What to look for when buying fine Jewelry
This short guide is intended to be a resource for you to use when looking at jewelry, whether in a bricks and mortar store, or on the internet. It will help you to quickly separate the obviously bad from the good, but may not be sufficient to allow you to separate the good from the better and the better from the great. You may need the help of a professional appraiser to make those distinctions.
As a jeweler/appraiser I am constantly asked to look at something purchased elsewhere, and often must be the bearer of bad news. This report is the result of having to tell people far off often that it will cost more to repair their poorly made jewelry than it will to build another piece correctly.
I hope that armed with this report you will be able to make better informed decisions, before you spend any of your hard earned money.
Weight
One of the most obvious things to look for is the heft or apparent weight of the piece. Here is a typical offering from some of the home-shopping networks and their web sites:
This short guide is intended to be a resource for you to use when looking at jewelry, whether in a bricks and mortar store, or on the internet. It will help you to quickly separate the obviously bad from the good, but may not be sufficient to allow you to separate the good from the better and the better from the great. You may need the help of a professional appraiser to make those distinctions.
As a jeweler/appraiser I am constantly asked to look at something purchased elsewhere, and often must be the bearer of bad news. This report is the result of having to tell people far off often that it will cost more to repair their poorly made jewelry than it will to build another piece correctly.
I hope that armed with this report you will be able to make better informed decisions, before you spend any of your hard earned money.
Weight
One of the most obvious things to look for is the heft or apparent weight of the piece. Here is a typical offering from some of the home-shopping networks and their web sites:
Poorly manufactured, lightweight rings
Rings made by Designs by Vatche
Notice in the first picture how the shanks are hollowed out and that the prongs are thin. The pieces poorly made, will be light in weight and, in this case, they are a complete rip off of a popular design house, Designs by Vatche. Notice how much thicker the shank of the Vatche ring is, and that it is solid with a slight comfort fit curve to the inside of the shank. Notice how much thicker the prongs are, and how much better built they are. Even the cathedral portion of the shank, rising up to meet the diamond is much heavier and better formed. The Vatche ring not only has far superior quality but will wear better, be more comfortable on the finger and will withstand any future necessary repairs much better.
Vatche rings are designed to last, versus the short term wear you’ll get from light weight imitations. They will cost more, but in my opinion, if you are looking for something wearable for more than a few months, the extra durability, comfort and life expectancy is actually the greater bargain.
Vatche rings are designed to last, versus the short term wear you’ll get from light weight imitations. They will cost more, but in my opinion, if you are looking for something wearable for more than a few months, the extra durability, comfort and life expectancy is actually the greater bargain.
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While purchasing a jewelry we have to think about purity and quality of jewelry, which gives you certification of company who provides jewelry.
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