Tiffanys Jewelry Addiction/Discussion Thread!
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After cleaning a few old silver pieces for the first time ever, I must say I'm less enthusiastic about the idea of silver jewelry. Much harder to clean than silver cutlery, and I couldn't return them to pristine condition. I wish I didn't feel so wary about rose gold (due to it yellowing) and white gold (ditto), because sticking to yellow gold and platinum is rather limiting.
I've had my WG Clover Key for 6-7 years and it hasn't yellowed. I don't believe Tiffany uses nickel as an alloy, (probably palladium?) so their WG stays white.
I keep hearing about yellowing white gold but I've never seen this occur in real life. It just tends to go a dull aluminum grey after the plating is lost. But as someone mentioned above, not all gold alloys are the same. I also have a rose gold cuff and after two years it hasn't yellowed one bit.
Oh I hope they use palladium! I suppose, though, that the plating wearing off would make the piece look discolored?
I tried on a pink gold bracelet when I was at Tiffany's, and I like that it doesn't appear too coppery. I know I seem paranoid but it takes a ton of scrimping and saving on my part to afford (non-silver) Tiffany pieces =\
Whatever they use for their WG, it's not nickel. I have an nickel allergy that gives me a rash when I wear white gold. Tiffany WG is the only one I can wear without getting a rash.
Even when the plating wears off, it's like Christofle said, it goes grey (kinda like platinum) but no yellow. I also have two WG chains from Tiff, same- no yellowing.
The higher karat RG will be less coppery due to more gold, less copper, so they look less pink/rose than 14k RG
But, my RG pieces had become duller over the years, not yellow, but dull. Need to get them polished.
I really really wish they'd release more yellow gold pieces
Is yellow gold currently "passe"?
Yes it can. I don't know how much it would cost but I am guessing anywhere between $40 to $60 if you are adding an inch or two. If you are buying new and you have a good SA, your SA maybe able to waive the fee for you.