I thought you might like to see my ring and the mate to it I had made for my girlfriend, a six carat black diamond with 28 champagne diamonds in yellow gold. I designed both rings.
You can see the rose gold Stührling watch in the top photo although it's not in the focal plane of the photo. The other rings are ones I also usually wear. On the right hand is a 3.25 carat diamond princess cut surrounded by 20, 1 carat t.w., diamonds in 14K yellow and white gold. That one was a gift from my girlfriend for my birthday last year. Next to it is a 14k yellow gold nugget pinky ring with a 3 carat natural star ruby which I lucked into last year when a jeweler going out of business found it in a locked drawer in his safe where it had been languishing since 1960 and he sold it to me for the price tag it had in that 1960! Next to the black diamond ring is a yellow gold with 23, 1 caret t.w., pavé set diamonds.
Swordmaker's ring, "Thor's Anvil"
15 1/2 carat Black Diamond, 14 K rose gold,
removable black Tungsten Carbide inner ring.
Kathy's ring, "The Black Valkyrie"
6.1 carat Black Diamond, ~1.5 carats T.W.
Champagne Diamonds, 14 K yellow gold.
I supplied the stones and the designs and the fabrication was done by AK Jewelers in Sacramento, CA. Photography by AK Jewelry. . . you'll find both rings at the head of their 2012 FaceBook "Inspired Creations" Photo Album. . . grin.
My girlfriend loves jewelry and has been collecting jewelry and art for about thirty years. We both love Art Deco design and the style of Frank Lloyd Wright. She loves Erté, (Romain de Tirtoff) the Art Deco artist and costume designer for the Folies Bergére and Ziegfeld's Follies, and has some of his bronze artwork and matching signed jewelry. One of his works, she has the Seriograph, the bronze sculpture, and the gold and diamond pendant. (I got her the pendant.) LOL!
Now if they were offering the rose gold Apple Watch with this band for the $17K, I would be lost:
Rose gold Apple Watch with rose gold links bracelet,
given to Karl Lagerfeld, designer for Chanel and Fendi,
estimated price $35,000
But $35K? Too high for my itch to be scratched.