pierrotlunette
Shiny_Rock
- Joined
- Jul 22, 2018
- Messages
- 111
Hi Folks,
Checking in from the Florida Panhandle, which as many of you know was hit hard by Hurricane Michael last week. We are still without power, but are so incredibly fortunate given the scale of destruction in other communities. The cleanup and rebuilding effort is going to be long and costly, so please keep Florida folks in your thoughts.
In the midst of all the chaos, this little beauty made her way (by way of a very stressed out, bedraggled FedEx employee!) to our front door. Several of you have been so helpful over the last few months as my fiance and I designed my engagement ring. We wound up doing the complete project with Leibish jewelers, particularly since I had my heart set on a yellow center diamond. I think the final product turned out nicely, although I do have a couple of questions (which I'll post after pelting you with pictures and video!).
Specs:
1.09 carat Fancy Light Yellow, VVS1 (there's a small chip at the tip indicated on the cert, but it's not visible. Ignore the black speck that seems to show up on some of the photos - it's just a reflection of some sort).
Pear sides are .46 tcw, halo adds another .14 tcw; all are F+; ring is 1.69 TCW
I hope this link will work - our lights were out, so the flash makes the ring look particularly blingy:
A few shots both inside and outside. These aren't great - I need to figure out how to do decent macro shots. You can get a good sense of the color and are also able to see the ginkgo leaf details in the gallery. Forgive the grubby hands, but we were clearing away pine limbs all morning!
Now to my questions: The ring is beautiful and "mostly" perfect. The ginkgo leaves in the gallery don't conform to what I'd agreed on with the jeweler, but they are such a small detail (visible only to me, really) that it's not a dealbreaker. My bigger concern is with the pear side stones, both of which have visible bowties that make the upper half of both pears rather dark. I haven't been able to capture this well in photographs, but it is definitely visible in person. The halo melee is beautiful, but the side pears wind up looking really dull in comparison.
I have never had a custom ring made, so I'm not certain if I have any recourse in addressing this with Leibish. They have been great to work with and very responsive to questions and requests. I didn't SPECIFY that the side pears shouldn't have bow ties, but I suppose I assumed that all small accent stones would be vetted for good quality.
Should I let it go or bring it up with them? I do think the ring is very beautiful (and a giant thank you to RockySalamander for making so many helpful suggestions) and will wear it with pleasure. But those side pears are bugging me and I have no doubt I will want to replace them down the road. What's the protocol here, lovely PSers?
Checking in from the Florida Panhandle, which as many of you know was hit hard by Hurricane Michael last week. We are still without power, but are so incredibly fortunate given the scale of destruction in other communities. The cleanup and rebuilding effort is going to be long and costly, so please keep Florida folks in your thoughts.
In the midst of all the chaos, this little beauty made her way (by way of a very stressed out, bedraggled FedEx employee!) to our front door. Several of you have been so helpful over the last few months as my fiance and I designed my engagement ring. We wound up doing the complete project with Leibish jewelers, particularly since I had my heart set on a yellow center diamond. I think the final product turned out nicely, although I do have a couple of questions (which I'll post after pelting you with pictures and video!).
Specs:
1.09 carat Fancy Light Yellow, VVS1 (there's a small chip at the tip indicated on the cert, but it's not visible. Ignore the black speck that seems to show up on some of the photos - it's just a reflection of some sort).
Pear sides are .46 tcw, halo adds another .14 tcw; all are F+; ring is 1.69 TCW
I hope this link will work - our lights were out, so the flash makes the ring look particularly blingy:
A few shots both inside and outside. These aren't great - I need to figure out how to do decent macro shots. You can get a good sense of the color and are also able to see the ginkgo leaf details in the gallery. Forgive the grubby hands, but we were clearing away pine limbs all morning!
Now to my questions: The ring is beautiful and "mostly" perfect. The ginkgo leaves in the gallery don't conform to what I'd agreed on with the jeweler, but they are such a small detail (visible only to me, really) that it's not a dealbreaker. My bigger concern is with the pear side stones, both of which have visible bowties that make the upper half of both pears rather dark. I haven't been able to capture this well in photographs, but it is definitely visible in person. The halo melee is beautiful, but the side pears wind up looking really dull in comparison.
I have never had a custom ring made, so I'm not certain if I have any recourse in addressing this with Leibish. They have been great to work with and very responsive to questions and requests. I didn't SPECIFY that the side pears shouldn't have bow ties, but I suppose I assumed that all small accent stones would be vetted for good quality.
Should I let it go or bring it up with them? I do think the ring is very beautiful (and a giant thank you to RockySalamander for making so many helpful suggestions) and will wear it with pleasure. But those side pears are bugging me and I have no doubt I will want to replace them down the road. What's the protocol here, lovely PSers?
). They didn't send me photos of the side stones before the ring was completed/shipped to me...in fact, it went into final production before I expected it to and I never saw a final mock-up of the ring. If I had, then things like the gallery could've been fixed, although I'm not certain it would've changed much wear the sides are concerned. I am likely being too picky...and I also don't want to part with the ring now that I've finally gotten it on my finger. 
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