I've been reading these posts ... and Meeshoo's thread about her Lehrer purchases with interest. I really did think that the issue of chipped stone, "wonky bottoms" and some wishy washy pieces on air had put me off trying the range.
But...you knew that was coming didn't you? :blush: I saw the show at the weekend and was quite taken by some of the things I saw. Decided to go for this pendant :TBPS08 LEHRER TORUSRING GREEN AMETHYST ,WHITE & BLUE DIAMOND 9K GOLD PENDANT ATGW 6.55CTS because I am quite fond of green amethyst and thought the blue diamond centre was that bit different. Was extremely doubtful, after placing order and looking at photos on web that the green stone would be too pale and yucky... but it has just arrived (DPD working late in these parts, for sure!) and I am very pleased... just like Emza!
The fancy cut shows to good advantagel on the green amethyst, catching the light nicely and the blue diamond centre stone shows up well. The accent white diamonds along the top of the bale are bright and sparkly and thought the gold weight is pretty tiny, the overall feel of the thing is good. I'm glad I went for it. Thanks Emza!
Forgotten how to post pix.... even if I could find the bloomin' camera! If you enter the code number on the Gems website ... look at the video rather than the pix... it's better... though not as pretty as in real life.
I'd post a link but I cannot get any searches to work on the Gems website tonight. Nothing happens no matter what I search for. Tsk!
There are a couple of not-so-good things about the pendant - in particular, I think the white diamonds are not well matched, and one of them is slightly chipped (but then again, they're tiny so you don't see that) - but overall, I adore it. It really does do wonderful things with the light. The setting is, as you say, light on the gold, but it's so well designed for the stone that it really doesn't matter. I wonder if the problem with Meshoo's ring, the way it sat so high, was because the setting wasn't specially designed for the torusring cut - it looked to me like it was designed to accommodate a stone with a full-size culet.
