What are the Japanese pearl brands?
Mikimoto Royal Timber Company
When it comes to the pearl brand, we have to mention Miki, who is famous all over the world. Before the founder of Mikimoto, Mikimoto, successfully cultivated the world's first semi-circular pearl at the age of 35, pearls could only be collected from natural mother-shells, and most of them were seedless pearls, with extremely unstable output. At the age of 47, Mikimoto Koichi cultivated round pearls after numerous failures, and began to study the cultivation methods of black and white Nanyang pearls. Because of his efforts, pearls, a natural and organic gem, were only owned by the royal family in the past (you remember Elizabeth I in the last article) before they could enter the homes of ordinary people.
TASAKI
Tanaka Jewelry, a luxury distributor with pearls and precious stones as its main products. Style wandering between classical and modern, bold and detached creativity, has won many international design awards and become the trend vane in the industry. Founded in 1954, it owns famous Japanese jewelry brands, ranging from pearls and diamonds to colored gems. On April 20 10, Tianqi jewelry was renamed TASAKI Tasiqi.
Which Japanese pearl brand is better?
MIKIMOTO Mikimoto, founded in 1893, is known as the king of pearls for its excellent quality and elegant design. The founder's dream is "to make pearls dress up women all over the world". Mikimoto uses strict standards to select pearls, so that every piece of jewelry looks elegant.
Mikimoto Mikimoto Pearl Jewelry was founded on 1893 by Yusi of Mikimoto, who enjoys the reputation of "the father of Japanese pearls". Is the world's top pearl brand, world-renowned. Mikimoto Mikimoto Pearl Jewelry has opened more than 100 branches all over the world, and its various pearl jewelry has been showing people endless charm.
The difference between Japanese pearls and Nanyang pearls
Literally, Japanese pearls and Nanyang pearls are the differences of pearl producing areas. Everyone knows that Japan and Nanyang mean the South Pacific.
Almost all South China Sea pearls belong to seawater pearls, and South China Sea pearls are produced in Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, French Polynesia and other places in the South Pacific. Apart from the valuable Nanyang white pearls, the most special ones in the world are golden Nanyang pearls and Tahiti pearls (also known as black pearls or black Nanyang pearls).
At present, almost all Japanese pearls sold in China are Japanese seawater pearls. Because Nanyang pearls are also cultured in seawater, they all belong to seawater pearls in terms of culture environment. Due to the different cultivation methods of seawater pearls and freshwater pearls, Japanese seawater pearls and Nanyang pearls are mostly round, which are more round and more valuable than freshwater pearls, catering to the high-end jewelry consumption market.
Pinctada martensii is the main marine pearl among Japanese pearls, and the general cultivation time is 3-4 years. The mother-shells of Nanyang pearls are mainly Pinctada maxima, Pinctada papillata and Pinctada nigromaculata. Their shells are larger than those of Pinctada martensii, so they can raise larger pearls, and the cultivation time is longer, which takes at least 5-6 years. So the first difference between Japanese pearls and Nanyang pearls lies in the size of pearls. Generally, the particle size of Japanese pearls is between 9mm, that of Nanyang pearls is over 9mm, and those above 13mm are rare collections with high value.
Due to the differences in size and specifications, Japanese seawater pearls are generally more popular as pearl necklaces. High-quality Japanese seawater pearls look moist and firm because of their good breeding environment and technology, which is very eye-catching for any lady. Nanyang pearl, as the queen of jewelry, has a large diameter, so it is generally used as pearl pendants, earrings and ring jewelry. Of course, matching and stringing a Nanyang pearl necklace with the same color is very rare and precious! Ladies who can wear are either rich or expensive, showing their worth!
In addition to size, the difference between Japanese pearls and Nanyang pearls lies in color. Japanese pearls are mainly white, often with faint colors. Nanyang pearls are not only holy and elegant white, but also rich in noble gold and mysterious black pearls (Tahiti pearls). The value of Nanyang pearls is several times or even ten times higher than that of Japanese pearls. In terms of epidermis, Japanese seawater pearls often have slight growth texture defects, even the best quality pearls will not be completely absent. This is also the natural state of pearls, and there is no need to find fault in eggs. The surface of Nanyang pearls with good quality is smooth, with few or no defects. Therefore, to distinguish Japanese pearls from Nanyang pearls, we can judge from the combination of diameter, color and skin. Of course, ordinary regular merchants will also strictly mark the varieties of pearls to help consumers distinguish between purchases.