Pearl necklace

[Blakeatron]

This is serious - really!

Wife's 30th coming up, she has a full compliment of diamond rings, doesn't wear a watch and got her special bangles on the birth of our daughters.

She has been dropping comments about a necklace and also how nice pearl necklaces are.

I know nothing about them, so just after some advice before hitting the shops! Could ideally do with keeping it around the £500 mark but happy to go higher if it's really worth it.

[Roverload]

Words cannot convey my disappointment.

[Bincenzo]

Roverload said:

Words cannot convey my disappointment.

^^^^^ ^^^^

[michael gould]

Roverload said:

Words cannot convey my disappointment.

Made me laugh

[DH01]

Mikimoto.
It's really worth it but you will have to revise your budget !

Edited by DH01 on Tuesday 18th March 07:28

[westberks]

i've offered my wife one on more occassions than i care to mention, but the answer is always the same

[Blakeatron]

One sensible answer, cheers!

Wowsers I did not realise they would be that expensive, might need to rethink my plans. Do Argos do them....!?!

[Pixelpeep]

I don't think Elizabeth Duke was in to pearl necklaces.

[marcosgt]

I think the puerile is pretty much exhausted now, so...

You can buy pearls at all sorts of prices, depending on whether they're cultured or natural, fresh or saltwater, different colours and different sizes.

Have a look on this site for some ideas of what different budgets get you

http://www.absolutepearls.co.uk/index.php (not a recommendation, as I've never dealt with them)

All theirs are cultured, but you can see that you can get necklaces from around £200-£250 to into the thousands...

M.

Edited by marcosgt on Tuesday 18th March 12:24

[Whitean3]

You could also try Shecy Pearls. They are in China (i knw, not to everyone's liking); i have bought from them before and was extremely happy with the product and the customer service. Most of the jewellery styles are not to my taste however; i bought just the pearls, which were good value and came with certification. Likely to be quite a it cheaper too, and would fit your budget.

[EnglishJo]

Hi, I'm female and like some of the Tiffany ones

http://www.tiffany.co.uk/Shopping/Item.aspx?fromGr...

Sometimes pearls can look a bit 'old lady' but the ones by Tiffany are elegant and modern.



http://www.tiffany.co.uk/shopping/CategoryBrowse.a...

The Tiffany packaging of the little blue box is also lovely.

[EnglishJo]

Hi, I'm female and like some of the Tiffany ones

http://www.tiffany.co.uk/Shopping/Item.aspx?fromGr...

Sometimes pearls can look a bit 'old lady' but the ones by Tiffany are elegant and modern.



http://www.tiffany.co.uk/shopping/CategoryBrowse.a...

The Tiffany packaging of the little blue box is also lovely.

[ali_kat]

Bit late to the party, but mine were from Guernsey Pearl @ £300 for a 40 inch strand

Nice weekend trip for you both too

[Blakeatron]

Still not got one, been to my jeweller (made all her rings) he has a few in but didn't like them!

Got a week or 2 to go, so should be ok...

[muhnkee2]

I started off my search at Mikimoto, my budget (also around £500) only covered the clasp to join a string of pearls, the pearls were an extra £7,000 on top of that!
I ended up finding the black pearls i was looking for at Annoushka in Selfridges.
http://www.annoushka-jewellery.com/
There is a shop in Burlington arcade, near Bond Street in London, that just does pearls, seemed very happy to haggle on price, but i found the lady a bit desperate for a sale so i left...
I think i spent around £800 in the end, but wife is very happy with them.
hope that helps.
Greg

Edited by muhnkee2 on Wednesday 26th March 16:03