So we made it to NYC as planned and had a chance to quickly pop into a couple of stores today.
I’m after a 4-prong setting tennis/line bracelet. White gold 7ins.
We live in England, and I have struggled in my home town to find any to try on above 5/6ct, and thought I might want a little bigger, so was looking forward to trying on some more for size On this trip to NYC for my 40th.
Budget $10-15,000 for the right one, but happy to spend less!
On the tips here, I emailed ID jewellery in advance and gave my wish list, and they said come on in, Monday quieter than Sunday.
We struggled to find the store today - had to call them in the end, as there’s not even a plaque by the door! We only had a few minutes before closing, but the only possible over 6ct he had was 7.95ct lab grown diamonds, I think he said $5600.
I don’t know anything about lab grown, apart from that they’re cheaper than natural, but he did his best to pitch it. he said he will have more choice tomorrow afternoon, so we’re going back tomorrow
On the way out, we passed Diamonds by Siag next door so stepped in quickly, as I was keen to try slightly larger to make sure that I was happy they also had similar size/setting, but in natural diamonds 8.4ct and quoted us $12,700 (they said they wouldn’t recommend/don‘t stock lab grown.
(Didn’t get a pic!)
So, when we go back, we’ll have more time to get info on colour /clarity etc, but I’d love some quick advice about Lab vs natural and thoughts on price for what I’m looking for? Any other stores in the same area to look at?
As the guy helpfully said in the store about the lab grown …. ‘Someone could tell you these are high quality natural diamonds and you’d never know’
I was already aware of it, but it has us feeling nervous to make the right decision tomorrow/Weds - they might each be really good honest but different quality bracelets, or we could be being taken for a ride as inexperienced buyers….
When you’re looking at bracelets in 2 stores, it’s hard to compare, and I certainly wouldn’t have recognised that the 2 nd bracelet was worth double the first!
(For fun, we also took a look in Tiffanys - the only one they had to show us (apart from much much bigger) was a 6.22ct Victoria line bracelet with 0.31ct flower clasp 2carats smaller and the price was……
………$42,200!! I know they use the highest quality stones, and was platinum set, but still!)
I’m after a 4-prong setting tennis/line bracelet. White gold 7ins.
We live in England, and I have struggled in my home town to find any to try on above 5/6ct, and thought I might want a little bigger, so was looking forward to trying on some more for size On this trip to NYC for my 40th.
Budget $10-15,000 for the right one, but happy to spend less!
On the tips here, I emailed ID jewellery in advance and gave my wish list, and they said come on in, Monday quieter than Sunday.
We struggled to find the store today - had to call them in the end, as there’s not even a plaque by the door! We only had a few minutes before closing, but the only possible over 6ct he had was 7.95ct lab grown diamonds, I think he said $5600.
I don’t know anything about lab grown, apart from that they’re cheaper than natural, but he did his best to pitch it. he said he will have more choice tomorrow afternoon, so we’re going back tomorrow
On the way out, we passed Diamonds by Siag next door so stepped in quickly, as I was keen to try slightly larger to make sure that I was happy they also had similar size/setting, but in natural diamonds 8.4ct and quoted us $12,700 (they said they wouldn’t recommend/don‘t stock lab grown.
(Didn’t get a pic!)
So, when we go back, we’ll have more time to get info on colour /clarity etc, but I’d love some quick advice about Lab vs natural and thoughts on price for what I’m looking for? Any other stores in the same area to look at?
As the guy helpfully said in the store about the lab grown …. ‘Someone could tell you these are high quality natural diamonds and you’d never know’
I was already aware of it, but it has us feeling nervous to make the right decision tomorrow/Weds - they might each be really good honest but different quality bracelets, or we could be being taken for a ride as inexperienced buyers….
When you’re looking at bracelets in 2 stores, it’s hard to compare, and I certainly wouldn’t have recognised that the 2 nd bracelet was worth double the first!
(For fun, we also took a look in Tiffanys - the only one they had to show us (apart from much much bigger) was a 6.22ct Victoria line bracelet with 0.31ct flower clasp 2carats smaller and the price was……
………$42,200!! I know they use the highest quality stones, and was platinum set, but still!)
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And IDJ’s diamonds have a good rep so you don’t need Tiffany’s anyway. Have fun tomorrow!
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