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That’s lovely! I think opals and pearls really complement each other magnificently.

It seems like the industry has stepped away a bit from “Tahitian”, Mikimoto for example just calls them Black South Sea Pearls, but in their info pages they refer to them as being from the black-lipped oysters found only in French Polynesia.

Hmm, it depends on the light, but in the light/sunlight the greens comes through. I was actually a bit skeptical because the online photos showed it being much darker, so I’m definitely pleased it’s much better in person. I don’t think they are easy to photograph well actually. Maybe I will...

I’m in loooooove 😍 This ring came up for sale in Japan and I snapped it in hours. It is Mikimoto, platinum Pt950 with a 12.6mm south sea pearl, it just arrived literally and I already can’t get enough of it. It was a lot cheaper than most preowned Mikimoto rings from Japan because the ring size...

Oh, how fun! That's a good colour combo as well. Which type of pearls are you using?

I think if playing with them is part of the joy of wearing pearls for you, then don’t stop! I do find myself a lot more tempted to do that with longer strands! 🤭 I wear pearls almost everyday, and often the same necklace. It doesn’t really make a huge difference, but I do often wipe them even...

That's great! Indonesia must be a fantastic sourcing ground for south sea pearls, would love to visit some of the farms one day, I remember reading this article on GIA before. I'd love to go hunting directly from the sources, especially for large baroque pearls...

That's still impressive! I only had to get one bracelet re-strung so far and Mikimoto took 3 months to do it and charged like £10 per inch...

Interesting insight, thank you! I was trying to work out how they are knotted and couldn't work it out, that explains quite a lot. Would be quite fun to replicate, I actually have some coral beads that I could try to string this way someday. But I tried to string beads before and the spaces...

I was just browsing Chinese social media and came across this Greek brand called CHRISTIANA KAFA - so I thought I’d share. I actually really like the way that she’s come up with such an innovative way to string freshwater pearls for a more casual look, it almost looks like crochet knots...

They’ve arrived! That really brightened up my day coming from work! ✨ I was actually a bit worried because they were taking so long to arrive and the auction room sent them by Royal Mail which is just the worst, they loose stuff all the time. I must say, these Mikimoto clasps are much better...

Yeah, $600 for a cord is actually insane 🤣 There was actually a very beautiful Paspaley necklace that come up at auction in Philips but I couldn’t afford it at the time, but even though it went high, it was still a bargain and the pearls were very very beautiful...

I really like paspaley, especially their invisible clasps on strands. I’d love to get a single baroque pendant from them someday, but sadly no flagship in London here. I feel with baroque pearls you really can’t buy online! But I do have one criticism of these collections targeted for men in...

I just looked up the Frank-n-furter reference, that’s so funny. I’ve actually never seen that movie! Haha

Yuta Jinguji (Japanese singer) sporting the new high jewellery collection launched in Paris today. Some amazing creations, if only I could! Haha I actually really like to combination of pearls and opals, very mesmerising. L'éclat | High Jewellery Collection | MIKIMOTO...

I’ve always loved checking advertisement campaigns and I can’t help but think that Michelle Yeoh is such a perfect ambassador for Mikimoto’s recent campaign! But also, the Chinese actor Song Weilong is really setting the trend in China, Korea and Japan for men being more bold in their chooses...

Thank you all! Very much appreciated. After spending a lot of time changing the location on the website and seeing the stock in other worldwide locations, it seems they do sell Akoya with this clasp and I found some stock in Singapore and Hong Kong. Feeling a bit more confident now and can’t...

I found some examples online in the end, but it seems they tend to use it mostly for south sea pearls. I will take them to Mikimoto to get the re-strung and see what they say as well.

I just bought these, what do you guys think the RRP would have been? Hard to guess! I'm also not used to seeing this type of clasp much. I have other Mikimoto jewellery but only with the traditional akoya clasp. I paid £1,100 for these before BP. The fifty-one uniform pearls measure...