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[Notorious Pink]

Yes! That one is the classic bow and is $15K. The big bow in my photo above is $40K, but it's a lot bigger. You might like the classic bow if you don't like rings that are big and get in the way. Tilda's bow is really sparkly. Oh, there are matching earrings too!

Also, as FYI, the large three butterfly ring in my photo is $36K. It is now on the website.. odd. There is a smaller three butterfly ring, which is not on the website (their website is not the best). The small butterfly ring is the same size as the earrings, which is on the website. The earrings are $30K, so assuming a parir of earrings equals two rings, I would estimate the ring to be about $15-18K to account for the band.

Yes on platinum, totally agree with you! Very annoying especially since you and I love platinum! But as the VCA jeweler once responded to me when I asked him if I could get an Alhambra stone set in platinum, "Madame, platinum is reserved for high jewelry".

That is the one thing I like about Tiffany, they make their pieces in platinum.
These days though, I am having a hard time finding anything I like at Tiffany. I love colored gemstones, and I think Tiffany has great stones, but inventory is super low. I was looking for a Paraiba Tourmaline, but they only had one that was a decent size that I liked.

I would suggest definite try Tilda's bow.. it is really pretty and very unique. There are very few nice diamond bow collections. I am going to look at the collection more. It is very three dimensional and artistic which I love... like a bow come to life.

Ooh, I like this Tilda's Bow, too....

 

[EpiFanatic]

My first new Rolex in many years. I am completely in love.

 

[BigAkoya]

My first new Rolex in many years. I am completely in love.

I'm a huge Rolex fan, and this is beautiful! Is this the new 31mm turquoise blue?

Congratulations to you... gorgeous watch and you choose a great combo.
Looks great on you!

 

[EpiFanatic]

I'm a huge Rolex fan, and this is beautiful! Is this the new 31mm turquoise blue?

Congratulations to you... gorgeous watch and you choose a great combo.
Looks great on you!

Thank you. Yes, it’s the new turquoise blue in a 31. I requested it but didn’t think I’d have a chance. When they called I couldn’t get there fast enough.

 

[BigAkoya]

Thank you. Yes, it’s the new turquoise blue in a 31. I requested it but didn’t think I’d have a chance. When they called I couldn’t get there fast enough.

I bet you were so excited when you got it! Woo hoo!
I am sure you know this, but Rolex fans almost always nickname beloved models (e.g. The Hulk, The Kermit, The Pepsi). This turquoise one already has a nickname, The Tiffany.

Beautiful watch and looks great with your bling!

 

[EpiFanatic]

I bet you were so excited when you got it! Woo hoo!
I am sure you know this, but Rolex fans almost always nickname beloved models (e.g. The Hulk, The Kermit, The Pepsi). This turquoise one already has a nickname, The Tiffany.

Beautiful watch and looks great with your bling!

Thank you so much. I was totally floored when I got the text. I have never made a purchase more quickly. No, I didn't know it already has a nick name, but Tiffany seems apropos. Although I love Rolexes, I have not been able to enjoy the ones that I really like, the submariner styles, with the huge easy to read dots with lume. They're too big for my wrist (5 inches). They look ridiculous on me and they're so heavy. So I'm super happy with this size.

 

[flower_abcdefg]

Does anyone have the small, VCA Lotus pendant necklace? How do you like it? Would love to see a real person wearing it! Thanks!

 

[sunnylovesjewelry]

this is a bit of an odd question, but peonies are my favorite flower and have a very sentimental meaning to me. does anyone know of any collections that are inspired by peony flowers?

 

[AnneS55]

Is anyone here familiar with Brooke Gregson jewelry? I discovered some her pieces on the Liberty London website, and liked them a lot. I love her use of enameling and colourful gemstones. Very organic and textural in style, I'm really drawn to them.

 

[JenJBS]

this is a bit of an odd question, but peonies are my favorite flower and have a very sentimental meaning to me. does anyone know of any collections that are inspired by peony flowers?

If you Google 'Peony Jewelry' you'll get some options. May not be what you're looking for, but it's a start.

 

[880]

@sunnylovesjewelry, agree with @JenJBS. Also perhaps check out Etsy for peony inspired jewelry. i also Seem to recall seeing ornate jade pieces with either peony or camellia motifs. . . Also, I tried on a curved sculptural gold ring at Wempe that, IMO, referenced a floral motif and used air for fabulous and modern negative space shapes (But Wempe website is horrible). Trying to recall if vintage georg Jensen did a peony like floral motif.

Bought a Bulgari serpenti tubogas RG bracelet and a RG serpenti Ring, with pave head and tail. These are my last purchases for a good long while! DH, my SA and I also loved it with my avatar cuff (the serpenti tubogas was the last one at the boutique; and, Bulgari is discontinuing it). I did try on the current serpenti line, but neither DH nor the SA liked it as much as this one on my frame.

prior to 2020, the last jewelry item I bought was a Bulgari YG lucea necklace in 2001 (shown in the second pic and the last pic (at the request of @EpiFanatic below)



thank you @skyqueen, @missie1, @EpiFanatic, and @BigAkoya for your kind words below! @BigAkoya, I’ve put the museum of natural history exhibit on my list, thank you! I’m a big fan of Cartier Maria Felix inspiration alligators And, there will be no Cartier for a long, long time lol (esp the panthere, as I have a steel pasha C and two tone tank francais that i wore in my WG decades)! I was thinking about a simple small plain ring when I walked into Bulgari (but I really walked in bc DH aand I were just at Nike store for his sneakers, and I needed a bathroom, whoops). (In retrospect, I should have dragged him into Saks lol)

@nightbefore, thank you! between the Bulgari and the Cartier JUC, I think you will know as soon as you try them on your wrist. I seem to recall you have other JUC pieces? Are you a matchy person? are you building a stack? Will it be an everyday piece for you? I’m not petite and never thought of myself as a stack person. When I tried the current model serpenti viper pave bracelets that wrap twice and three times, sadly they just looked fussy on me bc of the way my wrist is built. . . (Maybe it’s the diamonds as I’m not actually a diamond bling person, and they are sparkly) So it’s a personal thing. I adore the current serpenti viper pave on others, esp. the WG all pave one that @Cool Breeze just got. But, I will say I didn’t really understand the IRL visceral impact of the serpenti bracelets until this weekend.

Note: I was a fan of the double coil serpenti watch, (but DH and the SA disnt like the gold one on me) and I decided I would rather wear a bracelet.

 

[skyqueen]

Bought a Bulgari serpenti tubogas RG bracelet and a RG serpenti Ring, both with a bit of pave. These are my last purchases for a good long while
prior to 2020, the last jewelry item I bought was a Bulgari YG lucea necklace in 2001 (shown in the second pic)

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All gorgeous but that cuff...just fantastic!

 

[BigAkoya]

Bought a Bulgari serpenti tubogas RG bracelet and a RG serpenti Ring, both with a bit of pave. These are my last purchases for a good long while
prior to 2020, the last jewelry item I bought was a Bulgari YG lucea necklace in 2001 (shown in the second pic)

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Looks beautiful on you! "Last piece for a good long while"... you say that now... yeah yeah yeah... I see a Cartier Panthere in your future

Your new bracelet goes great with your Verdura cuff... love love love your cuff!
Speaking of Verdura, Bulgari, and animals... have you been to the Beautiful Creatures exhibition at the AMNH? It's amazing! I flew there last week to see the exhibition, and the jewelry pieces are so so so gorgeous. This is a special high jewelry exhibition that coincides with the opening of the new gem gallery at the AMNH. This exhibition has rare pieces including the Verdura lion paw brooches, Bulgari serpentines, Jar pieces (the sapphire butterly is on display), and my most favorite of it, the Salvador Dali starfish brooch. That starfish brooch is a work of art!

I think maybe you live in NYC, so you don't even need to fly to see it.

Here is a short writeup of the exhibition:
AMNH’s Beautiful Creatures Are Fiercely Compelling – JCK (jckonline.com)

There is also a exhibition booklet which I recommend you read prior to going. It's a fast read, and it gives you a bit more history into some of the pieces:
Beautiful Creatures: Jewelry Inspired by the Animal Kingdom (ELECTA): Fasel, Marion: 9780847868407: Amazon.com: Books

Some photos to entice you...
Congrats again on your beautiful pieces! You have a gorgeous collection.

 

[BigAkoya]

A few more…
The alligator is totally huge and totally freaky, but it is a work of art. I love the Verdura lion paw shell brooch. I’d wear it as a huge pendant on a long chain.

 

[nightbefore]

@880 loving your ring, wear them in good health! I am doubting between serpenti double wrap and juc double wrap