Platinum 950 Pave Pendant Setting

This custom made pendant setting is available in 14K rose gold, 14K white gold, 18K white gold, 14K yellow gold, 18K yellow gold, Platinum 950, and is intended to house a center sapphire, ruby, emerald, or other fine gemstone, rendered in either a pave style or a halo style. The pave style uses a dense arrangement of small diamonds or colored gemstones set closely together, with minimal metal showing, to create a continuous field of scintillation and a seamless, elegant surface. The halo style places a single center gemstone at the heart of the design, surrounded by a precise ring of smaller stones that amplify the center stone's face up area and optical brilliance, producing a striking, eye catching effect that enhances color saturation and visual presence. For the educated buyer, we evaluate center stones by color saturation, hue, tone, cut precision, carat weight and clarity, and we offer options that are traceable to reputable sources such as established deposits in Sri Lanka for Ceylon sapphires, Colombia for emeralds, and Myanmar or ethically sourced alternatives for rubies, with full disclosure of any treatments, standard grading reports from recognized laboratories, and recommendations for clarity grades that balance beauty and durability, for example selecting eye clean emeralds with strong color, or medium to strong saturation sapphires cut to maximize hue and brilliance.

From the first pencil sketches the pendant evolves through proportion studies, wax models, and precision CAD files to ensure every prong, bead and gallery is engineered for secure stone setting and optimal light performance. Our setters use traditional hand engraving and bead setting techniques when creating pave fields, ensuring each small stone is uniformly seated and aligned to maintain a continuous sparkle, while halo stones are calibrated to match diameters and girdle thickness for even reflection and minimal shadowing. Metal choices influence weight, hand feel and polish, Platinum 950 offering a denser, more durable mount, and 18K gold providing richer color and higher gold content, each finished to mirror polish with hallmarks and quality checks. The value of this piece lies in its combination of gemological integrity, structural engineering and artisanal finish, making it suitable for collectors and connoisseurs who appreciate certified origins, documented clarity and treatment status, and the lifetime service program we provide for cleaning, inspection and tightening, ensuring the pendant remains a cherished heirloom for generations.