Featured Bracelet conundrum thoughts please

Apologies this is very modern piece but I’d like your thoughts on it please.
In amongst tangled tourist type cheap jewellery was this bracelet.
I picked it up as I could see all the gems were prong set and it looked more quality than the usual costume. I thought it could be silver with CZ or at worst one of the fake 925 silver but I’d only have lost £2.
When I got it home to my surprise it’s marked 9K and IJDN which I’ve tracked down to a US company called InterJewel.
However I have a few thoughts/questions about it that have me wondering…..
There is very little out there about InterJewel but they have been around since 1992.
The bracelet is marked 9K on the back and 10k on the clasp. The 9K holds with 9K at acid test but the 10k tongue doesn’t so well. Why would an American piece even have 9K on it?. Is this a company that uses other countries that produce their items where they could be under karat?
So I was thinking it could just be an under karat pretender with glass gems until I test but the Presidium says they are diamonds. Much as I moan about my gem tester (named Mary Contrary!) she has been reliable with diamonds/ruby/sapphire although I don’t have any Moissanite to see what she says about that as I know the two are tricky to differentiate between.
There are literally hundreds of gems that look to be of varying quality, the bracelet is c1.5cm wide with a broken clasp.
Sorry about the rambling and Thankyou for reading this far!.

 

Low carat white gold is usually yellow gold plated with palladium, so you may have been getting a corrupted test.

 

Sorry for being dim, so you mean it could be the correct carat gold but because it may be palladium plated to make it white I am getting a low result particularly on the clasp? Off to google palladium…..

 

Yes, or some other contamination.

 

9K gold has been legal in the US since 2018 .

FTC regulations
(1) An industry product or part thereof, composed throughout of an alloy of gold may be marked and described as “Gold” when such word “Gold,” wherever appearing, is immediately preceded by a correct designation of the karat fineness of the alloy, and such karat designation is of equal conspicuousness as the word “Gold” (for example, “14 Karat Gold,” “14 K. Gold,” “14 Kt. Gold,” “9 Karat Gold,” or “9 Kt. Gold”). Such product may also be marked and described by a designation of the karat fineness of the gold alloy unaccompanied by the word “Gold” (for example, “14 Karat,” “14Kt.,” “14 K.,” or “9 K.”).

 

Thankyou Holly, I didn’t know that, I was under the impression the US didn’t recognise anything under 10k. Learning every day!

 

Which would be a reason why the 9K and makers stamp are a yellower colour?
@Hollyblue please can you tell me how you would describe this bracelet?. My search terms just bring up single strand tennis type bracelets.

 

Pavé set?
Nice find, you must try to have a repair on the clasp for selling

 

From what I can see online about InterJewel USA they were said to have been in the business of selling fine jewelry. I say "were" because Google comes up with a New York street address that says the location is permanently closed. I also found a website address that doesn't work. It would seem odd for so many real diamonds to be set into a bracelet that is 9K, but maybe you should at least explore the possibility of further testing?

 

Diamonds in 9 ct is quite common here. They're usually much lesser ones, often chips.

 

Interesting. Thanks! I always enjoy learning.

 

Thanks Kyra, yes Pavé worked as a search term Its a bit of a rabbit hole trying to find a similar though.
I will get it repaired

That’s what doesn’t sit quite right with me together with it being 9k but from the US.
Either it’s a pretender or it’s 9k to make it more affordable as with 14k or above it would be very expensive.

That’s why I thought it was odd as I thought 9k was only a UK thing until Holly explained.
I wouldn’t even begin to know how to assess the quality of a diamond but I can see that they don’t all look to be the same clarity.
I will get it assessed by a jeweller and hope they don’t laugh me out of the shop if it’s fake plated and glass

 

It's not common here; maybe this was made for export to the UK. It's unlikely to be a fake; they generally don't fake a maker's mark from a defunct company no one outside of the trade would recognize anyway. Nobody here would fake 9K either.

 

Thankyou, that makes me feel more hopeful!

 

Of course, I hope you will update this thread if you learn anything new!

 

Yes, I will take it into town on Friday and see what they say

 

Update on this bracelet in case anyone is interested- it’s been with the jeweller since I posted as they send items away to get quotes for repair.
They are in no doubt it is 9K and diamond.
I went in today and was quoted £130 to repair the clasp with two side loops and the bobbles for them to go over.
I asked him if he thought it was worth it and he said the value is ‘into 4 figures’ but not more specific as it was still with the repairer and we were working off his memory and photos.
So, do you thinks repairing it will enhance its value?. Or would it just get scrapped anyway?.
Is it worth getting a proper appraisal? Last one I had done on a ring was £50 but that was probably 15 years ago.
Where would you sell this? eBay? Auction? but they take soooo much.
Hmm. More questions than answers.
Nice conundrum to have for £2 outlay

 

That's wonderful! I hope it all goes well. I don't usually sell items, so am not going to try to answer your questions. Just wanted to congratulate you.

 

What does it weigh? When fixed you would probably be able to sell it for 2x the scrap gold price if cleaned up nicely and polished. The diamonds are too small to have any significant value on their own, but add value as to the decorative quality of the piece.

 

No, it's not worth appraising it. They won't be able to tell you anything you don't already know. Diamonds are too small to get any meaningful appraisal on. Value is in gold weight plus decorative value for an item like this.