3D visualization
See your jewelry before it exists.
A personalized one-of-a-kind piece cannot be tried on in advance. But it can be seen: photorealistic, in your precious metal, with your signature – before a single gram of gold is worked in our atelier.
With mass-produced pieces, you see the product before you buy. Of course, you can try on many rings in every variation at our atelier. For the one-of-a-kind piece we craft especially for you, our photorealistic 3D visualization guarantees a risk-free decision: you only decide with a photorealistic image before your eyes, not with a mere idea in your mind.
What you will see
A photorealistic rendering of your design – not a sketch but an image – for rings, an animation as well.
The visualization shows your jewelry exactly as it will look: shape and proportion, width and thickness, the surface, the metal color in platinum, yellow, rose or white gold, any gemstone setting – and above all the course of your RetinaSignature on the finished surface.
Although we already create a first 2D visualization in your first consultation, right after your RetinaScans are taken, only the 3D visualization is realistic enough to put your jewelry before your eyes as a true model.
How the visualization is created
Four steps between your consultation and your approval.
Design consultation
We record what is to be created: shape, width, metal, gemstone setting, how it will be worn. Your wishes become the foundation of the model.
Working in your signature
From your RetinaScan we select your personal RetinaCode® – the section with the most beautiful lines – and translate it into the three-dimensional model.
Rendering
Material, light and surroundings are set until the image matches what you will later hold in your hands. You receive it digitally in your protected private download area.
Correction and approval
You share your wishes, we refine – as often as it takes until it is right. Only after your approval does handcrafting begin in Basel.
Why it is credited
You pay for our design work – an essential part of how your jewelry comes to be.
Behind every visualization lie several hours of design work. That is why it is not free: CHF 400 per piece of jewelry. If you decide on the piece, this amount is credited 100 percent toward the purchase price – so when you order, the visualization costs you nothing.
And if you decide against it? Then you have made an informed decision instead of ordering an expensive one-of-a-kind piece on trust alone. That, too, is worth the effort. You will find all guide prices at a glance on our prices page.
Included in the process
The visualization is not an optional extra but a fixed step on the way to your one-of-a-kind piece.
3 correction rounds included until the design is right – production only starts after your approval
Credited 100 percent toward the purchase price when you order
On request as an express visualization – accelerated for urgent occasions
When time is short
As a rule, you receive your 3D visualization within one week. Some occasions call for a faster pace. For these cases there is the express visualization: the same quality, with a much shorter waiting time.
It is part of the home visit packages Signature Visit and Signature Experience and can be combined with our express service for production. What is realistic within your time frame, we tell you honestly in our consultation – better a clear no than a broken promise.
Examples
This is how realistically you see your jewelry before it exists.
See your jewelry
It begins with a consultation – free of charge, online or at our atelier at Rheinsprung 10 in Basel. Everything else grows from there.
Book a consultationFrequently asked questions about 3D visualization
What is the 3D visualization at RETINA®?
A photorealistic rendering of your designed piece, created before crafting begins. It shows shape, proportion, surface, metal color, gemstone setting and the course of your RetinaSignature exactly as the finished piece will look.
Is the 3D visualization credited?
Yes, 100 percent when you order. The amount is fully credited toward the purchase price of your jewelry. If you order, the visualization is effectively free for you.
Why does the visualization cost anything at all?
Because several hours of design work lie behind every visualization: your RetinaSignature is selected, abstracted and translated into the three-dimensional model, then material, light and setting are added. If you decide on the piece, we carry this work in full – the amount is credited.
How many changes are possible?
As many as it takes until it is right. We work in correction rounds: you see the design, share your wishes, we refine. Only when you approve the design does handcrafting begin. Very extensive redesigns that depart from the agreed concept, we discuss openly in advance.
How long does the 3D visualization take?
As a rule, about one week after the RetinaScan and the design consultation. For urgent occasions there is an accelerated express option; it is also included in the home visit packages Signature Visit and Signature Experience.
Do I have to order after the visualization?
No. The visualization commits you to nothing. It exists precisely so that you can decide at your leisure – with an image before your eyes instead of an idea in your mind.
Do I get one visualization per ring or per pair?
The amount applies per piece of jewelry. For a ring pair, both rings are therefore visualized; what this means in your case, we set out transparently in the quote.
Does the finished piece really look like the visualization?
Very close. Shape, proportion, width, setting and the course of your signature match the design. What a screen can never fully capture is the play of real light on polished metal and in a cut stone – as a rule, in favor of the real piece.