Is this safe?

[braga123]

I know solitaires are meant to be worn solo, but I can't help myself. Is this safe or will the prongs get damaged somehow?

 

[orbaya]

Is there a reason you want to wear all of those at the same time?

They are all beautifully shaped stones and I'd hate to see them compete with each other.

 

[braga123]

I just like to change things up. I'm not married to a certain look, but just wondering if it's safe

 

[Asscherhalo_lover]

I would say you're risking chipping the diamonds or prongs from the moving. If you want to wear them all together I would have it remade into a drop style pendant. That would be a cool look!

 

[Karl_K]

as long as you don't clunk the stones together taking it off and they keep away from each other its safe.
They shouldn't move enough to cause wear against the settings.

 

[Maisie]

My first thought when I saw the photo was that the diamonds would get damaged when they rub against each other.

 

[orbaya]

I would be concerned about the diamonds and settings hitting each other during your everyday movements.

I agree in that if you want to wear all three stones at the same time a three-stone pendant would be best....practically and aesthetically.

 

[Circe]

One way to keep the look without having to fear damage would be to buy some gold beads or small bits of gold tubing to put between them: another would be to have a jeweler attach lobster claw clasps at intervals to wear them sort of like a charm bracelet. They're all beautiful, I can see why you'd hate to be parted from any!

 

[momhappy]

Is it potentially harmful to wear them like that? Yes, Id say so because the metal and stones are allowed to rub together, which could potentially cause damage over time. I agree with the others in that it is also not very aesthetically-pleasing because the pendants compete with each other.

 

[kenny]

Diamonds can scratch each other if they rub with enough force.

Since even the most remote chance of my diamonds scratching each other is unacceptable to me that means it is not safe.
If your diamonds possibly scratching each other is okay to you then it is safe … to you.

People's risk tolerance varies.
Once again, one single way is not right for everyone.

 

[hathalove]

Helen Ficalora sells these charm spacers in gold. Kind of like small barrels that slide on in-between and create space so each pendant is fully seen. She sells different designs with and w/o pave etc.. Those are so gorgeous though it might cheapen the look. You would have to try them on to see.

 

[heididdl]

I know solitaires are meant to be worn solo, but I can't help myself. Is this safe or will the prongs get damaged somehow?

doesn't make any fashion sense but its safe.

 

[diamondseeker2006]

I do not think it is safe. If diamonds hit against each other, they can chip! We've seen it plenty of times with rings and certainly this is a situation where the diamonds would certainly not be sitting fixed against the skin. Don't do it unless you have all the stones bezeled!

 

[braga123]

I know solitaires are meant to be worn solo, but I can't help myself. Is this safe or will the prongs get damaged somehow?

doesn't make any fashion sense but its safe.

I didn't ask that. But considering the source, not offended.

 

[distracts]

I would be worried about the stones chipping each other.

If I wanted to wear all three at once, I'd wear them on three chains with at least a 2 inch difference between each chain. For me personally, I wear layered things at 15 inch, 18 inch, and 22 inch chains.

 

[arkieb1]

I love your heart pendant. Do any have thin girdles? It is really easy to chip diamonds if one smacks up hard against the edge of another particularly if it is thin. And you are talking to someone who has chipped girdles, completely smashed the bottom pointy end of the pavilion and broken the end off a stone, and broken another diamond in half, it cracked and split after a really hard smack. I am very tough on my stones, now I only wear them when I go out anywhere. Separating them a bit if you are going to wear them like that is a good idea.

 

[momhappy]

Have you thought about layering them? You could put each pendant on a slightly different length chain and still wear them all together without the risk of damage. Just a thought

 

[tyty333]

Have you thought about layering them? You could put each pendant on a slightly different length chain and still wear them all together without the risk of damage. Just a thought

I think this would be really pretty! Great idea momhappy!

 

[WinkHPD]

I know solitaires are meant to be worn solo, but I can't help myself. Is this safe or will the prongs get damaged somehow?

Technically it is not "safe". Realistically it is safe enough that you could get away with it for many years with no obvious damage, but it will increase the likely hood of eventually damaging or loosing one of the diamonds.

Every time the diamonds come into contact with one of the prongs holding one of the other diamonds a tiny microscopic piece of gold is likely to be scratched away. How long it will take for this to become eye visible will depend many factors, such as do you do lots of excited jumping up and down while wearing them, or are you a very calm person who moves slowly. Long before you are risk of loosing a prong it will become obviously visible to the eye that the prong is being rubbed against and should be repaired.

Of course, as the prong wears away, so will the "cushion" against diamond to diamond contact, which will also slightly increase the chance of the diamonds chipping one another. Although the risk of these diamonds hitting one another hard enough and at just that perfect angle to cause a chip is slight, it is greatly increased with the three of them hanging together over the chance of one being struck when hanging out there all on its own.

However, by the time the prongs wear think, it is likely that the bale will also have worn thin just from hanging on the chain and moving back and forth all day. Replacing bales is the single most common repair that we make on pendants, especially with people who like to reach up and hold onto their pendant or perhaps move it back and forth while wearing it, as the increase in pressure increased the wear on the gold to gold contact.

Pendants are fairly safe from impact damage, as are earrings, during daily wear. Thus, I imagine that you could wear your three pendants like this for years with no adverse affect other than a more rapid rate of wear on the prongs, which can be easily detected visually long before the actual loss of the prong becomes imminent. (In the forty some odd years I have been in the business I have only had one pendant brought to me where there was damage to the diamond during the time it was being worn. My client had leaned forward across a marble topped counter to accept something being handed to her. The pendant, on a fairly long chain, swung forward and hit at just that perfect angle to cause a stair step cleavage on the pavilion of the diamond.)

Of course, whether or not you wish to take that extra slight risk is totally up to you. Just take a few minutes every couple of months to inspect the pendants carefully, and if you see obvious wear developing then you may want to stop doing it. If you wear them that way for a few years and the only obvious wear is to the bales, then you will be able to give us a first hand report on the actual results of your experiment.

Wink

 

[Karl_K]

What Wink said.
You could also have the bails soldered together if you love the look then the chance of damage is 0.

 

[Niel]

I think it's fun
I play with my necklaces so I'd feel like they would scratch. I think it would be fun to bezel them all and wear them together. But that's $

 

[Asscherhalo_lover]

I also think three bezeled pendants would greatly reduce the risk and look much more streamlined. There are plenty of necklaces with different charms together on the chain so I don't think it looks "bad" at all. I also really like the idea of layering the pendants on different chains. No matter what you decide, enjoy those lovely diamonds!

 

[TrueBlue]

Could you put some sort of spacing beads between them? Then it would almost be like a quirky DBTY necklace?

 

[Niel]

Had another thought about the bezeling... it would be cute if you did them all in different metals, say the heart in pink gold, the round in white, the oval in yellow, string them on a line on one strand.

 

[Dancing Fire]

Diamonds can scratch each other if they rub with enough force.

Since even the most remote chance of my diamonds scratching each other is unacceptable to me that means it is not safe.

Yup, agree with Kenny!

 

[braga123]

Had another thought about the bezeling... it would be cute if you did them all in different metals, say the heart in pink gold, the round in white, the oval in yellow, string them on a line on one strand.

Neil, that is a great idea! I think I will look into doing that, but I'm afraid it will be pricey!

Circe, thanks for the suggestion. I did buy spacers but they don't look good

Thanks to all for your input. It's not worth jeopardizing these babies, so I won't be wearing them together.

 

[Niel]

Had another thought about the bezeling... it would be cute if you did them all in different metals, say the heart in pink gold, the round in white, the oval in yellow, string them on a line on one strand.

Neil, that is a great idea! I think I will look into doing that, but I'm afraid it will be pricey!

Circe, thanks for the suggestion. I did buy spacers but they don't look good

Thanks to all for your input. It's not worth jeopardizing these babies, so I won't be wearing them together.

Yeah is probably ask one of those etsy vendors people like to use over in the CS forum, but still pricy I bet.

What abou wearing them on their own chains? Say one at 16" one at 18"?

 

[braga123]

Had another thought about the bezeling... it would be cute if you did them all in different metals, say the heart in pink gold, the round in white, the oval in yellow, string them on a line on one strand.

Neil, that is a great idea! I think I will look into doing that, but I'm afraid it will be pricey!

Circe, thanks for the suggestion. I did buy spacers but they don't look good

Thanks to all for your input. It's not worth jeopardizing these babies, so I won't be wearing them together.

Yeah is probably ask one of those etsy vendors people like to use over in the CS forum, but still pricy I bet.

What abou wearing them on their own chains? Say one at 16" one at 18"?

I might try that, but I have in the past (other pendants) and I hate when they tangle....