Old European · 1.00 ct minimum · white · $510 per carat
Roughly 6.1 × 6.1 mm face up — the measurement a setter works from.
360° footage of a stone of this cut. Yours is allocated at dispatch and will meet or beat the specification below.
Old European cut
The round brilliant as it was cut before electricity.
A small table, a tall crown and an open culet you can see straight down through. Cut for candlelight rather than for a lightbox, it returns broad, slow flashes instead of the fast sparkle of a modern round — which is exactly why people seek it out.
Size
1.00 ct minimumThe size you choose is the floor. Stones ship at that weight or up to 10% over — 1.00 to 1.10 ct — and never under.
Body color
$510 / ctColorless to near-colorless, graded D to F. White diamonds are $510 a carat; fancy colors are $600.
Price
1.00 ct × $510 per carat
Standard delivery is free, 4–6 business days. Express adds $45.
30-day returns · insured delivery
What we guarantee
- Size
- At least 1.00 ct. Up to 1.10 ct. Never less.
- Clarity
- VS1 or better. Often better.
- Color
- D to F. Often D.
- Cut
- The cut you chose, graded Excellent or above.
- Report
- IGI or GIA, shipped with the stone.
We move enough volume that we will not pretend to know which stone in the parcel becomes yours. What we will do is put a floor under every part of it and let the variance run in your favor — the weight, the clarity and the color can come in above what you paid for, and regularly do.
For example
You order 1.00 ct · VS1 · F.
You might receive 1.10 ct · VVS1 · D.
Same price either way.
What VS1 and D–F actually mean
- VS1
- Very slightly included. Minor inclusions, hard to locate even under a loupe.
- Color D
- Absolutely colorless. The top of the scale, and mostly bought for that fact.
- Color E
- Colorless. Distinguishable from D only by a grader with comparison stones.
- Color F
- Colorless. The last grade before faint warmth appears under laboratory light.
$510
1.00 ct minimum · white
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Buying a old european
A small table, a tall crown and an open culet you can see straight down through. Cut for candlelight rather than for a lightbox, it returns broad, slow flashes instead of the fast sparkle of a modern round — which is exactly why people seek it out.
Proportion to expect: 1.00, with a visibly softer outline than a modern round. We cut to the middle of that range, so a old european from us looks like the shape you pictured rather than a stretched version of it.
Every old european is laboratory grown, graded by IGI or GIA, and shipped with its report. If the stone that arrives is not the one you want, request a return authorization within 30 days.
How returns work