Sourcing a diamond to your brief
You tell me what you are looking for — shape, budget, natural or laboratory-grown, and the piece it is destined for. I search across trusted professional suppliers, compare the stones that genuinely fit, and come back with a shortlist rather than a single option.
For each stone I explain what the certificate says, what it does not say, and why I would or would not choose it. You see what I see: the grading report, the measurements, photographs and video, and wherever possible the stone itself.
How long it takes depends on how specific the brief is — from a few days for a straightforward round, to several weeks for a particular fancy shape at a particular quality.
A second opinion on a stone you have already found
If a jeweller or a website has offered you a diamond, I will read the certificate with you and tell you plainly what I think of it.
That means whether the grades describe what you are imagining, whether the price is reasonable in today’s market, and whether anything on the report deserves a closer look — an inclusion in an awkward position, a cut grade that covers a wide range, fluorescence that may or may not matter on that particular stone.
You are free to go ahead and buy it anyway. Being better informed is the point, not changing your mind.
Rare and fancy colour diamonds for private collectors
Some briefs are not about finding a good stone but a particular one — an unusual size, a shape that is rarely cut well, or a diamond with a natural colour.
Fancy colour diamonds sit outside the D–Z scale altogether. They are assessed by hue, tone and saturation, on a system where colour creates the value instead of reducing it. That makes comparing two of them far less straightforward than comparing two white diamonds, and it makes the certificate harder to read at a glance.
For these I search RapNet, the professional trading network, alongside the suppliers I deal with directly. Between them that reaches a far larger inventory than any single dealer holds.
What I can promise is a thorough, documented search and a straight answer about what exists at your budget. What nobody can promise is that a particular rare stone is on the market this month. Genuinely rare material appears when it appears, and part of my job is telling you honestly whether a brief is realistic now, worth waiting for, or better met another way.
Bespoke jewellery, coordinated end to end
When a stone needs a setting, I work with a small number of experienced jewellers who carry out the design and the manufacture.
I select the right workshop for the piece, brief them, follow the work through, and remain your single point of contact from first sketch to finished jewel. You deal with me rather than with three separate trades. The jewellers are independent professionals, engaged for their craftsmanship.
How I am paid
I am paid by you, and by no one else. No supplier and no workshop pays me a commission for sending work their way.
My remuneration is a margin included in the price I quote you — on the stone, and on the making when a piece goes to a workshop. You see the final figure before you commit to anything, and it is confirmed in writing.
I hold no stock of my own, so I have nothing to clear and no reason to steer you toward one diamond rather than another — only toward the one that answers the brief.
On the making, the workshops I work with charge less for a given piece than a retail jeweller would, so even with my margin the total generally comes in below the price of the same work bought through a shop. If you would rather use your own jeweller, that is perfectly fine.
Terms are agreed individually with each client before sourcing begins, and always confirmed in writing.
Where I work
In person in Strasbourg and across Alsace. Remotely, by video, for the rest of France and for international clients — stones can be examined on video before any decision, and are shipped fully insured against signature.