Category: ring

01/08/15 11:25 - ID#59727

My Cracked Eragem Sapphire Wedding Ring

UPDATE - This situation has been rectified. Read here (e:paul,59749) for the updated information. Its an unbelievable store of amazing customer service.

I have been so sad since my natural sapphire from eragem cracked. I didn't expect this to ever be an issue after reading how hard they are

They are basically right behind diamond and are supposed to take all kind of heat and pressure.

I can still remember how happy I was writing to say dreams really can come true (e:paul,57440) when I got my eragem.com star sapphire wedding ring

before the wedding in Summer 2013.

Sapphires aren't supposed to crack. $3500 dollars later, I find out they do when I dropped it in the shower. I was really sad. Not just because I liked the ring but because rings are supposed to be an eternal thing. Now I just have cracked stone that stresses me out every single time I look at it. Thats why I don't wear it anymore.

I know there is nothing eragem could probably do but them I wonder if the sapphire had been cracked before and filled with something. I mean it was a three foot fall? I guess the ring is heavy. Everyone seems to suggest sapphires don't crack that easy.

I wrote to eragem.com to see if they knew of anyone that could repair it or if they knew where I could get a replacement stone but never heard back ;(

Unfortunately, hunting just for the stone I found the cost of a replacement natural star sapphire is about the same as the ring itself. According to the jeweler I talked to, the ring was built around that stone and would have to be melted down and formed to accommodate a new one which would also cost a bunch. Then you have to factor in the labor. I might as well just buy a new ring.

Recently, I found what I think is a good replacement

Its a Channel set diamond men's wedding band ring two-tone gold. The thing is it is also from eragem.com and its kind of hard to want to buy a ring from the same place after the last mishap but the ring is pretty nice looking and is far less likely to break. I mean you can't really crack a diamond and it is much less heavy. Then again, I thought that about the sapphire, ugh.

Here are the old rings stats for comparison. This is a real step down.

tinypliny writes at 06:34:58 01/12/15 - Comment #72568: Diamond rings are borrrrring.

tinypliny writes at 06:33:31 01/12/15 - Comment #72567: You know, the broken gem keeps getting prettier the more I look at it. You can actually look into the cracks and imagine a glacier in the north sea. You have your own wonderful little plate tectonic s in that small ring. It's amazing. Close your eyes, fly out to the north pole, come back and look at it again! :)

uchina writes at 11:43:09 01/11/15 - Comment #72556: i think the ring is still pretty, but if you get that diamond one, it probably won't break. The sapphire is protruding from the ring and is one giant piece vs. smaller stones set into the ring. i wonder if there is a way to do something with the crack itself, kind of like kintsugi? They repair broken porcelain with gold and it celebrates the imperfection rather than hiding it. I don't know if that's possible with a stone, but it could be interesting.

paul writes at 11:14:15 01/11/15 - Comment #72555: I like vintage ones because I don't have to feel bad about the mineral issues. That and I don't have a husband who would be into shopping like that. You are lucky. Mine would melt down in like 30 seconds of that.

ExBuffalonian writes at 03:39:29 01/11/15 - Comment #72553: Have you considered buying a ring in person, maybe at a place like Tiffany & Co. or Cartier? My husband and I made a trip out of it and went to Tiffany's NYC flagship store on 5th Ave. They treated us like we were the most important customers in the world, personally escorted us to the elevator and second floor, had us sit down at the counter while we tried on different rings, and brought us champagne to sip while we shopped. Then we went to the Boathouse restaurant in Central Park for lunch. We decided on simple, classic platinum bands that could have been purchased online. But the memories we have attached to getting them are irreplaceable. We're not normally such fancy guys, but it was fun for the day and something we'll never forget. Also, Tiffany & Co just started running advertisements for wedding bands starring a gay couple, and that goes a long way to help the LGBT community.