I think it is time for me to get a reset (another) for my pear solitaire.
I have posted a couple other times on the details of my setting saga (a while ago).
Long story short, the original setting, done by the people who sold my husband the stone, was defective. We had bought my wedding ring at HW. We got an unofficial recommendation from someone there of a jeweler to do the reset. We had the reset done two years ago. It has come loose a couple times. The first time they tightened the prongs, and it looked ok. This time, before I went, I had my wedding ring prongs checked (eternity) at HW, and asked them to look at the e-ring. They agreed that the stone was loose and that two prongs were not touching on the top. They said the setting was ok, but that the stone should really be reseated and the prongs adjusted - not just tightened.
We went to the jeweler who did the reset last week. They said the prongs just needed to be tightened. We asked, and they said that was really all it needed. We talked about whether they should reseat (not reset that''s not a typo), they said no. We talked about a reset down the road. Our greatest concern is that the stone be protected and look nice in the setting.
Well, I wasn''t completely satisfied by all this. Then I came home and noticed that on at least one of the prongs the point (they''re pointed prongs) is now touching the top of the stone, but there is still air space underneath the prong.
It is really hard to tell someone who has worked for and still does work for some of the biggies on 5th ave that the work is not done correctly. But I am really feeling like they are satisfied with work incorrectly done.
So we are thinking of going to someone completely different for what will hopefully be a correctly done reset.
I have admired a lot of Leon Mege rings on PS. Is that what people would recommend in this area, and does it sound like it is time to move on from the current jeweler at this point?
I''d really appreciate some advice.
Thanks.
I have posted a couple other times on the details of my setting saga (a while ago).
Long story short, the original setting, done by the people who sold my husband the stone, was defective. We had bought my wedding ring at HW. We got an unofficial recommendation from someone there of a jeweler to do the reset. We had the reset done two years ago. It has come loose a couple times. The first time they tightened the prongs, and it looked ok. This time, before I went, I had my wedding ring prongs checked (eternity) at HW, and asked them to look at the e-ring. They agreed that the stone was loose and that two prongs were not touching on the top. They said the setting was ok, but that the stone should really be reseated and the prongs adjusted - not just tightened.
We went to the jeweler who did the reset last week. They said the prongs just needed to be tightened. We asked, and they said that was really all it needed. We talked about whether they should reseat (not reset that''s not a typo), they said no. We talked about a reset down the road. Our greatest concern is that the stone be protected and look nice in the setting.
Well, I wasn''t completely satisfied by all this. Then I came home and noticed that on at least one of the prongs the point (they''re pointed prongs) is now touching the top of the stone, but there is still air space underneath the prong.
It is really hard to tell someone who has worked for and still does work for some of the biggies on 5th ave that the work is not done correctly. But I am really feeling like they are satisfied with work incorrectly done.
So we are thinking of going to someone completely different for what will hopefully be a correctly done reset.
I have admired a lot of Leon Mege rings on PS. Is that what people would recommend in this area, and does it sound like it is time to move on from the current jeweler at this point?
I''d really appreciate some advice.
Thanks.
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