kenny|1341696033|3230247 said:
Hi Kenny,
pricescope is wonderful ! JamesAllen gave me pricescope discount price :p
but kind soul like you that is willing to share and educate newbie like me is make it even more wonderful
diamond story
I decided to buy diamond B and asked my friend in US to wire transfer the money 10 July 2012 and took less than one day for JA to confirm the payment.
my Diamond was delivered to my place (Singapore) on 13 July 2012 but I was not at home and FEDEX re-delivered on 14 July 2012
It was packed nicely in JA black box, inside there are dark brown wooden ring box (kind of bonus for me because they said no ring box included since I buy diamond only without setting), certificate, and one invoice letter (sadly no loupe though during my chat they said they will include loupe to check GIA inscription)
I personally don't like the box (because of the colour, looks oldies hehe, I prefer tiffany kind of box or black colour back !) but my friend said the box is very good ! (indeed it is good if not because of the colour :p)
inside the box, there is the diamond mounted to tension ring
when I looked at the diamond for the first time, I expected 0.77 will looks bigger :p (nothing to do with JA) but it is sparkling and looks beautiful (especially under sun light)
initially when I opened the box and looked at the diamond in my room, it looked more yellowish than I thought for I colour (but then I realized it was because of my room light)
since no magnifier loupe included, and I cannot wait too long to buy online (it will take days if not week to be delivered), I borrowed my friend loupe (he got it when he bought destinee diamond from local jeweller store)
but sadly the loupe not good enough to see the GIA inscription.
using the loop I can only try to inspect the diamond for inclusion, and it is very clean to my noob eyes.
and this is suprising part,
I never realize that the loupe actually used for seeing heart and arrow of diamond. and I could see my diamond has heart shapes cut when I see it from bottom part and it has quite consistent shape and size ! (too bad I dont know how to take close up photo of it)
now I am wondering why this diamond was not under H&A collection of JA ? is all excellent cut diamond actually have heart shapes ? it just matter of consistent shape or not for all 8 ?
when I see from top, I can see the arrow shapes cut (but this is expected as I ordered for idealscope image before buying)
now about the bad side of the diamond that I bought,
the diamond has a good sparkling effect when I see and twist it under room light and sun light,
but
there is one facet that has less sparkle from the rest (no matter how I move and twist it under the light)
so I presume if you want to have good consistent sparkle of diamond, you need to request detail SARIN report (not only average) and run the HCA tools to calculate HCA score for each facet ??
overall I am happy with purchase, especially I can't find diamond with same specs with lower / same price in Singapore (the cheapest that i can find in Singapore is from vivo diamond but still like 15-20% more expensive what I paid to JA)
searching for setting story
I brought the diamond today to local small jeweller store Josi Gems (good customer service ! I think it is family business), I went to them to check diamond price before decided to buy online
the daughter of the boss (not sure daughter or employee but I think daughter) helped me to check the inscription and I can see the inscription clearly (quite relieving part for me) and apparently they use 25x magnifier loupe (with something in bottom part of the loupe that you can use to set the focus)
the daughter of the boss also checked for me and can't find any black inclusion, and indeed can see the cloud inclusion (as what is stated in GIA report) and she was also a bit suprised with the price that I paid for the diamond.
too bad the boss was a bit busy so I didnt talk too much with him, he checked the diamond for a while when he was free but didn't comment much
end of story
I ordered the ring setting from Josi Gems, initially want to set it to classic tiffany setting with 4 prongs, but after browsed through 2 magazines (japan bridal magazines), I found other setting that I like and all this time was in my mind but can't find the model online (hopefully I made the right choice and my GF will love it
)closing thought
when the daughter of boss showed me end result of other rings for other customers, I was in split second thinking I should not limit myself to G-H-I colour, I should go for F colour as when I compared side by side indeed you can see the different between I and F colour, but then I realized F will be out of budget with same carat or I need to go for lower carat.
and actually if you see it for the first time (or when no diamond to compare side by side) you will not be able to differentiate the colour grade
and what make me happy when I compare side by side my diamond and other diamonds (I was shown 4 or 5 diamonds that already set to ring), mine sparkle more (except when compare to one diamond, quite equal)
I realized common singaporean (not those very rich one) like to buy D-E-F colour they even sometimes go for VVS above clarity in the expense of size of carat
again.. thank you pricescope, thank you Kenny, thank you JamesAllen, thank you truthofdiamond.com
I will update the thread with pictures (I am photography enthusiast) once I receive diamond ring from Josi Gems or maybe after proposal ! busy preparing for proposal now
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