“Every Jeweler in the world has been asked by customers if it was possible to have a ring without prongs, and until now the answer has always been ‘no.'” “This was thought to be an impossible dream,” said Douglas. Douglas wanted to create a way to hold diamonds in place invisibly.

“Like where the lid just snaps onto the container,” said Botha.Ī partnership was struck between Botha and New Zealand jeweler Ian Douglas over ten years ago when they met at an industry gathering. The micro-grooves snap the diamond into place in a titanium setting.

It took Botha over 12-hours working by hand to cut the micro-grooves in the 'Floeting Diamond' prototype - the new spelling meant to indicate his new take on the floating diamond setting “One day I had an epiphany of how to do it and we applied that and voilà, we have a success story,” said Mike Botha. A Saskatchewan-based diamond cutter has helped invent a new setting for solitaire diamonds that’s hitting markets around the world.

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