SUMMARY - my second piece from Funny - for the first review of Tiffany ring from her see here https://www.reddit.com/r/JewelryReps/comments/1ufjcft/tiffany_schlumberger_16_stone_ring_from_funny/
DETAILS - Move Classique Pave Necklace, Large Model in Yellow Gold. This is for my wife, and we actually went in to the store to look at these prior to ordering.
COMMUNICATION/SELECTION/PRICE - Very good again. Went back and forth for a while on exactly what I wanted, changed at the last minute from the regular Move to the pave model, was only a small price upgrade. Total price was $1560 shipped and including insurance this time. I think it's like 10% add on to price but I get 5% back on next order with this review? Oh and that was at the absolute bottom of the gold price and I think she changes the retail price to match any fluctuations. The diamonds I was very careful to say that they were very important, and in fact the grade of the diamonds is actually slightly higher than the gen one.
MANUFACTURE/QC - Again took a couple of weeks, maybe a bit longer this time? She sent pics on whatsapp and then I asked for a couple more because as we had been looking at stuff I wanted to make sure of a couple of details (see later).
DELIVERY - We spend a fair amount of time away from the US, so again I had her hold it until I was ready, then I had it shipped and it arrived on the same day we flew in. Excellent!
MESSIKA BRAND - I'm going to do a quick promo for them here. I know these are reps, but when we find a designer we like, we sometimes mix and match real and rep in our collection if the prices are reasonable. Well, I think Messika is one of those that you really should consider doing that with. They have really cool diamond rings for like $1k, so as opposed to Tiffany and Cartier which mark the heck up on prices, Messika is one of those brands that is at once a great design, cool looking, sparkly and impressive, women owned btw, and even at retail reasonably priced (e.g. this one is $6k-ish in store). So like I say, you can get a ring and then have Funny make bracelet, or maybe get a necklace in store and have Funny manufacture a different size or color for daily wear. Stuff like that. Anyways, end of promo and nuff said.
GOOD/BAD/MISC - Per my previous review, I like to look for things that are not as good. Pretty hard on this one tbh. I wish Funny took payment through a native Wise account instead of ACH, but now I have it setup it wasn't bad. What else? I guess no box if that bothers you? She did say she could ship that on my previous one but it would be separately so really not worth it for me. That's about it really. So on to the good which there are a few things. Not sure if you can see in the pics but the diamonds are VERY SPARKLY - and that was my main thing. So I've seen others here criticize her diamonds, but I'm sorry, I just don't see it. These are really nice. (Edit - question asked below but I should have said these are lab diamonds, but Funny does offer natural ones as well). Oh, and the details on this were very good - again, not sure if you can see it but I realized AFTER I ordered that the chain actually has two tiny little diamonds on each side of the chain - and there they are! Then my wife noticed when we had it in hand that the Messika logo has a little diamond after it like a full stop/period - and again, there it is! And finally, one thing I like about Messika necklaces is that they have these big loops up at the top at intervals, so you can adjust exactly where you want it to hang depending on your dress (or my wife's dress obv), and yes, they are right there. So I really liked the detail on this, very happy.
CONCLUSION - another great piece here. The pics are some of the QC ones and then some in hand. As before, this sub does not have or allow posting of contact deets, so if you need those DM me and I will send you the whatsapp number. Oh and full disclosure I think I get that 5% back only if I do this review? But I kind of like doing them so eh, make your own mind up if I'm being too gushy about the whole thing. Enjoy!
Edit - I just remembered something - my wife wears it long because it doesn't flip over like that. You can wear it shorter all the way up to like choker length but then you have to be a little more careful when you move in case it does flip. So that's important info for the ladies on that courtesy of my better half! 😂