INSTORE Design Awards 2021 – Best Ring Over $5,000

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2 years ago

July 19, 2021

INSTORE Staff

INSTORE Design Awards 2021 – Best Ring Over $5,000

Uneek Jewelry

The Vision cushion ring in platinum features an 11.58-carat GIA-certified sapphire center stone flanked by two tapered baguettes (F, VVS) and 158 micro-set round brilliant cuts (F-G, VS, 0.84 TCW), $176,620

CLAUDIA MATA:

It’s all about this perfect sapphire, and I love how the design really lets the stone shine and stand out.

DANA FRIEDMAN:

I feel we now call halos a classic look. This ring appears to be perfectly made.

MARK TAPPER:

WOW!!! The color and faceting pattern of this sapphire is just special. With a center stone like this, you just cannot go wrong.

INSTORE Design Awards 2021 – Best Ring Over $5,000

E. Eichberg, Inc.

18K yellow gold and platinum 900 (10% iridium) ring featuring 10.24-carat peacock sapphire surrounded by 325 multi-colored sapphires (1.75 TCW) and 196 round brilliant diamonds (1.03 TCW), $32,000

INSTORE Design Awards 2021 – Best Ring Over $5,000

Schaffrath

La Luna matte brushed 18K yellow gold ring with diamond (0.50 TCW), $9,500

INSTORE Design Awards 2021 – Best Ring Over $5,000

RETAILER’S CHOICE AWARD

Pamela Froman Fine Jewelry

18K pink and white gold with a diamond shape Starbrite John Dyer morganite stone (6.8 TCW) with diamonds (0.24 TCW). $17,250

It Was Time to Make a Decision. It Was Time to Call Wilkerson.

Except for a few years when he worked as an accountant, Jim Schwartz has always been a jeweler. He grew up in the business and after “counting beans” for a few years, he and his wife, Robin, opened Robin James Jewelers in Cincinnati, Ohio. “We were coming to a stage in our life where we knew we have to make a decision,” says Jim Schwartz. He and Robin wanted to do it right, so they called Wilkerson. The best surprise (besides surpassing sales goals)? “The workers and associations really care about helping us move out own inventory out of the store first. It was very important to us.”