Diamond
Brands
What You Need to
Know About Diamond Brands
Although you might have been led to believe otherwise, diamonds are one of the few products that simply cannot
be ‘branded.’ Even though there are different cuts, different grades, and different values placed on each and every
diamond in existence, no diamond is any specific brand – just as gold is not a specific brand. One cannot brand
nature's own product.
What Diamond Brands Mean
Branding is actually based on who owns the diamond. For instance, if DeBeers owns the diamond, it is a DeBeers
Diamond – but it is still just a diamond. If the diamond was cut by a specific well known cutter, then it might be
branded in that way as well – but it usually isn’t. It is still branded based on who owns it at the time. So
basically, when it comes down to it – diamond brands mean absolutely nothing at all.
Branding Diamonds
Despite that however, branding diamonds in the jewely marketplace is becoming more common, as different diamond
companies - jewelers and retailers - attempt to create a diamonds brand recognition. Such new diamonds branding is
usually based on new diamond cuts that are branded, or on creating new variations of traditional diamond cuts. Therefore, new diamond brands are created mostly for marketing purposes, even
if such diamond branding doesn't increase the true value of a diamond.
Diamonds are not Branded
Do not allow a jeweler to try to talk you into paying an exorbitant price on a diamond because it is a specific
brand. This is a bit of trickery used by unscrupulous jewelers when they know that they are dealing with people who
don’t know much about diamonds. Remember that diamonds are not actually branded – unless mother nature has her own
brand!
Nonetheless, some people might choose to pay more for a "branded" diamond, purely for estethical purpose. As
with anything else in life, beauty lies in the eye of beholder. But if you're looking for a diamond with a true,
intrinsic (investment) value, then new diamond brands will not mean much.
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