Engagement
Aurelia solitaire
Platinum. 1.0 carat round diamond, G colour, VS1.
₦12,400,000
Chapter I, the stone
One in four hundred
Our buyer looks at about four hundred diamonds for every one we set. Most are good. We want the ones that throw light back at you from across a room in Maitama at dusk, so we keep looking. Every stone over 0.3 carats comes with a grading report from an independent laboratory, and you can read it before you choose.
- 400
- stones seen for every one we set
- 100%
- of stones over 0.3 carats with a grading report
- 5 ct
- largest single stone in the salon today
Chapter II, the hand
Thirty-eight hours at the bench
Six jewellers work above the salon in Maitama. A halo setting takes about thirty-eight hours from wax to polish, and each ring stays with one jeweller from start to finish, so there is always one person who knows it by heart.
- 38
- hours to make a halo ring
- 6
- jewellers at the bench
- 1
- ring at a time on each bench
Chapter III, the metal
Platinum, or gold in the colour you choose
Platinum for a ring you will never take off. Eighteen-carat gold in yellow, rose or white for warmth. Every metal we use is assayed and hallmarked, and we will tell you plainly which suits your skin, your work and your budget.
- 950
- parts per thousand, our platinum
- 75%
- pure gold in every 18 carat piece
- 4
- metals to choose from
Chapter IV, the moment
Most proposals happen on a Sunday
So we open on Sunday afternoons for them. We have helped plan proposals on rooftops in Asokoro, in gardens in Jabi and at family dinners in Kaduna. The ring arrives polished, in a box that fits in a jacket pocket, and we keep the secret.
- 1,800
- proposals helped since 2009, example figure
- 72%
- of them on a Sunday
- 1
- private room for the nervous ones
Chapter V, the promise
Yours, then theirs
Fine jewellery outlives the people who buy it. We clean and check every Larkspur piece for free for life, resize rings free in the first two years, and give an insurance valuation with every purchase. When you want to upgrade, we credit 90% of what you paid, example terms.
- 90%
- upgrade credit, example terms
- 2
- years of free resizing
- 0
- naira to clean and check, for life
