What Do You Understand About Replica and Cheap Tiffany Jewelry?

Reese Witherspoon made Tiffany a symbol of sorts in the movie “Legally Blonde”. Unauthorized manufacturers of replica Tiffany jewelry have been using that popularity to fleece uninformed and unsuspecting consumers. Are you unable to distinguish a fake Tiffany from a genuine one? Here are a few clues you can arm yourself with before you venture out to buy the jewelry of your dreams.

Familiarize Yourself with the Designs

Tiffany releases new and uniquely designed silver jewelry every single year. Learn the characteristic features of these new designs. The designs may sometimes merely be modifications of earlier designs. But, Tiffany’s signature details are always the same. This is how you can differentiate between replica Tiffany and the real ones.

For instance,

1. The links in a necklace are always smoothly closed.
2. You won’t find any bends or curves in the Tiffany Heart pendants.
3. The engraving of the Tiffany logo is super smooth unlike those in Tiffany replicas

Study Pictures Carefully

Carefully scrutinize the online pictures of the jewelry supplied by the seller. Sometimes the seller simply copies pictures from the webpage of the famous jeweler. This will mislead you into thinking that the ear studs you are looking at are authentic. Request pictures of the item taken from different angles. If the seller does not comply with the request, then in all probability he/she is attempting to pass off cheap Tiffany as real.

No Discounts

Understand that there have never been and never will be any discount sales at Tiffany’s. If the cost of the jewelry you are looking to buy is about 10% cheaper, it could be an authentic piece auctioned off by its owner or it could be a fake. When the pricing model was established by the Tiffany founders Charles Young and Charles Tiffany in 1937, it was decided that the selling price will always be non-negotiable.

Tiffany Clasp and Weight

If the chain or necklace does not have a lobster clasp, it cannot be real. The alignment too is perfect in authentic jewelry. Fake ones generally have crude clasps. It is these little details that matter, but are overlooked by cheap Tiffany manufacturers, that actually helps distinguish authentic and fake Tiffany jewelry.

Next verify the weight of the jewelry and also the 925 designation of silver. Tiffany has been using the 925/100 wt standard since 1851 for all its jewelry. In fact, Tiffany is the first American jeweler to use this standard. Each piece of Tiffany jewelry has the 925 designation engraved either on the back or front. You’ll find the engraving on clasps as well. Most replica Tiffany jewelry weigh lesser than the standard 72 grams.