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I would argue that. Everyone has what they are good at doing and not so good at doing. If Vaches team specializes in tab prong and WF specializes in claw prong (but they are not so good at doing the other way around, not saying this is a fact), ofc I world care who set my stone. Why else would people say “get your setting from CVB cuz they do claw settings really well, but get it from Vache if you want tab cuz he does tab the best” if WF can do tab prong exactly like how Vache does it then I wouldn’t care. But right now I don’t know what pictures I see is from WF doing it and what I see is from Vache himself
Vatche's team does not "specialize" in tab prongs. They do whatever kind of prongs the customer asks for. Almost all the solitaire rings on their site have claw prongs, so one might even say they specialize in claw prongs. The photo of the U-113 does have the tab prongs on their site, but you can request claw or tab prongs. I just want you to know that when I had my first diamond set in the U-113 maybe 12-13 years ago, I definitely specified I wanted tab prongs. I specify the type prongs on every ring and pair of diamond studs I ever buy. Now you know that for future reference. People do not choose the Vatche over the WF knife edge setting because of the tab prongs. WF definitely can do tab prongs on their settings if requested. Some people just prefer one or the other since the designs are not exactly alike.
Vatche is a setting designer and wholesale vendor. They sell to jewelers all over the US. Vatche has in-house bench people who do set some stones, and many of those are probably from local jewelers. My diamond came from a NY vendor so they took their diamonds to Vatche to set. But I think you'd find that the majority of their settings have diamonds set by their jewelers who carry their line. That will be the same for Tacori and other major brands. There will be authorized vendors whose in-house benches set and service the rings. It's very expensive to be shipping diamonds to be set in NYC and back.
I am sure WF will help resolve this problem. Hopefully you told your sales associate that you were choosing that setting for the tab prongs. That should have been noted on the order. It's possible it was and the bench didn't get the message. Most requests will be for claw prongs, so I can see why they would have done claws if there was no notation. I imagine from now on they will have the SAs be certain prong style preference is noted.