10 Diamond setting errors => 10 photos

 In these photos, there are many problems being displayed. I will offer my best solution to circumvent any future problems to each of them. Here are the many errors that need to be discussed & displayed.

 In December 2018, I wrote an essay in Ganoksin on 'the topic of diamond setting errors'. 

 I had the misfortune of giving this diamond ring to another 'setter' to help me get my 'end-of-the-season' work completed. I gave my diamond setting twice to this setter, 'FIRST & LAST TIME'.

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1) Why were the claw tips so high on the Crown Facets?

2) Why wasn't the ring 'pre-polished' before any stone setting was to commence? Another point was that the small holes were not drilled through; why was this avoided or just neglected?

3) There was no effort in cleaning the underside section of the ring?

4) There was no indication of any Bright-Cutting done to the 'diamond basket'. This should have been attended to before any small stone setting.

5) The Rhodium Plating was not applied in any orderly fashion. Many areas were just roughly 'painted' with little care given. There are still many tool marks on sections of the 'diamond basket'.

 6) Why wasn't the 'ring-cleaning' process given more care? 

 7) The sides of the claws were not even touched before setting of the main diamond. WHY WAS THIS NEGLECTED?

8) The claw tips are so unbelievably high. This is very dangerous,  if the client moves one or two of the claws...GOODBYE, diamond!

9) It appears to me that there was no care given while setting the large centre diamond

10) In attempting to insert the large diamond into the 4 claws, there was a major problem. The problem was that the Girdle of the stone was very wide in its thickness.

 That setter didn't allow for this problem. I would have used a bud bur with the same thickness as the Girdle and created a special seat for this wide 'Faceted Girdle'.

 In closing, there was no care given anywhere in the stone setting.