Everyone is always looking for the best diamond price and little consideration is taken with regard to who or how the diamond engagement ring will be made.
Diamonds have a controlled market price.Engagement rings vary in quality from jeweller to jeweller. There are very few jewellers who can make top quality diamond engagement rings. Platinum rings and palladium rings should always be handmade as cast rings display porosity.
In Cape Town there are but a handful of goldsmiths who can work in platinum. In fact if an engagement ring is made by one of them the others can recognise the style and workmanship.All goldsmiths have there individual way of doing things. These techniques are passed down from master to student.
Today there are only very few goldsmiths producing custom hand made diamond rings.
Cast rings are mass produced by large casting factories and generally there product is less expensive and involves unskilled labour. Often cast rings do not last and stones fall out.These cast rings have very little character and style. Think of the craftsmanship in a great marble statue carved by Michaelangelo.Today there are laser machines that can duplicate his statue of David.
What is the value of a reproduction?It is a little more valuable than the marble it is carved from.
Handmade craftsmanship holds a value and in fact as the numbers of goldsmiths decline due to mass production and cheep imports the ones that are highly skilled are valued more.
Remember an engagement ring should last a lifetime.
Choose a handmade diamond ring.