Journal
Notes from the bench.
Practical writing on stones, settings, and caring for jewelry you intend to keep.
Gemology
How to read a GIA report, line by line
Carat weight is the least interesting number on the page. What cut grade actually predicts about light return, and why fluorescence is mostly a story about price.
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Caring for pavé, decade after decade
When to skip the ultrasonic, why hand cream is a ring's worst enemy, and the yearly check that keeps every melee stone seated.
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Unheated sapphires and what the word costs
Why an unheated Ceylon stone can cost three times a heated one of the same size, and how we document the journey from washing to setting.
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A century on Place Vendôme
Founded in 1924 above a dressmaker, the atelier has kept one rule since the first day: nothing leaves until it reads perfect under magnification.
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