Friday, November 9, 2007
I am very diligent when it comes to taking care of my jewelry. I get my rings checked every 3-4 months because I love them and I am paranoid about having any loose stones.
In church last week Jerrod took my ring off me to look at it and noticed that the center stone on my 3-stone Tiffany ring was moving.
I am a little bothered by this...and Jerrod is more bothered by this, because I just had both my engagement ring and band checked two months ago when I was in Denver. And so, he is asking me how I possibly can have a loose diamond already when it was fine 2 months ago. I guess I must have hit my hand on something.
Both of my rings are very nice and have high clarity diamonds in platinum. I take good care of my them. I don't think I do anything with my hands that would cause a lot more damage than the average person, so why do I always seem to have loose diamonds? Or is that I just check them more often so I find them more often than the average person?
Anyway, since I had to get my ring checked I had an excuse to go to Tiffany & Co. Luckily there is a store in Nashville now. However, they don't do any repairs in store, so they still have to send the ring to New York to get worked on. So, now, I am at least a week without my rings. I'm hoping it won't cost too much, if anything. If they just need to tighten it, they may not charge, but if they have to re-tip prongs, it could get expensive. I guess they will let me know for sure what it will be sometime next week. I guess, even if they do need to re-tip it, that would still be better than loosing a diamond in the future.
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Your ring is GORGEOUS Lindsey! Mine is also a three diamond blinger, but certainly not Tiffany & Co. (jealous monster, go away!)
Thanks! I like the 3 stone because it's unique for an engagement ring...we had a heck of a time finding a band that would fit with it though, because they normally aren't engagement rings. I'm happy with the one we finally got.
Tiffany's is nice...however we also just got the estimate that it's gonna cost $300 for them to do the repairs. Not so nice! Oh well, hopefully it will get done right this time and it won't have to get sent away again for a very long time....
Lindsey, I am curious as to what repairs were done for $300? The prong tips look like they are in excellent condition in the picture. Also platinum tips commonly last 25 years before needing retipping. I can tell you the reason that your stones loosen up is that even though platinum is a dense, long wearing metal it is also on the soft side and the prongs can move easily. Even a little bump can move a prong. Even if it is "done right" Have you noticed the shank at the bottom bending or getting scratched easily? That is common. I am a jeweler since 1973 and have repaired 3 to 4 hundred thousand rings. consider getting a second opinion from a local jeweler before shipping it out. peace
Lindsey, I am curious as to what repairs were done for $300? The prong tips look like they are in excellent condition in the picture. Also platinum tips commonly last 25 years before needing retipping. I can tell you the reason that your stones loosen up is that even though platinum is a dense, long wearing metal it is also on the soft side and the prongs can move easily. Even a little bump can move a prong. Even if it is "done right" Have you noticed the shank at the bottom bending or getting scratched easily? That is common. I am a jeweler since 1973 and have repaired 3 to 4 hundred thousand rings. consider getting a second opinion from a local jeweler before shipping it out. peace
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