Ring Sets Guinness Record with 2,500 Diamonds

Photo credit: Shrenuj & Co.

A famed Ukraine luxury jewelry house has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records for creating a ring with more than 2,500 diamonds.

Known as the “Tsarevna Swan,” the tall, highly stylized 18k white gold ring is set with 2,525 diamonds, according to Guinness. It was created by the Lobortas Classic Jewelry House of Kiev, Ukraine, and was presented and measured on July 21, 2011.

Lobortas has set the price of the ring at $1.3 million, according to published reports.

The diamonds range from 0.001-0.05 carats with a total weight of 10.48 carats. All of the diamonds are of G color and range from VVS2 to VS1 in clarity. The diamonds were supplied by Shrenuj Group, a diamond and diamond jewelry manufacturer based in Mumbai, India.

The design and development of the ring took 530 hours and fabrication took 3,625 hours, according to published reports. The ring is currently being shown in Keiv.