Hi Guys
I purchased a diamond/setting from a very respected/well-known vendor on here. I won't say who it is because that's not the point. The point was, the CAD images that they sent doesn't appear to look as good or even reflect exactly what I had described and provided to them.
The setting that I wanted them to replicate is from a local CA jeweler called Nathan Alan. I sent them some pictures from their manufacturer website and also sent them a picture with the setting on my girlfriend's exact fingers.
They sent back the CAD images this week and I took a look at them, and they are not exactly identical. The shape is there, but every other detail is not identical. For example, I can see that the diamond surface does not sit flush with the 4 pront tips. The actual nathan alan one shows it protrudes higher.
The second thing that bothers me the most is the Pave setting. Somehow on the CAD images, the pave's look too small, exposing too much metal and showing too much "circle-ness". The actual images from Nathan Alan and also real-life images so that there appears to be "triangular" dips for each pave setting. It's hard to describe what I'm talking about.
Third, even more obvious is the "basket" of the setting. The shape of each pave diamond and just the general size of the band, is out of proportion. It shows too much metal and makes the pave diamonds look dinky.
At this point, I'm at a loss because the savings are great if I go with their replica. Saving me like 30% of cost, but the outcome may not be good. However, it still just doesn't look like the real deal.
Most importantly, when viewed from the side/profile, there should be these "triangular" cuts of the pave stones visible and the entire basket should look like it is covered with pave diamonds. The CAD images just look like somebody threw them on quickly.
Please let me know your thoughts. The purpose of this post is not to bash the vendor as this is not a vendor problem. This problem is whether or not I should have confidence that the setting should come out 95% close to what I want. Right now, I'm just feeling it is 75% close... Perhaps this is my problem for trying to replicate something... ???
Do let me know.
Thanks, more pictures below in the next post with the actual one I want.
I purchased a diamond/setting from a very respected/well-known vendor on here. I won't say who it is because that's not the point. The point was, the CAD images that they sent doesn't appear to look as good or even reflect exactly what I had described and provided to them.
The setting that I wanted them to replicate is from a local CA jeweler called Nathan Alan. I sent them some pictures from their manufacturer website and also sent them a picture with the setting on my girlfriend's exact fingers.
They sent back the CAD images this week and I took a look at them, and they are not exactly identical. The shape is there, but every other detail is not identical. For example, I can see that the diamond surface does not sit flush with the 4 pront tips. The actual nathan alan one shows it protrudes higher.
The second thing that bothers me the most is the Pave setting. Somehow on the CAD images, the pave's look too small, exposing too much metal and showing too much "circle-ness". The actual images from Nathan Alan and also real-life images so that there appears to be "triangular" dips for each pave setting. It's hard to describe what I'm talking about.
Third, even more obvious is the "basket" of the setting. The shape of each pave diamond and just the general size of the band, is out of proportion. It shows too much metal and makes the pave diamonds look dinky.
At this point, I'm at a loss because the savings are great if I go with their replica. Saving me like 30% of cost, but the outcome may not be good. However, it still just doesn't look like the real deal.
Most importantly, when viewed from the side/profile, there should be these "triangular" cuts of the pave stones visible and the entire basket should look like it is covered with pave diamonds. The CAD images just look like somebody threw them on quickly.
Please let me know your thoughts. The purpose of this post is not to bash the vendor as this is not a vendor problem. This problem is whether or not I should have confidence that the setting should come out 95% close to what I want. Right now, I'm just feeling it is 75% close... Perhaps this is my problem for trying to replicate something... ???
Do let me know.
Thanks, more pictures below in the next post with the actual one I want.