The S-Link Diamond Tennis Bracelet is both the Best and
Worst Tennis Bracelet Ever Made!It's the Best Tennis Bracelet ever made because it made Women fall in love with Diamond Bracelets. It started a trend that continues today. Women could wear beautiful Diamond Bracelets that were popular, stylish and most of all, affordable! It opened people's eyes to Tennis Bracelets and new looks and bold designs.
But it also brought failure to the Diamond Market. These S-Link Tennis Bracelets became all the rage. They became so popular, that just about every Jewelry Vendor in the World started making cheap knock-offs. And as the years went by, the Diamond Bracelets got worse and worse. Cheaper Mountings, Lower Quality Diamonds. Ultimately it doomed the S-Link Tennis Bracelet. It saturated the market so much, that eventually every woman had one. When it began a 2.00 Carat Diamond S-Link Bracelet was a $2000 investment. Then it quickly dropped it's price to $699. Putting in low grade Diamonds did the trick. Today I'm sure that you could probably get a 2.00 Carat Bracelet for under $400, $300, Going, Going, Gone!
And when I say low grade, I mean it. These Diamonds looked like chunks of salt and globs of glue. They had visible clouds in them and huge black carbon spots. And most were an ugly shade of yellow and a good portion of them were chipped and broken. I'm serious too! If you louped these cheap knock-offs, you'd gasp at how bad the Diamonds were. You'd see how badly the Diamonds were set, crooked and I've even seen some set upside down in the mounting! I'm not lying! Junk! A lot of them were pure junk!
It didn't used to be like that. I've seen some really nice S-Link Bracelets out there. Bracelets with big carat weights and high clarity Diamonds. I've seen some with heavy, well constructed mountings. It sure beats the crappy thin mountings in some of today's S-Link bracelets. You could pick some of them up today and they'd be so thin you could squish and dent them between your two fingers. Not good!
Here's some good advice: If you see any S-Link (Cookie-Cutter) Diamond Tennis Bracelets in any Jewelry Cases today, pass them up! After all, those S-Links will only Catch and Snag your clothes anyway. Turn your eyes and attention to other styles, designs and other Diamond Tennis Bracelets! You'll be happy you did!
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