Last March a man named Daniel walked into my studio with a 1.01 carat round brilliant, GIA triple excellent, set in a 14k white gold six-prong solitaire...
No, not the diamond. A diamond engagement ring will show wear quickly from daily wear on the metal, but the stone itself is the last thing that will...
Daniel came in last spring with an appraisal for $11,400 on a ring he'd bought two years earlier. He wanted to sell it. The best cash offer he got, after...
The tradition of engagement rings is much older than most people think, but almost everything you have heard about why we give diamond solitaires is about a...
No. You should not use toothpaste to clean your engagement ring. Toothpaste is for teeth, not for a ring that’s going to live on your hand for forty years....
Seeing inclusions in a diamond with your naked eye is harder than most people expect, and that's not a problem with your eyes. A stone has to be fairly...
I make most of my living fixing rings bought online. Last March, a client named Rachel walked in with a 1.4 carat oval she bought from a site with excellent...
Priya walked in last March with a diamond ring she'd bought online from a jeweler with 4.9 stars and more than 600 reviews. The stone had a small chip on...
Last March a man named Daniel sat down at my bench with a printed spreadsheet of diamond comps and a very polite smile. He wanted to negotiate the price of...
The three-month salary rule is marketing. Not math. Pure retail fiction from the 1940s De Beers playbook, and I've watched it wreck more budgets than any...
One essay, one object, one quiet recommendation — delivered slowly, the way these things ought to be.