A pear-shaped solitaire.
Two days.
One complete journey.
A customer needed a solitaire completed within two days. La Roche sourced the centre stone externally and coordinated CAD, casting, filing and setting through to the finished ring.
Watch the process
Pear-shaped centre-stone ring
Two days for this project
Stone sourcing through to finishing
A clear deadline.
A connected manufacturing process.
This project brought stone sourcing and ring manufacture into one brief. The centre stone was sourced from an external supplier, followed by the digital model and the manufacturing stages needed to turn that design into a finished piece.
Two days was the outcome for this individual project. Timing for a new project is confirmed after reviewing the design, material availability and workshop schedule.
Five filmed stages.
One finished ring.
The film follows CAD, filing, stone setting and polishing, then shows the completed solitaire. The stills below come from this same project footage.
Stone sourcing and casting formed part of the project, but are not shown directly in the footage.
Silent process film with stage captions. A written account of each stage follows below.
From sourcing to the finished piece.
- 01
Sourcing the centre stone
La Roche sourced the centre stone from an external supplier for this project. Its pear-shaped outline is the focal point of the finished ring.
- 02
Developing the CAD model
The opening footage shows the ring model on the design screen, including the band, centre setting and supporting prongs. The digital model defines the form taken forward into manufacture.
Solitaire ring CAD model on the workshop design screen - 03
Casting the mount
Casting followed the design stage to create the metal mount. The casting operation itself is not filmed; the resulting mount appears in the subsequent bench-work footage.
- 04
Filing and refining
The jeweller works by hand around the band and centre setting. Different angles show filing and surface refinement around the prongs before the centre stone is fitted.
Hand filing of the ring mount before centre-stone setting - 05
Setting the stones
Magnified footage records stone-setting work and the fitting of the centre stone. Further close-ups show the jeweller refining the prong area as the setting takes its finished form.
Centre-stone setting work under magnification - 06
Polishing the ring
With the stones in place, the ring is worked against a polishing wheel. This is the final finishing stage shown before the completed-piece reveal.
The set ring being finished against a polishing wheel - 07
The completed solitaire
The final views show the pear-shaped centre stone, open-sided setting and small stones along the shoulders. This customer’s project was completed within the requested two days.
Side view of the completed solitaire setting and stone-set band
A bespoke ring starts
with the right brief.
Share your preferred stone shape, ring size, metal specification, budget and required date. La Roche reviews the brief and confirms what can be made before accepting the order.