Pocket Change

When we went to buy our engagement rings, we were set on getting diamond rings. I was adamant on having a 2 carat diamond ring for myself for several good reasons. I know that a diamond’s weight is decided by its carat. But what I did not know was, it may not accurately reflect the diamond’s size. For instance, at the store I found out that a 2 carat diamond that I was looking for did not look double the size of a 1 carat diamond from the top.

After giving presents to almost everyone on Valentine’s Day, this time around, I decided to give myself something really special. Keeping my favorites in mind, I thought a different kind of jewelery would be fantastic! The first thing that caught my attention at the store was the carnelian ring. I was so sure that this gem would look absolutely stunning and beautiful as a finger ring.

Even with so many gifts options out there, jewelry is still a great go-to choice for girls. So before my friends and I were to go our separate ways for graduation, I decided to give each one of them a present they will love and cherish forever: the best friend necklace. I think there’s nothing more precious to a girl than a necklace, — it’s definitely a gift that’s as unique and good as your friendship itself.  And since they range  from about as low to $10 up to a…

Have you tried putting on a lot of chains of different sizes for a party? When I tried doing it for a recent party, it looked so new and so fabulous to me that I decided on getting a few new layered chain necklaces for myself. Although these aren’t new, they looked so different when I put them on me because I had never tried them before. These necklaces look fine on everything. Whether it’s a lunch meeting at office or just a casual day shopping or lunch with friends,…

When most people think of precious gems, pearls might not be the first thing that pops to mind. However, the pearl is considered one of the oldest known gems in the world. Pearls symbolize purity and innocence and are the only gem created by a living organism. It is also the birth stone for those born in June. One of the rarest types of pearls is the black pearl, which is most commonly known as the Tahitian black pearl and is found off the French Polynesian coast.  Black pearls are…

What can you say about a watch which has been sported by none other than Jacquelyn Kennedy, Greta Garbo, Cary Grant and more recently, Michelle Obama? Awesome and classic, isn’t it? At the time when most of the watches included the same circular case, Louis-Francois Cartier introduced to the world its first sleek and geometrically aesthetic wrist watch – the Cartier tank watch.

Chronos is Greek for “time.” A chronograph is a mechanism that measures and reads elapsed time and records it on a display. The very first chronograph was invented by a Frenchman by the name of Rieussec in 1821. This was the only timepiece that bore the name Chronograph rightly. The dial had a moving mechanism and the length of the arc of the circle displayed the time that had passed. The index was fixed and the dial turned. Rieussec was granted a patent for this invention. The modern chronographs have…