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Brilliant_Rock
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I just had a super fun Mikimoto "Milano Collection" ring transferred into the local TheRealReal office and got a chance to see it today. I'm wondering if it's "too much". I would love any thoughts! I'm guessing it's from between 2000 and 2010 but I don't know for sure. It looks unworn or basically unworn to me, the bottom of the shank and the hallmarks were basically perfect.
Here's the listing: https://www.therealreal.com/product...ikimoto-18k-pearl-diamond-cocktail-ring-l0x5b
Listing photo since I didn't get a good photo from the side:

The Italian company that collaborated with Mikimoto on this collection has a patent for how the pearl is mounted, so that's cool:

Ideally it would be a half size or so larger -- it's currently very comfortably wearable on both index fingers and I can just squeeze it over the knuckle on both middle fingers, but a hair more room would make it a lot easier to get on and off. There isn't a Mikimoto boutique in my city but there is a dealer who would send it in for sizing. They didn't have a sense of what that would cost and said they wouldn't until it arrived to Mikimoto. Does anyone have any idea? It seems silly to pay potentially hundreds of dollars for such a small change....
As for the pearl, it's super smooth and I didn't see a single flaw with my naked eye. It definitely passes the "how many fingers am I holding up" test. Not a lot of interesting overtone that I could see, though, it looks mostly smooth grey. Unfortunately I couldn't take it out of the office lighting.
First few photos are trying to show luster and the surface. Of course wasn't quite as lustrous as my Takahashi gem luster Akoyas but it definitely held its own. If I were smarter I would have gotten a photo of them together, I did bring them for comparison.....


And on me. I've never worn any jewelry this big but I do have big hands so maybe it isn't unreasonable? What do you all think? It's obviously thick in between my fingers but the ring itself was so smooth that it wasn't uncomfortable. These photos are more accurate to the color I saw in person, it's a medium-dark grey.


Thanks in advance for any thoughts!
Here's the listing: https://www.therealreal.com/product...ikimoto-18k-pearl-diamond-cocktail-ring-l0x5b
Listing photo since I didn't get a good photo from the side:

The Italian company that collaborated with Mikimoto on this collection has a patent for how the pearl is mounted, so that's cool:

Ideally it would be a half size or so larger -- it's currently very comfortably wearable on both index fingers and I can just squeeze it over the knuckle on both middle fingers, but a hair more room would make it a lot easier to get on and off. There isn't a Mikimoto boutique in my city but there is a dealer who would send it in for sizing. They didn't have a sense of what that would cost and said they wouldn't until it arrived to Mikimoto. Does anyone have any idea? It seems silly to pay potentially hundreds of dollars for such a small change....
As for the pearl, it's super smooth and I didn't see a single flaw with my naked eye. It definitely passes the "how many fingers am I holding up" test. Not a lot of interesting overtone that I could see, though, it looks mostly smooth grey. Unfortunately I couldn't take it out of the office lighting.
First few photos are trying to show luster and the surface. Of course wasn't quite as lustrous as my Takahashi gem luster Akoyas but it definitely held its own. If I were smarter I would have gotten a photo of them together, I did bring them for comparison.....


And on me. I've never worn any jewelry this big but I do have big hands so maybe it isn't unreasonable? What do you all think? It's obviously thick in between my fingers but the ring itself was so smooth that it wasn't uncomfortable. These photos are more accurate to the color I saw in person, it's a medium-dark grey.


Thanks in advance for any thoughts!