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The anticipation of christmas increases – or better: the anticipation of the pre-Christmas period, since everyone is decorating, preparing and filling their Advent calendars :-) Who does not want to rely (just) on his luck can rummage throughout the entire year in our assortment to make big and small wishes come true. Before the Christmas Day is coming up really soon, the boots have to be cleaned! A little something from St. Nicholas sweetens the Advent period and makes the time of waiting until the 24th of December appear shorter. By the way, we have some jewelry for you that does not cost too much and fits in every boot, even a tiny one ;-)

Pearls are just for the summer? We disagree, because in white they remind us of little snowflakes, in dark-red they create a great Christmas atmosphere. Furthermore we can offer you a warm copper, a dazzling peacock and an elegant grey. Who does not want to express his love message in a symbolic way but rather wants to write it down can write it on a piece of paper and hide it in the pendant MemoRo. There are many different designs available, for example this one:

You want to make your message even more clear? Then a ring is the right solution. Here are two suggestions out of many more possibilities: (more …)

Cuff links YaMo de luxx with Top Wesselton-brilliants si, mother-of-pearl inlay and satinised stainless steel

Important for the quality of a diamond is – beside the size, the grinding and the purity -the color or let’s say: the quality of its white color, whereas with white actually transparent is meant. The Gemologican Institute of America (GIA) distinguishs the transparancy of diamonds with the help of a scale from D until Z. D is the highest degree, delicious silver.

The alphabetical classification is the old system of judging diamonds, probably each of you heard about it before. There the best quality is called River and describes diamond in delicious white, which don’t fluoresce in day light. This ability have for example the stones from deposits in rivers, that’s why they’re named that way. Second are the diamonds in fine silver which are branded as Top Wesselton. All diamonds that are used in TeNo jewelry belong to this category.  So let’s take a closer look right away:

Pendant square small de luxx with 16 Top Wesselton-brilliants si (total of 0,128 ct.)

Diamonds of the third degree (white) are called Wesselton. This term goes back to the Wessolton-Mines in South Africa. These again was named after J.J. Wessels Sen., the owner  of the Benaaudheidfontein-Farm, who discovered in 1890 diamonds on his property.

The jewels that have an already yellowish shimmer belong to the quality degree Top Crystal and stand for slightly tinted white. The two next categories are named Top Cape and Cape. They include tinted, slightly yellowish diamonds and they were found at the Cape of Good Hope (therefore cape). Right at the end of the scale the colors Light Yellow and Yellow are found and differ clearly from spotless white diamonds.

The diamonds of the lower quality degree must not be taken for Fancy Diamond. Those are colored represents which are due to their rarity in great demand. But more about this at a later point…

In my memory, my mum always got my dad socks, a shirt and a tie. And I still know what I was thinking – HOW BORING. But I also noticed: dads usually don’t wish for anything. Socks, a shirt and a tie – a running gag when its about getting presents for your husband. Silly, isn’t it? For those who want to do one better get him a drill – you can always use one of those – or, to be more modern, a new hard drive for his computer. Long live the cliche. Although – if you look around yourself – times have changed. If it is the retro fashion or simply because everything from the past becomes modern again – cuff links are trendy again. (more …)