sunday shopping updated: tiffany & co

well i am still quite perplexed why mont blanc stainless steel is so dear........ to satisfy my curiousity, i went to take another look........ NO GO is my conclusion....

anyway i decided to give tiffany & co another chance...... this time round, there was no doorman at the entrance so i had to push the door open.... DIY

i spent time browsing their pendants on the tiffany webpage ...... and found the 1837 range and the titanium pendants worthy of consideration..... so at the boutique, i went straight to the male pendant showcase to take a closer look......

titanium pendants are priced at around S$600+ ...... while the stirling silver ones around S$400+.... while titanium has a cool darker finish, i prefer the luster of silver.......

and so it is...... the familiar little carrier....



with a little box inside........



i gently removed the ribbon......



and opened the box....

the 1837 stirling silver tag pendant............

a closer look........



a final close-up...........



it was fun shopping for a pendant..........

metal shopping

times are bad..... so i thought maybe i should buy myself something to cheer myself up haha.....

so i decided to ....... perhaps buy a pendant... or a ring......... either stainless steel, sterling silver ...... or maybe even yellow gold..........

and so i went to tiffany & co........ i expected more, given their reputation.... but i was kinda underwhelmed when i browsed their collection ........ their pendants appeared much bigger in pics on their website but the actual size was errrr..... abit disappointing...... maybe only this one is nice....



next i walked over to cartier, which is right next door.........

and here i saw what i like....... especially the LOVE rings and the trinity ring (rose gold, yellow gold and white gold in one band).....

a plain trinity ring (without diamonds) starts from S$1600++ ....... perhaps is reasonable for cartier....... but no matter what, they do charge a premium over local jewellers...... well this is 18k gold after all........

of cos i paid a visit to mont blanc...... which really had me scratching my head......... i dun quite understand why they are asking for S$510 for a stainless steel pendant and a silver chain.......... and $720 for a polished stainless steel pendant and a silver chain.......... i rather pay more for gold ......

well i am keeping my options open..........