Jewelry

[Trinity11]

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@QsMom wrote:

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@Trinity11 wrote:

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@Shanus wrote:

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@Trinity11 wrote:

Most of her jewelry is gaudy at best. I laughed at the clasp on the TSV. Fine jewelry combined with diamonds in a bracelet would rarely if ever have a lobster claw clasp. 

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@Trinity11. ITA. An authentic diamond, or any expensive bracelet, would have a box clasp with figure 8 safety clasps.

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Yes @Shanus. I worked for the store with the blue box...

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I guess it depends on the type of bracelet. Here's a lobster clasp bracelet from T&Co.

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In all fairness @QsMom, I said rarely not never. Back when I worked for them, we rarely if ever would use cost cutting measures to keep the price down. I doubt any Tiffany merchandise that would be sold as Estate Jewelry, you would find that type of clasp being used in a diamond bracelet. It has always been considered less desirable in the Jewelry Industry. Lobster claw clasps just detract from the continuity of the design. Maybe a gold bracelet it would have been used but the diamond bracelets I remember Never had a lobster claw clasp.

[Shanus]

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@Trinity11 wrote:

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@Shanus wrote:

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@Trinity11 wrote:

Most of her jewelry is gaudy at best. I laughed at the clasp on the TSV. Fine jewelry combined with diamonds in a bracelet would rarely if ever have a lobster claw clasp. 

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@Trinity11. ITA. An authentic diamond, or any expensive bracelet, would have a box clasp with figure 8 safety clasps.

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Yes @Shanus. I worked for the store with the blue box...

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@Trinity11  First WOW, how lucky are you...what a wonderful store and color. Second, so you know, too about closures on expensive bracelets.

[Shanus]

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@QsMom wrote:

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@Trinity11 wrote:

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@Shanus wrote:

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@Trinity11 wrote:

Most of her jewelry is gaudy at best. I laughed at the clasp on the TSV. Fine jewelry combined with diamonds in a bracelet would rarely if ever have a lobster claw clasp. 

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@Trinity11. ITA. An authentic diamond, or any expensive bracelet, would have a box clasp with figure 8 safety clasps.

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Yes @Shanus. I worked for the store with the blue box...

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I guess it depends on the type of bracelet. Here's a lobster clasp bracelet from T&Co.

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@QsMom. To each his own. I would not purchase or wear a diamond bracelet w/ that clasp. The lobster claw may be strong enough, but the “ring” it goes into is not...Besides, it cheapens the look of the bracelet, IMHO.

[Trinity11]

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@Shanus wrote:

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@Trinity11 wrote:

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@Shanus wrote:

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@Trinity11 wrote:

Most of her jewelry is gaudy at best. I laughed at the clasp on the TSV. Fine jewelry combined with diamonds in a bracelet would rarely if ever have a lobster claw clasp. 

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@Trinity11. ITA. An authentic diamond, or any expensive bracelet, would have a box clasp with figure 8 safety clasps.

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Yes @Shanus. I worked for the store with the blue box...

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@Trinity11  First WOW, how lucky are you...what a wonderful store and color. Second, so you know, too about closures on expensive bracelets.

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Hi @Shanus. I worked there many years ago. I loved it and met so many different people....some famous people walked through our doors. My specialty was diamonds. Back in those days it was unheard of for Tiffany's to carry solitaires below a VS clarity. Those days are long gone. I also remember you could purchase sterling silver jewelry very reasonably. 

[Shanus]

@Trinity11. Tiffany’s still carries silver jewelry, but not as reasonably priced as other stores. You pay for the name and that gorgeous blue box!

[Trinity11]

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@Shanus wrote:

@Trinity11. Tiffany’s still carries silver jewelry, but not as reasonably priced as other stores. You pay for the name and that gorgeous blue box!

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Yes, I bought the olive leaf earrings by Palomo Picasso in silver for Christmas. They are under the tree...

[Sammycat1]

To each her own. I don't expect a diamond bracelet clasp on a non-diamond bracelet...I'm not trying to fool anyone.  Sometimes I like a more petite, understated look in fine or faux--fine looks -- someimes bold.  I admit larger organic pieces, unless with clean, contemporary lines, often wear me more than I wear them. My first love is gemstones but ones that sparkle set in a contemporary aesthetic. A customer of Judith's couture and Q lines, I've come to appreciate her eye for quality stones, even if some her style in metalwork gets fussy.

But this is the beauty of jewelry.  We all look at it through different lenses of appreciation, of like and dislike, to find our own joy.

P.S. I'm an author, and work on a computer. I always wanted to own a Tiffany sterling pen, a symbol of my work, the way I started out. Overpriced? Probably. Foolish to others? I'm sure. Are there finer writing instruments on the market, more beautifully designed ones on the market? Of course. But in weight and coolness  in my hand as I glide the words across the paper, it has no equal in my heart.

[Catiele]

I don’t wear much jewelry any longer. JR jewelry never appealed to me. To big for me. I have small hands and wrists. 

[Shanus]

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@Trinity11 wrote:

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@Shanus wrote:

@Trinity11. Tiffany’s still carries silver jewelry, but not as reasonably priced as other stores. You pay for the name and that gorgeous blue box!

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Yes, I bought the olive leaf earrings by Palomo Picasso in silver for Christmas. They are under the tree...

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@Trinity11  I’ve purchased many of Elsa Peretti’s pieces. I love her “lima bean” earrings...have the smaller ones and the large ones.