The chevalier ring Acqua Preziosa by Stefan Hafner has been selected for the Couture Awards in Las Vegas, a kind of Oscars of the jewelery, in a special version: longer than four drops per row. The ring looks simple, but it actually has a complex structure. As with most of the jewelry brand based in Valenza, processing starts from the selection of the stones. In this case, he says the designer, it took three days to find first of all the right tones in four shades of blue, the more vivid the more tenuous, to white. “It sounds banal, but in addition to the hue and the quality of the material, namely sapphire, is necessary to provide the reproducibility of the piece, which means guaranteeing the same coloratura even in subsequent productions,” explains Cosentino. A rule that applies to the one of a kind pieces: in the event that the customer lost a stone, every self-respecting jeweler should be able to guarantee the replacement.
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