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saligator

saligator

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#1
This is the place to post your projects. Are you having things reworked? Want to get advice about them? Let's discuss how we want to transform our jewelry!
 
#2
I have a dilemma.

I have a Tiffany solitaire diamond, that I bought in 1998 for about $750 bucks.

It is this one:

http://www.tiffany.com/Shopping/Ite...p+603+3&search=0&origin=browse&searchkeyword=

I'm currently having the chain lengthened (my older self's neck cannot handle 16" any more, lol)

Here is my dilemma:

I never wear this. Even when I lengthen it, I may never wear it. Several years ago I bought a separate .80 ct DBTY style necklace so I am well set for a diamond solitaire around the neck style.

I don't want to sell it because I bought it for a milestone birthday.

Also: I have 2 sapphires loose and 2 diamonds loose that aren't set in anything.

I am currently thinking about having my jeweler tear it apart and take the diamond out of the prongs and reset it in a DBTY bezel, along with the other 4 stones and adding them to the chain to make a DBTY and SBTY necklace.

I have the chain, the stones and it would just be reworking them.

The final design might look something like this, but inverted because there are 3 diamonds and 2 sapphires. The sapphires are oval and are slightly different sizes. The diamonds are round and 2 are the same size and one is a different size.

http://site.debebians.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sapphires-by-the-yard.jpg

What do you all think?

Should I do it?

Keep things as they are?

Is it a horrible violation to tear up a Tiffany piece?


Any other ideas about how I might utilize a platinum chain, 3 diamonds and 2 sapphires?
 
#3
saligator said:
I have a dilemma.

I have a Tiffany solitaire diamond, that I bought in 1998 for about $750 bucks.

It is this one:

http://www.tiffany.com/Shopping/Ite...p+603+3&search=0&origin=browse&searchkeyword=

I'm currently having the chain lengthened (my older self's neck cannot handle 16" any more, lol)

Here is my dilemma:

I never wear this. Even when I lengthen it, I may never wear it. Several years ago I bought a separate .80 ct DBTY style necklace so I am well set for a diamond solitaire around the neck style.

I don't want to sell it because I bought it for a milestone birthday.

Also: I have 2 sapphires loose and 2 diamonds loose that aren't set in anything.

I am currently thinking about having my jeweler tear it apart and take the diamond out of the prongs and reset it in a DBTY bezel, along with the other 4 stones and adding them to the chain to make a DBTY and SBTY necklace.

I have the chain, the stones and it would just be reworking them.

The final design might look something like this, but inverted because there are 3 diamonds and 2 sapphires. The sapphires are oval and are slightly different sizes. The diamonds are round and 2 are the same size and one is a different size.

http://site.debebians.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sapphires-by-the-yard.jpg

What do you all think?

Should I do it?

Keep things as they are?

Is it a horrible violation to tear up a Tiffany piece?


Any other ideas about how I might utilize a platinum chain, 3 diamonds and 2 sapphires?
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I love your idea! I vote for a DO IT! :smile1:
 
#4
I don't see anything wrong with taking it apart, especially if you really don't want to part with it and will not wear it as is. Your necklace idea is a great one, I really like that style. Would you consider buying one more diamond and making convertible drop earrings with a diamond stud then a sapphire and diamond that can attach and hang below?
 
#5
Chi town Chanel said:
I don't see anything wrong with taking it apart, especially if you really don't want to part with it and will not wear it as is. Your necklace idea is a great one, I really like that style. Would you consider buying one more diamond and making convertible drop earrings with a diamond stud then a sapphire and diamond that can attach and hang below?
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I could, but the sapphires are different sizes, so they would look a bit off.
 
#7
saligator said:
I have a dilemma.

I have a Tiffany solitaire diamond, that I bought in 1998 for about $750 bucks.

It is this one:

http://www.tiffany.com/Shopping/Ite...p+603+3&search=0&origin=browse&searchkeyword=

I'm currently having the chain lengthened (my older self's neck cannot handle 16" any more, lol)

Here is my dilemma:

I never wear this. Even when I lengthen it, I may never wear it. Several years ago I bought a separate .80 ct DBTY style necklace so I am well set for a diamond solitaire around the neck style.

I don't want to sell it because I bought it for a milestone birthday.

Also: I have 2 sapphires loose and 2 diamonds loose that aren't set in anything.

I am currently thinking about having my jeweler tear it apart and take the diamond out of the prongs and reset it in a DBTY bezel, along with the other 4 stones and adding them to the chain to make a DBTY and SBTY necklace.

I have the chain, the stones and it would just be reworking them.

The final design might look something like this, but inverted because there are 3 diamonds and 2 sapphires. The sapphires are oval and are slightly different sizes. The diamonds are round and 2 are the same size and one is a different size.

http://site.debebians.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sapphires-by-the-yard.jpg

What do you all think?

Should I do it?

Keep things as they are?

Is it a horrible violation to tear up a Tiffany piece?


Any other ideas about how I might utilize a platinum chain, 3 diamonds and 2 sapphires?
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Do it! I'd put the lone size diamond in the very middle, then the sapphires, then the other two similar diamonds at the top. I have a ruby and a pair of diamond earrings that I plan to do the same thing with. I wouldn't tear apart a Tiffany ring per se, but the solitaire pendant I would.
 
#11
saligator said:
I decided against it! It looks so great on a longer chain, I'm fine with it. I am resetting an older diamond I have into something new. Anyone else have any projects?
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I'm glad it worked out for you.

I have several small diamonds, ranging from about 5 -20 points, that I don't know what to do with, if anything. The obvious solution would be to put them into a ring, but I have enough rings and would prefer something else. I didn't think the small ones were worth bothering with, but then I saw that some of the DBTY are only 5 points, so maybe something along that line, I like your idea, gives me something to think about.
 
#13
katierose said:
I'm glad it worked out for you.

I have several small diamonds, ranging from about 5 -20 points, that I don't know what to do with, if anything. The obvious solution would be to put them into a ring, but I have enough rings and would prefer something else. I didn't think the small ones were worth bothering with, but then I saw that some of the DBTY are only 5 points, so maybe something along that line, I like your idea, gives me something to think about.
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Do you wear earrings? Are any of them similar enough that you could divide them and make some sort of earrings from them?
 
#14
LVoeletters said:
I'm glad you didn't reset it, it'll be nice to have different chain length options. Are you going to go the bracelet route?
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Actually, I might make another necklace, but not in the DBTY style. I went to T and tried them on and it seems too delicate a design for me, so I'm still trying to find pictures of what might work.
 
#15
I'm debating if I should turn my little evil eye bracelet into a ring because I haven't really been wearing it lately after acquiring my new bracelets and watch... And then use the chain to make a DBTY or a different gem stone?
 
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