WhatAboutTheCats
Rough_Rock
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Hello all!
I have a dilemma for which I'd love to solicit some opinions.
What would you do if you had a ring that was otherwise perfect in every way, except for two prominently sized stones (pears) in the halo that are less than perfect (cloud inclusions, yellowish, darker/cloudier than surrounding stones, less sparkly [but then again, they're pear-shaped]).
Additional info:
-The stones are in bezels, which means unless the ring were remade, the bezel and migrain will not look good at all if the jeweler somehow managed to swap out the stones.
-the ring was re-made once before because the first set of pears had giant vertical culets that leaked all the light. They were pretty hideous. The attempt to swap out the stones without re-making the ring just completely messed up the bezel and milgrain. The current set of pears are a HUGE improvement over the last. Not sure I want to tempt fate by changing the pears again....
-the ring had production issues and was shipped back and forth multiple times. I'm just so thankful that right now, I finally get to happily wear the ring and everything is great about the ring, EXCEPT for the pear diamonds. The craftsmanship is wonderful. But the pears......ugh it bugs me.
-I originally requested VS, G melees so I think there's some kind of sourcing error. The jeweler is quite prominent so IMO he probably has all sorts of supply chains for the materials and maybe I got a bad batch. I'm speculating: but maybe there aren't that many great quality pear diamonds of small size sitting around since they're rarely used. The rest of the diamonds are perfectly white and sparkly. Ditto for the the custom cut stones --they're perfect.
My thoughts on my potential options:
1. Keep the ring as is and just try to ignore the pears. It's bugging me because I'm a detail-oriented person. But honestly, no one but me will ever notice the issues with the pears.
2. Wear the ring for a few years and when it needs serious refurbishing work, pay for the remake of the ring and use that opportunity to swap the pears.
3. Contact the jeweler and ask for a remake with better pears (VS, G color) and pay for it (the current iteration of the ring was accepted about 6 months ago)
4. Contact another reputable jeweler and pay for the remake + new pears. This option is likely the costliest.
I'm leaning towards options 1 and 2, even though the pears are bugging me, because more likely than not, in a few years, I'll have moved on from this ring. In fact, I'm already itching to add another shiny to my collection. But I'm also one of those people who can't "un-see" flaws in a custom jewelry that I spent months waiting for/designing. Knowing myself, the "flaw" will never stop bugging me.
Options 3-4 ,in theory, could resolve the problem permanently. But that means re-allocating part of the fund for a new shiny towards fixing this ring.
PS
I don't think I'll ever get another ring that requires pear diamonds again.... I lack kismet with pear cuts
I have a dilemma for which I'd love to solicit some opinions.
What would you do if you had a ring that was otherwise perfect in every way, except for two prominently sized stones (pears) in the halo that are less than perfect (cloud inclusions, yellowish, darker/cloudier than surrounding stones, less sparkly [but then again, they're pear-shaped]).
Additional info:
-The stones are in bezels, which means unless the ring were remade, the bezel and migrain will not look good at all if the jeweler somehow managed to swap out the stones.
-the ring was re-made once before because the first set of pears had giant vertical culets that leaked all the light. They were pretty hideous. The attempt to swap out the stones without re-making the ring just completely messed up the bezel and milgrain. The current set of pears are a HUGE improvement over the last. Not sure I want to tempt fate by changing the pears again....
-the ring had production issues and was shipped back and forth multiple times. I'm just so thankful that right now, I finally get to happily wear the ring and everything is great about the ring, EXCEPT for the pear diamonds. The craftsmanship is wonderful. But the pears......ugh it bugs me.
-I originally requested VS, G melees so I think there's some kind of sourcing error. The jeweler is quite prominent so IMO he probably has all sorts of supply chains for the materials and maybe I got a bad batch. I'm speculating: but maybe there aren't that many great quality pear diamonds of small size sitting around since they're rarely used. The rest of the diamonds are perfectly white and sparkly. Ditto for the the custom cut stones --they're perfect.
My thoughts on my potential options:
1. Keep the ring as is and just try to ignore the pears. It's bugging me because I'm a detail-oriented person. But honestly, no one but me will ever notice the issues with the pears.
2. Wear the ring for a few years and when it needs serious refurbishing work, pay for the remake of the ring and use that opportunity to swap the pears.
3. Contact the jeweler and ask for a remake with better pears (VS, G color) and pay for it (the current iteration of the ring was accepted about 6 months ago)
4. Contact another reputable jeweler and pay for the remake + new pears. This option is likely the costliest.
I'm leaning towards options 1 and 2, even though the pears are bugging me, because more likely than not, in a few years, I'll have moved on from this ring. In fact, I'm already itching to add another shiny to my collection. But I'm also one of those people who can't "un-see" flaws in a custom jewelry that I spent months waiting for/designing. Knowing myself, the "flaw" will never stop bugging me.
Options 3-4 ,in theory, could resolve the problem permanently. But that means re-allocating part of the fund for a new shiny towards fixing this ring.
PS
I don't think I'll ever get another ring that requires pear diamonds again.... I lack kismet with pear cuts