Mediocre & inferior diamond setting => 7 photos

   These 7 photos of the diamond setting are 'just passable'. From my experience, these are not what I would write and classify as being of 'fine quality, stone setting'. (I am not using their official business name for these legal reasons).

 Allow me to give you my reasons for writing this tutorial essay.

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Number 1: Some of the Pave' beads are missing completely.

Number 2: The graver was not sharp enough to cut along the beads.

Number 3:: These bigger diamonds were not set in the appropriate areas, why is this? I would have placed the 11 very large diamonds where there are rounded areas or curves in the pendant below the Emerald-Cut diamond.

NUMBER 4:

 Many Pave' beads are not uniform in size or even missing altogether. Pre-cutting the metal would have been a much better metal-cutting option.

NUMBER 5:

 In my estimation, this is probably the most 'inferior quality' of diamond setting that I have ever seen. "MEDIOCRE" is an understatement. (I'm saving this photo just to prove that there are still setters who have still much to learn).

NUMBER 6:

 The process of 'Bead-Setting' had no planning before the setting. In some areas, 8 of the beads are missing. Why was this item made available for sale?

Number 7:

 All of the beads were not burnished or attempted to be made round in shape. There is a faint line of metal running along the edge of all of the diamonds. This shows a distinct lack of care taken in setting the stones after being placed into the metal.  

Number 8:

 As shown in other similar photos from a previous tutorial-essay. The Pave' beads were again not made round in shape after being set. This shows me a complete lack of care being taken in setting this expensive ring. Not one of these beads has been burnished round.

Number 9:

  When the setter decided to use a flat graver to separate the beads, there was little care in cleaning his graver point. Thus leaving a rough texture in between the 'moved-over' beads.

  These photos show me a complete lack of esteem and subsequently lack of integrity in producing this very high-end line of jewellery. 

 These are my honest observations and many of my peers will beg to differ with me. Pictures don't lie!.... Gerry Lewy.