Flat setting for diamond studs

[Swanky]

^oh yeah, absolutely!
I'd love those! LOL!

 

[Roosa1]

Speaking of flat settings...

I once saw a pair of 2 ct. heart & arrow diamond studs so thin and flat they almost looked like flatback rhinestones glued to the woman's ears. Try as I might, I cant find anything like them anywhere.

Have any of you ladies seen diamond studs like these before? Or know what this setting is called?

 

[Swanky]

Martinis sit like this They make studs sit completely flat on ear if the back is on tight enough.

 

[Docjeun]

Does anyone know what the setting for a diamond that lays almost completely flat on your ear is called? I know someone-not well enough to ask-who has 4 carat diamonds in her ears and they are not in your typical setting. They look really beautiful and I can't seem to find it anywhere. Thanks for your help.

I have been trying to find the same thing for so many years now, I hope there is an answer to this in the following responses. I want 2 carats for each ear set in a square radiant, that would be perfection to me for every day wear.

I've seen flat settings like you're talking about, but it incorporated 4 cut stones to make it look like one round stone (you couldn't tell that they were 4 individual stones.)

yes that is exactly the look that I am going for, but I have seen several pairs like that and i can still tell there are more than one stone on them.

I get mine Martini set and they sit very nicely that way.

I've tried the martini setting which I thought would fit the bill but they seem to get really dirty quickly since the stone touches the ear lobe.

I use these for my larger diamond studs.
http://www.earringdoctor.com/ledisc.html

This is exactly what I'm using since my studs always hang too much because of the way my ears were pierced. I have studs that have screw backings, they also hang so I use these disks on them also.

Do you mean "collet" set?

ladies, while we are on the subject of diamonds, let me share this photo so we can all swoon i love the "invisible" setting on this 4 carat each stunners

xo

Now those are gorgeous, i wonder if the stones are flat on the bottom or if they could be made and set that way.

 

[DS2006]

ok...the studs I bought are the Tiffany 4 prong setting. Is that ok?
I do love Tiffany diamonds and that is their classic earrings.

The Tiffany 4 prong basket setting base does sit flat against the ear and is generally not set too high. I bought my earrings from another place, but I had them source baskets settings in platinum that were low like Tiffany's. I do not use martini settings because some kinds can stretch the ear hole.

 

[FacundaRhose]

this is an old thread. but to answer the question, flat is bezel set (like the stone is within a frame)
martini set is a shallow 3 prong setting (hence, the name martini)
4 prong and 6 prong is self-explanatory.