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My Malaya garnet ring by PMGART

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I meant to post photos of my Malaya garnet ring for several months, but with the Canon G9 at the repair shop I didn't have the means to. I got a compact camera today for taking photos at the tennis next week, or mainly photos of Federer.
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So here's my newest ring and my review on PMGART, an Etsy jeweller, with the best customer service and with lots of creativeness.

The garnet is my second loose coloured stone purchase (my avatar), cut by Barry Bridgestock, 8.5mm in diameter. It's a delicious pink colour in the sun and in incandescent light, a rich cognac colour in energy saving light. I got the idea of setting the stone in a pinkish tinge metal, cinnamom recommended I tried contacting Pal of PMGART and see what he can do.

I emailed him a photo of an Eva Martin ring with a pink tinged metal, he went to work mixing different metal alloys trying to replicate the colour, but could not get close to the pinkish white metal depicted in the picture, eventually it was decided the colour balance of the photo might be off. I opted for 18k white gold and sent him my stone along with some transitional cut tiny diamonds. The whole process he was communicative, polite and easy to work with.

I had a vague idea of what I like, reverse shank and semi bezel. Pal came up with something really gorgeous and not something I could ever design myself, it was beyond my expectations. Add to that he didn't give up on the metal alloy and tried again, although it's not the pinkish white tinge, the metal colour goes really well with both pink and cognac brown.

So here's my ring, please excuse the bad photos and dry hand.

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A work in progress photo.

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Outdoor 1.

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Outdoor 2.

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Outdoor 3.

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Outdoor 4.

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Indoor.

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LG,
Are you Down Under? I’m a huge tennis fan myself and know the AO has started so when you said you’ll be seeing Federer next week, I presume you must be there. Anyway, back on topic. The setting is very unique and bespoke.
 

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Date: 1/18/2010 7:53:18 AM
Author: Chrono
LG,
Are you Down Under? I’m a huge tennis fan myself and know the AO has started so when you said you’ll be seeing Federer next week, I presume you must be there. Anyway, back on topic. The setting is very unique and bespoke.
Thanks Chrono, I'm very pleased with the ring, although it's pretty heavy, around 9 grams (no where near Lesler's new tourmaline ring
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), it's comfortable. And yes I'm from Australia, I love going to the tennis, we have tickets to several games, hopefully will see some good tennis matches and see Federer play live (tickets in his draw so hopefully he plays night on those days). I believe we might also get to see a magic moments match, Pat Rafter vs Goran Ivanisevic.
 

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Wow, what a creative design, very unique!

Another huge tennis fan here who has lines under his eyes these days due to watching tv coverage from Melbourne during the night
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Have fun over there, although I''m sure that''s guaranteed if you get to see my countryman (Ivanisevic)...
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I''ll be looking carefully in case they show some lady with a large bezeled ring
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Greetings from snowy Croatia!
 

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Gorgeous gorgeous Ring! I love the design!
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Such a cool and beautiful ring!
 

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I love that garnet and the ring is quite unique as well. Thanks for sharing, and introducing us to a new vendor!
 

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Gorgeous LG!!!! I love everything about it! the lines and curves
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Absolutely stunning! I love the flowing lines of the setting. It''s romantic and fanciful! Gorgeouse stone, too!
 

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That is such a gorgeous color! And beautiful setting too!
 

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I love bezels! Very nice ring!! My husband would be envious. He lives for tennis - lol!
 

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WOW, so awesome and unique!!!!!!
 

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Lovely ring and the garnet is a great color.
 

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Date: 1/18/2010 10:56:14 AM
Author: ma re
Wow, what a creative design, very unique!

Another huge tennis fan here who has lines under his eyes these days due to watching tv coverage from Melbourne during the night
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Have fun over there, although I''m sure that''s guaranteed if you get to see my countryman (Ivanisevic)...
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I''ll be looking carefully in case they show some lady with a large bezeled ring
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Greetings from snowy Croatia!
Greetings mr. ma re
Thank you. I remember the Croatian girls at my highschool really liked Ivanisevic.
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Thank you Arcadian, MTG, AustenNut, D&T, Snicklefritz, Kribbie, Cind11, MC, pp & Marcyc.
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Wow, so modern and unique! That stone is an amazing color, do you have any shots in different lighting? I don''t know if that''s hard to take or not?
 

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LG, your ring is gorgeous. I love how fluid the gold in the ring looks.
 

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Date: 1/19/2010 3:17:04 AM
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Wow, so modern and unique! That stone is an amazing color, do you have any shots in different lighting? I don''t know if that''s hard to take or not?
Thank you winternight. Here''re two more showing the garnet in brown colour under indoor lights, my photos aren''t very good.

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Date: 1/19/2010 3:42:38 AM
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LG, your ring is gorgeous. I love how fluid the gold in the ring looks.
Thank you DiaDiva!
 

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Date: 1/18/2010 7:53:18 AM
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LG,
Are you Down Under? I’m a huge tennis fan myself and know the AO has started so when you said you’ll be seeing Federer next week, I presume you must be there. Anyway, back on topic. The setting is very unique and bespoke.
Can you accept one more member into your tennis fan club?

Sorry, back to topic. I really like the stone and the setting. Sorry to ask, but is the jeweller reasonable or on higher end (price-wise)?

Just looked at the photo in the evening light. Wanted to drink it, it is so cognac-y.
 

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I REALLY like the cutouts in the underside of that bezel and the way that it attaches to the band. That''s a very attractive ring !
 

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Its very unique! It actually reminds me of waves in the ocean for some reason. Very flowy and curvey.
 
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