Take mining out of the price and the same specification costs a fraction — which means the money can go into carat weight, or into a fancy colour that would be near-unobtainable mined, or simply stay in your pocket. That is the whole argument, and everything else here follows from it.
What the house is for
Pexa Diam exists to sell lab-grown diamond jewellery without the theatre that usually surrounds it. That means answering the awkward questions in writing rather than in a showroom, publishing the terms including the parts that are not flattering, and handing over an independent laboratory report you can check yourself.
It is a small house and it is not trying to be a large one. Every piece is made to order, which is slower and less convenient than holding stock — and it is the only way to make something to a particular hand, in a particular metal, around a particular stone.
Stuti Aggarwal spent seven years in the corporate world before moving into fine jewellery. The house was started with the family behind it, and it is run out of Gurugram.