Introducing our top of the line jewelry collection, The Paramount Collection by Images Jewelers.

The Paramount Collection is truly our top of the line jewelry collection. Featuring unique gemstones and diamonds, each piece is hand fabricated, usually in our Chicago offices, and can never be reproduced in exactly the same way again.

While we don’t expect this line to be a big seller on our website, we just can’t resist the urge to share such beautiful works of art with everyone.

A massive 478 carat diamond has been found at the Letseng Mine, owned by Gem Diamonds, in Leotho, Africa.  The diamond, said to have a flawless center, could produce a 150-carat round cut white diamond.   If true, this would be the largest polished diamond ever found.  The current largest cut diamond is the Kohinoor, weighing in at an astonishing 105 carats.  The largest rough diamond found was the Cullinan, which weighed 3,106 carats uncut.

The remodeling project has come a long way since we first broke ground.   The new jewelry shop is complete and the jewelers have moved into their new home.   The showroom has been expanded into our old shop to house our showroom staff.  The walls are currently being finished and  the floor is ready to be set.  The new showroom will allow us to serve our customers more efficiently and effectively.  We are all getting excited about finishing this project.  Tune in to keep updated on the progress.

It has been a big week here at Images Jewelers. We’ve started the first of several moves as we move the old shop in to the new addition to make room for expanding our showroom. Kevin’s bench looks lonely.

The new shop is taking shape quickly. New work benches, new work spaces, and it’s clean and brightly lit. No more working under fluorescent lights all day, we have sunshine! And from the other end of the space. It’s amazing how fast a space can fill up when you start adding equipment.

And just to make things interesting, the city has decided that now would be a great time to tear the road up in front of the store. But it’s ok, they left us this tiny little opening to get in to the parking lot.

This 14k white gold ring features a .50 carat round brilliant center surrounded by trillion cut peridots.  This ring is truly a one-of-a-kind!

I finally got to see the ring up close last night and it is perfect!

Everything is wonderful and I know she will love it!

I want to thank everyone at Images for helping me create this ring and especially you, Kelly, for guiding me thought the process step by step.  I plan on telling everyone I know where I got this done, and how kind and considerate you were throughout the process.

A sculptor in Britain by the name of Marc Quinn is ready to show off his latest work of art to the world, a nearly $2.8 million, 110-pound solid gold statue of supermodel Kate Moss, hyped as the largest such creation built since the times of the pharaohs.

Quinn has entitled his new golden creation Siren, and the British Museum has already asked to show it.

While the venerable London museum has so far only released a close-up photo of the statue’s face, the work allegedly shows Moss in a contorted yoga pose.

“I thought the next thing to do would be to make a sculpture of the person who’s the ideal beauty of the moment,” Quinn said of his opulent creation. “But even Kate Moss doesn’t live up to the image.”

The public will be able to see the work from Oct. 4 through Jan. 25. in the the same British Museum gallery that houses the institution’s ancient Greek sculpture collection.

We are now 85 days into our remodeling project. The exterior is complete and the construction has moved to the interior. Our showroom and shop will be expanded to help us serve our customers more efficiently. The interior of the new shop is nearly complete and we are preparing to move the jewelers into their new home.

Next on the agenda, we will begin the remodeling of our showroom. This will consist of expanding our showroom floor to make room for our showroom staff. This will also give us more floor space to help serve our customers more comfortably. Check back to see the progress the next few weeks will bring. The pictures show the new shop floor as well as our existing showroom.

This ring is truly unique.  A 1.5 carat princess cut diamond set in 14k white gold with a surprising twist.  We set princess cut amethysts upside down underneath the ring.  Setting these stones proved to be a challenge but the end result is spectacular.  Truly a one-of-a-kind ring!

I just picked up the ring.  I cannot put into words just how thrilled I am with the final product.  She is soooooo completely thrilled with it.

She said that about 30 people stopped her at her store yesterday and wanted to look at it. Everyone that sees it says that it is the most beautiful ring they’ve ever seen.

This pair of cuff links was made as a reminder to our client’s husband to be safe while shooting. You can read more about this story over at Better Than Diamonds.

I have to say a big THANKS for those cuff links. Not only because they’re
beautifully done, but because they will ALWAYS remind me to not take things
for granted.

And they are very beautiful. Much too heavy for normal wear, but boy will
they get noticed!

Thanks again,
Glenn

It has been two months since we began our remodeling project. The exterior is nearly finished and the construction has begun on the interior. The next few weeks should prove to be pretty hectic.

We are preparing to move the shop into it’s new home. We are also preparing to expand the showroom. The extended showroom will house our showroom staff and allow us to serve our customers more efficiently and effectively. Tune in to see what changes next week will bring!