ringthings
Shiny_Rock
- Joined
- Jan 9, 2010
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I woke up this morning, realizing that my ruby had fallen out of an heirloom ring.
I scour the house, finally finding the little ruby. Phew. It appears that part of the side is chipped and/or worn down with age, thus falling out of the bezel.
I've posted the ring before here, I'll try to find the link and photos. The ruby is/was bezel set, with diamonds around it.
My grandmother designed it decades ago.. the ring is at least 60 years old, and the stones are older than that (the stones were antique when she designed it, so my family says).
So, I have a few questions:
1) How can I find a good local jeweler to reset the ruby?
2) Is a bezel setting with more of a cuff the best way, so there is more holding it in this time?
The ring is white gold on top, with the finger part of the ring yellow gold.
2) Can any jewelers bezel mount the ruby while I wait in store? I really don't want to send this anywhere, or wait/come back another day. Do any jewelers actually do "while you wait" fixes these days?
3) What kind of price am I looking at to reset this ruby without messing up the antique ring?
I scour the house, finally finding the little ruby. Phew. It appears that part of the side is chipped and/or worn down with age, thus falling out of the bezel.
I've posted the ring before here, I'll try to find the link and photos. The ruby is/was bezel set, with diamonds around it.
My grandmother designed it decades ago.. the ring is at least 60 years old, and the stones are older than that (the stones were antique when she designed it, so my family says).
So, I have a few questions:
1) How can I find a good local jeweler to reset the ruby?
2) Is a bezel setting with more of a cuff the best way, so there is more holding it in this time?
The ring is white gold on top, with the finger part of the ring yellow gold.
2) Can any jewelers bezel mount the ruby while I wait in store? I really don't want to send this anywhere, or wait/come back another day. Do any jewelers actually do "while you wait" fixes these days?
3) What kind of price am I looking at to reset this ruby without messing up the antique ring?