[Jewelry making - Article 00548] - Re: [Orchid] Free floating diamonds

[Watchman]

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Hi,

    This is correct - I had one of these watches to work on a while ago.
    In the case of the watch I had, it was a high quality modern one - 18
    carat gold and real diamonds and cost around 15000UKP. In this case
    the diamonds were set in patinum tubes which were stepped internally
    to seat the diamonds which seemed to be simply pressed into place as
    there was no sign of beading, adhesives etc. The tubes were just
    slightly longer than the overall depth of the stones and the
    'glasses' they were enclosed in were synthetic sapphire. In this
    watch, the diamonds floated freely in an annulus around the movement
    so these 'glasses' were like washers with a hole in the middle which
    the watch movement casing fitted into. I would never have considered
    the watch 'pretty' and wouldn't normally have had such a watch to
    work on (nasty modern quartz!!) but I was asked by one of our top
    local jewellers to help him out as he had taken the watch in to
    replace the battery and was too nervous to try to refit the watch
    back which was very tight!! 

Best wishes,
Ian
--

Ian W. Wright
Sheffield, UK



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