Hi, m pretty new to VCA and need your guidance. I have 2 VCA necklaces, both are single pendant. One is an Onyx Alhambra and the other one is the RG pave pendant. It would be great to add the HP WG guilloche pendant. However, I was reading your comments and realized as some members have commented that one side of the pendant is flat and that it might be better to wait for the WG Guilloche to be added to the permanent line (so both sides would be Guilloche). Also, the diamond in the center is not that noticeable? the price point might be better if it's not an HP? What do you think? Or the HP is sort of the HG in terms of a single pendant? Please advice. thank you in advance
If you look through the history of the HP's, many of them do have the diamond in the center, which to me now separates the HP from the regular pendants, and that's special. The point is not to have the huge blingy diamond in the middle. It is to give a little bit a sparkle in honor of the holiday season, thus the holiday pendant. If you want a blingy diamond to pop, honestly this is probably not the pendant for you.
In prior years, the pendants have had a bit more color, so the diamond seemed to pop more. So if you want that color contrast that comes with the stone pendants, this also would not be the pendant for you. There is no huge contrast in color to really make the diamond the star. For the people that love the guilloche, and I didn't until I saw the YG IRL, this is a great option. The guilloche is like diamonds. You need to see it IRL to see how lively and bright it is. Pictures cannot capture how light plays on it.
VCA might be thinking that it's been a minute since there has been a white gold holiday pendant, and many of the WG lovers are excited about having a chance at such a piece. Also, with YG guilloche being such a hit, and so very beautiful IRL, making a WG guilloche seems to be a super smart move, to bring in the VCA lovers who prefer WG.
All the HPs with a diamond have a solid gold back, which give it a heft that the stone pendants don't have. The solid gold back gives people the option to engrave it and commemorate the year, to which each HP is specific. This pendant is not meant to be be dual sided as it is constructed as a stationary pendant, not one with a bail, like the magic pendants. If that is your requirement, yeah, no, this would not be for you.
So don't get it just cause everyone else is. If you want a blingy diamond, you're better off getting a solitaire pendant or a pave pendant. If you want dual sided, skip this. If you want color, skip this. It's a HG to me b/c I love the guilloche art deco feel but prefer WG to YG, love the little diamond that separates it from the regular pendants, and love the solid gold back. So if it's not a HG to you, don't get it.
