SHOULD YOU RESET AN HEIRLOOM?
So you’ve inherited a beautiful old piece of jewelry right out of the early 1900’s. You know it’s old because it was your dearly departed great great grandmother’s diamond ring. Now it’s yours! Just by [Read More…]
Diamond Guide
DIAMOND CHANNEL SETTING NIGHTMARES
Everyone loves channel-set diamonds. If you don’t know, channel set diamonds are diamonds that are set down into the mounting by channeled walls (see pictures). The diamonds in channel settings are set almost flush and [Read More…]
SHOULD YOU BUY BOTH BRIDAL RINGS TOGETHER?
A lot of guys scratch their heads and ponder this eternal question when making a diamond engagement ring purchase. Should you buy both the engagement ring and wedding ring together at the same time? Usually [Read More…]
COLORLESS DIAMOND SEMI-MOUNTS
Now this is a first… COLORLESS! I’m so excited by it… After selling jewelry for almost 30 years, this is the very first time I’ve ever seen this, or heard of it. And I love [Read More…]
MOUNTINGS THAT MAKE YOUR DIAMOND LOOK SMALL
There are so many types of mountings out there: Semi-mountings that have diamonds running down the sides Pave-set diamonds with intricate bead work Wide polished bands Halo mountings Tension set rings Countless more… But did [Read More…]
DON’T GO RING SHOPPING WITH YOUR PARENTS
Grown men come into the jewelry store to shop for their diamond engagement ring, and what do many do? They bring their parents! Why do they do this? I don’t know. Is there anything that [Read More…]
WHO’S DIAMOND GRADING YOUR DIAMOND?
If you go from jewelry store to jewelry store and compare diamonds, first thing you’ll notice is that even though you just looked at diamonds that are the same clarity and color and carat weight, [Read More…]
PICKING THE RIGHT MOUNTING FOR YOUR DIAMOND SHAPE
Many people spend weeks and months choosing the perfect diamond. They scrutinize over all sorts of details: shape, cut, color, clarity and carat weight. They fret over certification and girdle thickness. They sweat over percentages [Read More…]
THE QUEST FOR THE PERFECT DIAMOND
Customers are always shopping for “the perfect diamond“. They spend countless hours looking at diamonds under a microscope or a 10x jeweler’s loupe trying to find the most perfect diamond in the world. I tell [Read More…]
WHAT’S THE BEST DIAMOND COLOR TO BUY?
Diamond color can be confusing for many customers. Especially to the untrained eye. Diamonds and diamond color, for the most part, can look the same. So what’s a customer to do? The difference in price [Read More…]
WHAT ARE NUDE DIAMONDS?
Nude? What? It’s true, there’s actually a new line of diamonds on the market called “Nude Diamonds“. (Just be careful when you Google that…) Created by the LeVian company, these diamonds have reinvented the jewelry [Read More…]
WHEN DO YOUR PRONGS NEED TO BE RETIPPED?
Are your prongs worn and broken? Do you even know where to look? Do you even know what a prong is? A lot of people don’t. And that’s where the problem starts. Retipping? Retipping, or [Read More…]