When Bad Things Happen - Part Deux

If you did not already read part one, please drop down a notch and read it before reading part 2. It will be hard to appreciate the difference if you do not see both the before and after pictures.



Here is the main concern, the 2ct plus diamond ring that was inherited from our client's mom. Hard to believe that this beautiful ring was repaired from the horribly damaged ring in our last post.

If it strains your credulity this is a good thing, as we simply could not ever have made it look good again, not really good. Using the original ring as a guide we actually made a brand new ring for our client. First we had to repair the minor chips around the edge of her diamond, and this is the result. A worthy effort!



The 5 stone ring was much easier and was in fact quickly repaired to its original beauty. None of the stones were damaged, which made it even easier.

The tanzanite was a total transformation. Since it was going to require extensive repair to the stone we decided on getting a Richard Homer recut. He not only completely repaired the stone, but transformed it from beautiful to FANTASTIC. This picture is a poor representation of what he accomplished, but you will see the idea.



Here is the finished pendant, perhaps a better view of the stone and certainly a major transformation from the original badly bent up pendnat mounting. From looking at that mounting in the before picture, it is hard to imagine it ever actually holding such a beautiful stone as this.



I hope you enjoyed seeing the ability of modern jewelery to repair not only the metal, but the stones in a damaged piece of jewelry. Diamonds, rubies, sapphires or tanzanites are easily recut and repaired if there is a sufficient amount of the original stone left to work with. Contact your local jeweler if you have any problems, or feel to contact us at www.winkjones.com if you like.

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