Every commission begins with a conversation, about the child who has arrived, or who is coming, and about what you want her story to hold. From there, everything follows.
Before the pendant is made, before the stone is chosen, the Legacy Vault™ is already open, waiting for the first entry.
HOW IT WORKS
The commission from first conversation to first memory.
A First Light commission is not a transaction. It is the beginning of something. Here is how it unfolds.
THE CONVERSATION
Everything begins here. A private conversation, by video call, or by telephone. We talk about the child, the family, the occasion. About what the stone should feel like to wear in thirty years. About what the Legacy Vault™ should hold.
THE DIAMOND
We present a selection of natural diamonds from our verified origins, Botswana, Canada, Namibia, each with full GIA Origin certification. We guide you through the choices honestly: what will wear beautifully at three and at forty-three, what the stone’s story means within the vault, what best fits your vision and your investment.
Her story starts the moment you commission it.
To enquire about, or commission First Light, contact us through the form below. We respond to every enquiry personally.
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THE LEGACY VAULT™
The Legacy Vault™ is created and activated, before the pendant is even made. You receive your vault access, the milestone framework, and guidance on the first entries. If the child has not yet arrived, the vault can already hold the scan, a letter, a message for the future. Her story begins now.
THE MAKING
The pendant is crafted by our RJC-certified manufacturing partners using Fairtrade certified gold and your chosen stone. The De Vere Diamonds hallmark is applied at the London Assay office. The completed piece arrives in the First Light keepsake box, with the vault activation card, the GIA Origin Report, and a letter from De Vere Diamonds for the vault.
“You will not remember the words you said the morning she was born. But you will remember that you gave her this, and that the vault was already waiting, with the scan already inside it, before she drew her first breath.”
THE FIRST CONVERSATION
What we will talk about
No two First Light commissions are the same. The conversation shapes everything, which is why it comes before any choice about diamonds or settings.
THE OCCASION
Whether the child has arrived or is coming, and when. We can begin the vault and commission the diamond before birth, which is the approach we recommend wherever possible.
THE DIAMOND
What size, what origin, what feel. We will talk honestly about the choices, not to upsell, but to find the stone that will wear beautifully for a lifetime and carry the right weight of provenance within the vault.
THE VAULT
What you want it to hold, and who else will contribute. Grandparents, parents, godparents. How the milestone framework will work for this particular family. What the stewardship transfer should look like in eighteen years.
THE SETTING AND METAL
Rubover or claw. White gold, yellow gold or platinum. Whether a family stone might be incorporated, brought into the First Light setting and its previous life recorded in the vault before the new chapter begins.
WHAT YOU WANT HER TO KNOW
The reason you are commissioning this. The things you want her to find in the vault when the stewardship transfers. We can help you write the first letter, if you would like that.
“I started De Vere Diamonds because of what I found, and what I lost, when my mother died. Jewellery that revealed chapters of her life I had never known, and then disappeared before I could hold onto them. Every First Light commission is, in some way, the answer to that. A story kept from the very beginning, so nothing is lost.”
The diamond holds the light.
The Legacy Vault™ holds everything else.
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In twenty years she will open the vault and find the letter you wrote at 2am on her fourth night, the one you wrote when she was finally asleep and you were sitting there thinking that you would do absolutely anything.
She will find every photograph you thought to take. Every entry her grandparents made on her behalf before she was old enough to make them herself. Every voice recording, every milestone, every ordinary Tuesday that someone decided to note down because it felt important, and was.
The pendant she wears every day will hold all of it. And when the time comes, she will place it in the hands of someone she loves, and everything inside will pass on too.
WHEREVER YOU ARE, WE CAN BEGIN
First Light commissions are available by private consultation from anywhere in the world. The vault has no geography, it opens wherever you are, and stays open wherever she goes.
We work with families across London, the UAE, India, and internationally. The initial consultation is by video call and all subsequent decisions can be made remotely. The completed commission is delivered securely to any address worldwide.
“The vault is digital and has no geography. A grandmother in Mumbai can add an entry the same morning as one in Mayfair.”
HER STORY, STARTS HERE
Tell us about the child who has arrived, or who is coming. We will respond within one working day to arrange a private consultation at a time that suits you, wherever you are in the world.
There is no obligation. The first conversation is simply a conversation. We would like to hear about her.