3.2mm. That's the diameter of the diamond I set into a 5mm platinum comfort-fit band last Tuesday. The client, a mechanic named Ben, had been back twice...
First, stop everything. Find the diamond. Use a flashlight, even in daylight - stones glint against the floorboard crack you’d swear wasn’t there. Check...
Daniel came in last Tuesday with a 1.04 carat round brilliant, G/VS2, GIA, triple excellent. He'd bought the stone online and wanted me to build the ring...
A cathedral setting is the most architectural thing we do at the bench - and I mean that as a compliment. The shank sweeps up from the finger in two arms,...
Priya came in last October with a screenshot from a celebrity Instagram post. The ring had a center stone surrounded by what looked like a snowflake of...
Short answer: yes. I make more engagement rings in rose gold than I did ten years ago, and I’ve yet to see one come back because the metal itself failed...
Rachel walked into my studio on a Monday afternoon and set a ring box on the bench. Inside was a 14k white gold solitaire with a prong bent sideways and no...
Most ring damage I see happens in hotel bathrooms. Not the gym, not the beach. Hotel bathrooms. The combination of hard marble counters, unfamiliar...
A hidden halo is a row of tiny diamonds, usually 0.02 to 0.04 carats each, set into the gallery or basket just underneath the center stone. You don't see it...
Daniel called me from customs at JFK on a Tuesday, papers in one hand and a receipt for a $22,000 antique ring he'd bought in London. He'd already reclaimed...
One essay, one object, one quiet recommendation — delivered slowly, the way these things ought to be.