum), and because I like the shiny bright white of quality WG as opposed to platinum, especially in a smooth setting with no inlaid diamonds in the shank, etc. My setting is a designer one (A. Jaffe) and their reputation is on the line if they don''t make a quality product - I was willing to take that chance.

If you are still planning on a simple setting to keep cost down (and if this will hopefully be a temporary setting!), I''d stick with a nickel alloy if it is in fact cheaper in the setting you prefer (and as long as you are not allergic to nickel). That said, I believe that Vatche uses a palladium alloy in their WG rings instead of nickel.

Keep us posted! Hopefully others with more knowledge in metallurgy will chime in as well.

 

[koko]

Not yet, but I will in the future if it means no re-plating. I think all white gold should be alloyed this way.....jewelry shouldn''t require maintainance to keep its color!!

 

[ecf8503]

Nickel alloys are banned / outlawed / not allowed / not made in Europe...