Posted by Stuart on March 24, 2013, 5:36 pm, in reply to "Diana and Catherine"
So if the watch bracelet remained intact, the double cluster and "chandelier" earrings-please see link- were not made from it unless they were later dismantled. Did Diana wear the double cluster earrings after the reappearance of the watch? My guess would be the ring from the Saudi set was used fir the choker. http://www.dianasjewels.net/bluestoneearrings.htm
--Previous Message-- : Source: my collection and the (Catherine) : pictures from www.dianasjewels.net : : To answer your question, Stuart, I don't : think either earring set of Princess Diana : and the Duchess of Cambridge do come from : anything in the Saudi Arabian set picture : (see my earlier post). My guess is that : Catherine altered a bit this same earring : set that once belonged to Princess Diana and : this set probably came to Princess Diana : long before she received this wedding gift : set from Saudi Arabia because the left : picture right below is one of Diana's : ENGAGEMENT pictures (pre-wedding period : obviously). : : You may disagree but I think the earring set : Catherine wore is the same one as the one : worn by then-Lady Diana Spencer in the left : picture (see below). What do you think? : : : : : : --Previous Message-- : : Diana seems to be wearing the earrings from : the set in the last two pictures that Boris : posted. The earrings that Diana and now the : Duchess of Cambridge wear are said to be : from the watch-which was reassembled? Are : there any clearer photos to identify it is : definitely the watch in Boris' last photos? : : --Previous Message-- : Hi Boris, thank you so much for your reply : . : : I certainly can follow your theory. But it : can't be the pendant from the necklace, as : that one is really big. She wears the : necklace pendant here, along with the : earrings : : --Previous Message-- : These are two different chokers indeed, with : a : rather complicated history. : The first one, worn in the mid-80s, does : have the distinct sunburst diamond frame : around its centre sapphire which was removed : from the suite’s ring - but in an oval : shape, as it is the former frame of the face : of the watch which was part of the Saudi : Arabian set. The choker doesn’t go all : around the neck but was worn on a blue : velvet band – this is the one which was : famously worn as headband in Japan. : The second one was seen in the early 90s, : with a round sunburst centre and set in : further rows of blue cabochon stones instead : of a velvet band. This different centre : could actually be the pendant of the : original necklace, or from one of the : earrings. : Also in the mid-90s, the previously : dismantled watch was seen again - worn as a : bracelet, with a centre sapphire in the : place of the face. : So after creating Diana’s first choker, I : believe that its sapphire centre returned to : the watch to create the bracelet, and the : choker was re-set into choker #2, with : either the necklace pendant or one of the : earrings as centre piece. : Pictures to illustrate the changes: : : The original Saudi Arabian sapphire wedding : gift suite : : : The choker #1 : : : The choker #2 : : : : The watch worn as bracelet (along with the : original bracelet from the set on the right : wrist): : : : : --Previous Message-- : Hi all : : I was somehow confused by the information on : Diana's sappire chokers on the Diana's : Jewels site. Both chokers are listed as made : from pieces of the sapphire suite Diana got : as an wedding gift. : : To me it seems only one could have been : made, and is this one pictured. Because the : design around the sapphire is the same as : the design around the sapphire pendant from : the necklace. Or am I wrong? : : : : : : : : : :
on March 24, 2013, 5:36 pm, in reply to "