Top stories published by Jessica Allison Jewelry in January of 2014

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Jess Gebauer in Jessica Allison Jewelry

Jan 6, 2014

An Overview of Watches: Quartz (Analog & Digital) & Mechanical (Automatic & Hand-Winding)

I’ve had a love affair with watches for quite some time now. They are seductive creatures, latching onto the wrists of folks everywhere. The shame of it is that so many of their…

Dissecting the 4Cs — Part II: Clarity

Every pebble in a stream, every cloud in the sky, and every diamond is unique. The main quality that differentiates one diamond from another is its clarity characteristics, both in or on the stone. Within the diamond, there can be internal flaws, also known as…

Dissecting the 4Cs — Part I: Carat

Carat is the easiest of the 4Cs to understand and evaluate, as it is not at all subjective. All you do is put the stone on a scale and determine out how much it weighs. A carat equals one-fifth of a gram (or 200 milligrams) — the same weight as a dose of aspirin. A…