I found this BB very helpful when buying a diamond, and ended up buying a 1.21 carat SuperbCert G VVS1 brilliant cut from Jonathan at Good Old Gold in Long Island in August. As I live in Milan, Italy, this was quite a detour! But Jonathan was great and I was very happy with the purchase.I proposed with the loose diamond, and my girlfriend is thrilled with the beautiful stone. So now, after 2 months of looking for settings together, I have a question and would be grateful for any guidance. We both liked the Gelin and Abaci tension set rings such as TR002 at http://www.platinum-diamond.com/platinumgoldtensionsetrings5a.htm But I have curtailed my US business travel in the current environment, and tension set rings just are not available in Italy, as far as our research shows. Instead we have found a jeweller called Scavia, which I think is very well known internationally for custom ring designs with stores in Milan, Tokyo, New York, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai, and has won many international awards.
http://www.scavia.it/ (mostly in Italian)They can make us a white gold (we've been told by several people that Platinum scratches more easily and the scratches are not easily fixed) ring that is very similar in design but is not tension set, instead it has a very open "basket" that holds the diamond.The price I have been quoted for them to hand make this and set our diamond in 18ct white gold within 2-3 weeks is 5 - 6 million lire, or around 2300-2750 dollars.My question is: Scavia probably justifies some premium, but is this an outrageous price or not?thanks
Sanjay
http://www.scavia.it/ (mostly in Italian)They can make us a white gold (we've been told by several people that Platinum scratches more easily and the scratches are not easily fixed) ring that is very similar in design but is not tension set, instead it has a very open "basket" that holds the diamond.The price I have been quoted for them to hand make this and set our diamond in 18ct white gold within 2-3 weeks is 5 - 6 million lire, or around 2300-2750 dollars.My question is: Scavia probably justifies some premium, but is this an outrageous price or not?thanks
Sanjay