MIKIMOTO pearls are referred to as hanadama, or 'flower pearls', which denotes the highest quality pearls. The defining factors of beauty in a pearl include not only colour and shape and smoothness of surface, but also lustre, and that mysterious quality known as 'nacre thickness', or the thickness of the pearl layers. For MIKIMOTO, the capacity to create quality is based on evaluation standards refined through the course of the firm's history.
MIKIMOTO's experts apply these internationally renowned standards in selecting only the finest pearls. They perceive the minute individual differences that make each pearl unique, taking great care and at times going to incredible lengths to ensure the ideal matching, considering colour, lustre and other factors in forming harmonious settings. A MIKIMOTO necklace in particular must be a symphony of spheres, never complete until it is tuned precisely. The indefinable essence that shines forth from a MIKIMOTO pearl symbolizes the company's pride as original creator of cultured pearls. |
