Sapphire Alternance
Price: On Request
Booking: On Request (Based on Customization)
Every ANAGARI creation is handcrafted and customized to your preferences. Final pricing and booking are provided after understanding your customization requirements.
Blue sapphire punctuated by diamond. The coolest stone the house sets against its warmest metal.
Yellow GoldBlue SapphireDiamond1.32 ct
Ring sizeIN 12
Booking available on request based on your customization requirements.
Customise this pieceSapphire Alternance is a band ring in 18K Yellow Gold, holding 13 stones and built around continuous rather than centred. It measures 2.4 mm width, and weighs 2.6 g gross. It sits in the everyday fine part of the book, and is made to your specification — price and booking on request, once we understand what you want changed.
The drawing started from the stone. The yellow gold was chosen against blue sapphire rather than the other way round — the same mineral as ruby, differently coloured. In this form, a band has nowhere to hide a bad join. Blue sapphire punctuated by diamond. The coolest stone the house sets against its warmest metal.
| Metal | 18K Yellow Gold |
|---|---|
| Principal stone | Blue Sapphire |
| Accent stones | Diamond |
| Total carat weight | 1.32 ct |
| Stone count | 13 |
| Dimensions | 2.4 mm width |
| Gross weight | 2.6 g |
| Setting | Rub-over bezel |
| Hallmark | 18K, BIS hallmarked, ANAGARI maker’s mark |
| Origin | Designed, cast and set in India |
| Reference | SI-049 |
The mount is cast in 18K Yellow Gold, then filed, emeried and pre-polished before setting. The setting on SI-049 is rub-over bezel at 2.4 mm width. All 13 stones are seated individually against the reference tray rather than to a jig. The last polish is deliberately slow, because speed rounds an edge that took an hour to cut. It passes six inspection gates between wax and pouch.
Sapphire Alternance is shown in 18K Yellow Gold — 18K, 75% fine gold, warm, and the traditional choice for yellow and green stones. The same mount can be made in white gold, rose gold, platinum or 950 palladium, quoted on the metal weight of 2.6 g rather than a flat uplift. Platinum runs roughly a third above 18K on this design because it is denser and slower to work. All gold and platinum is BIS hallmarked with the ANAGARI maker's mark.
18K Yellow Gold — 75% fine gold alloyed with silver and copper for a warm, slightly deep yellow. Struck with the BIS hallmark and the house mark.
Total carat weight is 1.32 ct, made up of blue sapphire and diamond. Blue Sapphire is Mohs 9 and heat-treated — the same mineral as ruby, differently coloured. Colour is matched across the run under standard light, and any stone over 0.30 ct in a diamond piece ships with an independent certificate. Colour stones carry an ANAGARI identification report; IGI or GIA certification is available at cost.
Blue Sapphire — Corundum coloured by iron and titanium. Second only to diamond in hardness, which is why we set it in everyday pieces.
Diamond — Natural, conflict-free and traceable to the cutting house. Graded by IGI or GIA above 0.30 ct.
Every piece is weighed and dimensioned against the approved article before it leaves the floor — 2.6 g on SI-049. Six inspection gates sit between wax and packing: wax, casting, pre-polish, setting, finish and final. Setting is checked at ten-power on all 13 stones, and nothing advances on a supervisor's word alone. Made in Jaipur under one roof, which is why a query is answered the same afternoon rather than the next month.
Sapphire Alternance was made with birthdays, birthstones and the pleasure of colour, vows, anniversaries and the bands worn after them and ordinary Tuesdays, which is the hardest test a piece faces in mind. It photographs well, but it was built to be looked at from a foot away. Sizing runs IN 5 to IN 18; resizing up to two sizes is complimentary for life.
Sapphire Alternance is one of the references we will rebuild to order. Straightforward changes — a different centre stone, a change of metal to white gold, carat weight up or down and a matte, satin or hammered finish in place of the polish — are specified in the customisation studio and add nothing to the lead time; booking and pricing follow once the specification is settled. Structural changes, such as taking this band to a different architecture entirely, need a conversation and a new CAD; that runs six to eight weeks from approval. Private-label and OEM versions of this mount are quoted from one piece upward.
Sapphire Alternance sets blue sapphire and diamond together, so: ultrasonic cleaning is safe for this piece, though we would rather do it here. Between times, warm water, pH-neutral soap and a soft brush. Work from underneath; the film that kills brilliance collects behind the stone, not on it. Store separately and flat — a shared pouch is a slow-motion accident. Remove before contact sport, gardening, and whenever you apply fragrance, sunscreen or hand cream.
ANAGARI offers complimentary cleaning and rhodium renewal for life. Book through Lifetime Care.
Made to order in 6–8 weeks. Complimentary insured delivery across India and to 34 countries. Thirty-day returns on unworn, unaltered pieces; bespoke and engraved commissions are final sale.
Anatomy
Ring breakdown
Every component, drawn to scale and separable. Drag any part to turn it, or scrub the whole assembly apart.
How this piece is put together
The mount is cast in 18K Yellow Gold, then filed, emeried and pre-polished before setting. The setting on SI-049 is rub-over bezel at 2.4 mm width. All 13 stones are seated individually against the reference tray rather than to a jig. The last polish is deliberately slow, because speed rounds an edge that took an hour to cut. It passes six inspection gates between wax and pouch.
Sapphire Alternance sets blue sapphire and diamond together, so: ultrasonic cleaning is safe for this piece, though we would rather do it here. Between times, warm water, pH-neutral soap and a soft brush. Work from underneath; the film that kills brilliance collects behind the stone, not on it. Store separately and flat — a shared pouch is a slow-motion accident. Remove before contact sport, gardening, and whenever you apply fragrance, sunscreen or hand cream.
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