THE SIZE AT WHICH A DIAMOND STOPS BEING ONE
There is a point on the way down where the eye gives up. Below roughly a millimetre, a set diamond stops reading as a diamond and becomes texture — a bright surface, a glitter, a quality of the metal rather than an object sitting in it.
At 1.50 mm the Simone sits just above that line. Each of its eighty stones is still individually resolvable: you can see that it is a stone, with edges and a table, rather than a point of light. Go a third smaller and the ring would read as a band that shines. At this size it reads as a band made of diamonds, which is a different thing to look at and a more expensive one to build, because eighty stones have to be set well enough to survive being looked at individually.
THE SETTING
Prong-set throughout, with the prongs raised from the band's own surface rather than attached to it — cut by hand, under magnification, and pushed over each stone.
Eighty stones will not fit in one row around a finger; a single row at 1.50 mm holds about thirty-six. They are set in rows offset against each other so that each stone sits in the hollow between two of its neighbours, which is what closes the gaps and keeps the surface continuous rather than striped.
SPECIFICATIONS
Diamonds — 80 round brilliant, 1.50 mm, 0.015 ct each. 1.20 ct total.
Certification — these are melee diamonds and are not individually certified, which is standard practice at this size.
Setting — Prong, raised from the band.
Metal — 14K or 18K gold, in yellow, white or rose. 3.10 g at 14K, 3.65 g at 18K.
Diamond origin — natural or lab-grown, to preference.
Made to order. Two to three weeks from order to dispatch.
Because the diamonds encircle the entire band, an eternity ring cannot be resized once it has been produced. Please size carefully before ordering.
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