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Vinko’s Pave VCA Ring

Hi guys! I received my 18k gold ring with lab diamonds from Vinko a few days ago. It’s my favorite piece yet 😋

Price: $1400 USD for size 50

Timeline:

June 4: sent money

June 5: confirmed order

June 24: received PSPs

June 25: received tracking number

July 2: received package

I love this piece! It is so well made and sparkly. I can’t stop looking at it! As always, Vinko was professional and patient. He is always prompt with his responses and quick to send my package out which I appreciate! The bulk of my rep jewelry is from him and I will continue to buy with him with confidence 🥰

Hi guys! I decided to branch out and try other sellers and I made my first purchases with Funny. We had a few hiccups along the way but now that I have the pieces in my hands, I am so happy.

Price for necklace: $6500 CNY or $957 USD

Price for earrings: $3700 CNY or $545 USD

Lab diamonds

Timeline:

May 25: confirmed order and paid by PayPal

June 8: received PSPs for earrings

June 11: received PSPs for necklace

June 14: received tracking number

June 23: the shipping company finally scanned the package and it’s began its journey

June 25: received package

Funny was a pleasure to work with and I like that she updates her prices often so that if gold price drops she does adjust it downward!

That being said, we did have two small hiccups.

First little issue was that I put the order in as white gold and then an hour later I asked if it was too late to change to yellow gold. She confirmed it as yellow gold and then when I received the PSPs it was a white gold necklace. This was my mistake, ordering the wrong gold in the first place and I was just surprised when I received the pictures. It was fine in the end since I like white gold in this style anyway.

The second issue was that the package was not scanned into the shipping company’s system for 9 days. This was not Funny’s fault but the courier company.

It did cause me to worry since the wait time between received the tracking number and it getting scanned into the system had always been around 1-3 days. All was well in the end but it did add some stress to the buying process and made the time between greenlighting the PSPs to receiving, a total of 2 weeks.

Overall, I would definitely try Funny again!

I ordered this for the summer since metal jewellery will get hot in the sun so I thought I’d opt for something leather since I always seen these on men
But I wanted to ask how you’d guys style this?

I usually stack bracelets but since it’s leather and I wear a watch would you wear it as I am or just solo on another wrist?

Onto the review

Leather feels good and flexible and easy to size to wrist (I think it’s one size fits all).

The buckle is good and the engraving up close is actually clear like the zoomed in photo I uploaded but on wrist the camera for some reason won’t capture it clearly. But that’s not too bad but could be clearer or deeper engraved although I’m not sure how authentic looks

Box packaging is always a plus and comes in good condition and shipped to me in under 2 weeks

Hi everyone! I received my Gavivi carnelian bracelet this week, and I have to admit that I’m absolutely in love with it.
I own a Love bracelet from Miss Chen, and my Onyx bracelet is from Andy Chen. Honestly, I can’t see any difference in craftsmanship between Gavivi’s work and Andy’s. The quality, finish, and overall look are all amazing.
I’m genuinely impressed and completely in love with Gavivi’s work!

This is my first time buying… also my first time buying from AC.

I would appreciate any comments on how these look, compared to the authentic.

I specifically asked for a darker (like pomegranate) shade of carnelian.

1. VCA sweet necklace carnelian - I think the carnelian shade is light… also the necklace chain appears rose gold but the pendant appears to be a different shade, like yellow gold??

2. VCA sweet earrings carnelian

3. VCA yellow gold guilloche necklace

This was my first order from Opus Atelier Jewelry, and I’m really SO happy with how everything turned out.

I ordered the C de Cartier lab diamond earrings in 18k white gold and a Cartier pavé ring in 18k yellow gold. The earrings are 0.4 ct each and were quoted as D/VVS1 lab diamonds.

Timeline:
6/10 — Paid for the C de Cartier studs
6/14 — Added the pavé ring and paid deposit
QC — Received around 10 days later
6/25 — Paid the remaining balance for both pieces
6/28 — Received tracking
7/2 — Delivered

My thoughts:
Opus Atelier was very responsive and patient with all my questions, and my constant back and forth, which I really appreciated. Communication was clear, and the process felt smooth from payment to QC to shipping. I also felt that prices were very good and reasonable.

I’m SO IN LOVE with both pieces. The earrings are gorgeous, sparkly and beautifully made. The white gold looks clean, and the overall quality feels really nice in person. The pavé ring is also beautiful: delicate, shiny, and easy to stack.

Overall, this was a great experience and I can’t wait to order more haha

I highly recommend if you’re looking for quality craftsmanship, quick shipping and good customer service.

This is a review of my mini love ring I got yesterday in the mail I worked with Gavivi he does give a refund for reviewing but I used that money for FedEx so just a review with no incentive here 🤗 I want to say I really love my ring it sparkles and it's so beautiful and petite and just perfect I have a love ring in the small size and it is a perfect stack 🥰 his communication was great and he shipped it out on monday and I got my ring on Thursday so really fast shipping. I paid the deposit on June 12th got the PCP on June 26th and paid the rest of the money then he shipped on the 29th and I received my ring on July 2nd. I will say I got my ring somewhat late because I had it in the works and ordered a necklace and asked to receive them together and that is why it took longer.

Weight 2.5 grams

Size US 6 /52

Price $660

Bought a Chanel Coco gold 18k earrings and a VCA Alhambra gold 18k necklace for my wife.

Paid around $2K total including shipping and insurance. Getting 5% back for this review.

Got a bit extra back too because the Chanel earrings came in 0.4g under the promised weight.

Timeline
Tue 23 Jun - Ordered and paid
Mon 29 Jun - QC received and shipped
Fri 3 Jul - Received

Overall really happy with the quality, both pieces look great. Apologies my pictures aren't the best, I used a dupe VCA box just for the photos since Funny doesn't provide the box. Only took a week and three days!

Would buy from her again.

I wanted to do a quick comparison between 3 VCA Vintage Alhambra single-motif necklaces made by 3 different sellers. I have not had a chance to handle an auth, so keep that in mind, as I'm not sure which is more accurate.

White MOP by OpusAtelier
Black Onyx by Andy Chan
Pave Lab Diamonds by Gavivi

First, let me say that I love all 3 of these necklaces; there isn't a "dud," per se, among them. However, there are some differences between each maker.

Chains: All 3 chains are sparkly and well-made, but Gavivi's feels higher-quality and slightly thicker/heavier than the other two. Using precision calipers, the OpusAtelier and AC chains measure 1.32-1.33mm at the thickest, whereas Gavivi's measures 1.45mm at its thickest. It's a subtle but real difference you can see and feel in-hand. When I weigh them on my gram scale, being very careful to put all of the chain on the scale, but holding the motif in my hand (therefore trying to weigh only the chain part of each necklace), Gavivi's weighs more. The MOP chain weighs 3.2g, the onyx weighs 3.3g, and the pave weighs 3.5g. In the chain close-up pic, Gavivi's is the thicker one on the left. I don't know whether the auths use 1.33mm or 1.45mm. It's also possible that the auth diamond pave just has a thicker chain than the auth MOP/onyx but I would need someone more familiar with the brand to say if that's true.

Color: Very very hard to photograph the gold colors accurately. I pretty much gave up. In real life, though, OpusAtelier's gold leans a titch cooler/ greener in hue; Andy Chan's is a little warmer/more brassy; Gavivi's is sort of in between. In the QC pics I got (and a few of my own), Gavivi's looked really yellow, but IRL, it is much paler. Gavivi's color is my own personal favorite, because of my pale skin, followed by Opus, and then AC. But someone tanner may prefer otherwise.

Clasps: The easiest, smoothest-opening clasp is on the Opus MOP; AC and Gavivi are both equal in 2nd place. The Opus jump ring (the first one) has the eagle stamp on it. AC's has no stamp at all. Gavivi has 3 stamps on that jump ring.

Motif size: Gavivi's pave motif is about 1/10 of a mm smaller than the other two, but I must say that measuring this with my calipers was really difficult - do you try to measure bead-to-bead or go on the inner rim around the edge? I didn't want to scratch the MOP or onyx either. When I stack all 3 on top of each other, they all look to be exactly the same size, but I do think the Gavivi pave is oh-so-slightly smaller. It is also less thick, but that may be how the auth pave is compared to auth MOP/onyx. I'm not sure.

Chain length: Both Gavivi and AC have the auth chain length of 42cm with a jump ring at 38cm. OpusAtelier's length, sadly, is quite off, with a total length of 43.5cm and the 2nd jump ring at 39.5cm.

Weights: MOP: 5.1g; Onyx 5.1g; Pave 5.8g. These are all accurate to their auth equivalents. The pave always weighs more.

Overall, I love all of them, but am partial to the pave. Would love any observations you all might add, even better if you have an auth to compare to!

Had a very positive first experience ordering a VCA rep from Gavivi for the 18k gold alhambra guilloché pendant necklace.

He was super polite and very responsive, answering patiently a couple clueless questions on my part… and gave me what I believe was an extremely good price given the quality of the craftsmanship. The gold tone is beautiful, just the perfect amount of warmth; also observed no imperfections - the piece feels very solid and high quality.

Full transparency - I will get my insurance premium refunded as a result of posting this review. But it’s a small amount anyway, and even though I’m more of a lurker on Reddit than a poster, I think this individual deserves all of these accolades given. I will definitely be ordering more pieces! And my first necklace will be hopefully treasured for many years to come.

Timeline - 6/19: Initial convo and quote/deposit via PayPal F&F 6/29: QC pictures sent to me via WhatsApp and approved. Balance sent via PayPal. 7/2: Necklace delivered via FedEx today

Pictures are from QC and the last one is what I took today. (I purchased a VCA necklace storage box separately from Poshmark)

This is my very first jewelry rep purchase for my lovely wife. I’m no jewelry or VCA expert, I’m not sure if the reflections are good.
I would appreciate if some could help, I’ll post pictures in the comments