Jeweller sets record with gigantic diamond ring

Harshit Bansal of Meerut, has broken the record with his 'Marigold Diamond Ring' -- an eight-layer 165.45 gram ring with 12,638 diamonds of 38.08 carat.

Meerut: A jeweller from Meerut has found a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for making a ring with the maximum number of diamonds. The record was earlier held by a Hyderabad jeweller, Kotti Srikanth, who had made a ring with 7,801 diamonds.

Harshit Bansal of Meerut, has broken the record with his ‘Marigold Diamond Ring’ — an eight-layer 165.45 gram ring with 12,638 diamonds of 38.08 carat. “The work on the ring started in 2018 and it was completed by February 2020,” said Harshit, who learnt jewel designing from Surat after doing his BBA and MBA from SRM University in Meerut.

Each and every diamond was specially tested and all of them are of EF colour and Very Very Slightly Included (VVS) clarity. The ring is certified by International Gemological Laboratory (IGI). “I was toying with several designs for a long time and eventually found it in my garden.

A marigold flower caught my eye and I put it in between my fingers to see how it will look. It was then that I decided that this would be my design. It is priceless. We will keep it with us for now because we are emotionally attached to it.”