Krissie
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I''ve been sitting on my hands hoping not to post about this until I actually have my new engagement ring, but I can''t stand it any longer!!
You may recall I got engaged in early August. My fiance gave me the gorgeous Cartier Declaration d''Amour solitaire with side baguettes - it''s a 1.11 D VS1, platinum, and I really adored it when I tried it on in June. (You can find pics in SMTR under "Declaration d''Amour" I think - I don''t know how to link, but it would have been from early August)
I had been wearing it for about 6 weeks when I noticed that the diamond felt a bit loose - I could sort of move it up and down in the setting. While I think the setting is gorgeous - modern and unique - it does leave the diamond rather vulnerable at the sides. Also, one of the 4 prongs didn''t seem to be properly holding the diamond in place.
I felt so heartbroken when I discovered the diamond was loose! Here we paid a premium for Cartier, and look what had happened after only 6 weeks of wear! Needless to say, my fiance and I went into Cartier on that Monday morning (discoverning the looseness on Saturday evening). We were there for 2 hours - the sales associate who sold us the ring acted very embarassed, wanted to help us, offered to have Cartier craft a new setting for the diamond. I told her that I had simply lost faith in that particular setting (which I had - I was so upset!) because it left the diamond so vulnerable. And while I wish I were a lady of leisure, unfortunately I do have to work and use my hands for typing etc! I demonstrated how the diamond was loose. She looked at the file and suspected that the problem came when they re-sized the ring to fit my fingers.
She then spoke with the store manager, who agreed to do an exchange for value! I could have my pick of whatever was in the range that we originally paid. I''m ashamed to say that I immediately perked up at the prospect of a NEW diamond! I guess because I had only had this one for 6 weeks when it happened, I hadn''t yet grown attached.
Can you believe it? I looked at the various settings and decided on the 1895 pave (the classic platinum setting with pave diamonds). The problem is that because of the delicate pave work, they did not want to have to re-size it much to fit my finger. That left considerably less in stock, obviously (I wear approx 7.5 US). We left them to search their databases and they called that Friday with 6 options - none of which were a perfect fit.
We went in that Saturday and narrowed it down to 2 selections. There was a 1.19 G VS1 in the 1895 pave setting. However, that diamond was not facing up as large as my 1.11 - and it was considerably less than what we spent on my current ring because mine is a D (meaning approx $6,000 refund). But, I ABSOLUTELY fell in love with the stone that was sitting in a plain 1895 setting - it was G, VVS2, 1.26 carats
That diamond was throwing off these gorgeous, warm chunks of color. It was a totally different look to my current diamond (a D) but I really loved it.
I tried to convince myself to like the plain 1895 setting but I just really loved the pave. So ... the manager agreed that they would custom make an 1895 pave setting for that diamond!
It''s been 2 weeks and I''m told the ring will be ready for the end of the month. I am so excited, I can''t believe it. I went from being totally heartbroken to being totally surprised by a completely new diamond in a completely new setting! I just had to share my excitement with you - I could definitely see a size increase between my 1.11 and the 1.26, and I really liked the colors the G was throwing off. So, it''s all worked out!
You may recall I got engaged in early August. My fiance gave me the gorgeous Cartier Declaration d''Amour solitaire with side baguettes - it''s a 1.11 D VS1, platinum, and I really adored it when I tried it on in June. (You can find pics in SMTR under "Declaration d''Amour" I think - I don''t know how to link, but it would have been from early August)
I had been wearing it for about 6 weeks when I noticed that the diamond felt a bit loose - I could sort of move it up and down in the setting. While I think the setting is gorgeous - modern and unique - it does leave the diamond rather vulnerable at the sides. Also, one of the 4 prongs didn''t seem to be properly holding the diamond in place.
I felt so heartbroken when I discovered the diamond was loose! Here we paid a premium for Cartier, and look what had happened after only 6 weeks of wear! Needless to say, my fiance and I went into Cartier on that Monday morning (discoverning the looseness on Saturday evening). We were there for 2 hours - the sales associate who sold us the ring acted very embarassed, wanted to help us, offered to have Cartier craft a new setting for the diamond. I told her that I had simply lost faith in that particular setting (which I had - I was so upset!) because it left the diamond so vulnerable. And while I wish I were a lady of leisure, unfortunately I do have to work and use my hands for typing etc! I demonstrated how the diamond was loose. She looked at the file and suspected that the problem came when they re-sized the ring to fit my fingers.
She then spoke with the store manager, who agreed to do an exchange for value! I could have my pick of whatever was in the range that we originally paid. I''m ashamed to say that I immediately perked up at the prospect of a NEW diamond! I guess because I had only had this one for 6 weeks when it happened, I hadn''t yet grown attached.
Can you believe it? I looked at the various settings and decided on the 1895 pave (the classic platinum setting with pave diamonds). The problem is that because of the delicate pave work, they did not want to have to re-size it much to fit my finger. That left considerably less in stock, obviously (I wear approx 7.5 US). We left them to search their databases and they called that Friday with 6 options - none of which were a perfect fit.
We went in that Saturday and narrowed it down to 2 selections. There was a 1.19 G VS1 in the 1895 pave setting. However, that diamond was not facing up as large as my 1.11 - and it was considerably less than what we spent on my current ring because mine is a D (meaning approx $6,000 refund). But, I ABSOLUTELY fell in love with the stone that was sitting in a plain 1895 setting - it was G, VVS2, 1.26 carats
I tried to convince myself to like the plain 1895 setting but I just really loved the pave. So ... the manager agreed that they would custom make an 1895 pave setting for that diamond!
It''s been 2 weeks and I''m told the ring will be ready for the end of the month. I am so excited, I can''t believe it. I went from being totally heartbroken to being totally surprised by a completely new diamond in a completely new setting! I just had to share my excitement with you - I could definitely see a size increase between my 1.11 and the 1.26, and I really liked the colors the G was throwing off. So, it''s all worked out!
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