This rotating vintage locket and chain together create an extremely unique, exciting and beautiful piece of jewelry.  I can tell this is going to be my favorite necklace.  When I saw it I got that giddy childlike feeling you get when you are very happy with something.  I thought immediately of similar reaction's this item was going to get from 3 other recipients for family birthday gifts.  The video and picture's of this locket and necklace depicts them accurately.  It's is a nice weight and chain is nice and long and support's the weight of the necklace.  This necklace shimmer's gold in the light and is extremely eye catching.  The box it comes in is sturdy and attractive also.  It comes with a soft jewelry bag as well to protect it during storage.

Because the locket is a replica of a vintage 1928 necklace, the design is 'old fashioned', yet, it also looks as though this could be current fine custom jewelry piece.  It catches the light as it rotates and gives the appearance of a real gold jewelry piece.  I really feel this necklace is a bargain at its price, because it is beautiful and unique, but also because it does give the appearance and feel of a fine jewelry piece.  I think it is a sturdy and solid piece of jewelry, but I will be able to tell more so of course after wearing it over the course of time.  It is a piece I will take good care of.

The Sister that had her birthday on July 9th absolutely loves her necklace and called me just to tell me so.  She sounded excited (as I was) and relayed that she was wearing it 'now', and that she had worn it the entire day everywhere.  She relayed to me that I had given her a really great gift.  I bought my Daughter a few gifts for her birthday this year.  My Daughter's birthday is on July 15th.  I gave her one of her gifts just today 7/13/2011, but she does not know about this gift yet and won't until her birthday.  I have a feeling she will also be exuberant.  It really is a beautiful piece you want to wear, a lot.

I ordered these with Standard Shipping (USPS) and all but one arrived and was lost through USPS; not the Seller (Amazon's) fault.  However, the fact that this was the only one that I was unable to track and had to notify Amazon twice that I was unable to, 2 email inquiries and 11 Day's later, there was finally an amicable resolution.  First Amazon credited my shipping cost I was charged for the lost item and in turn offered a 1 Day Delivery, free of charge and a necklace replacement without another charge to my account for the lost USPS item.

So although the missing gift is late, and I cannot change the lateness of my gift, it is finally going to get to its intended destination, by an estimated arrival date of July 15th, 2011 (I ordered it July 2nd, 2011).  It is my hope that the Sister that is getting this gift late will adore and appreciate this piece of jewelry.  Sometimes things just don't quite go the way you think they should.

Lastly, I think once she open's the bubble pack it comes in with a very nice gift box and attractive jewelry bag to store it in, all will be forgiven.  This Sister, whose birthday was on July 4th, will hopefully be receiving her necklace on July 15th, 2011 as planned.  I can't wait for her to receive and open it.  The anticipation is hard to take!!!

I will be ordering at least 2 more of these because I have two more ladies with birthday's (next year) who I also know would greatly appreciate a gift such as this.

P.S. I do look forward to better package tracking from both Amazon & USPS so that problems such as this can be identified and rectified much earlier in the process.  All my other packages in transit I was able to track.  I think that might be a good indicator to Amazon in the future that something is wrong if you can track all but one package on a multiple order of the same thing?  Just my 2 cents, whatever its worth.

UPDATE 8/4/2011 - My Sister did receive the item on time the second time it was shipped and truly loves the necklace.

I did call Amazon again because again the tracking was not transparent, so they personally tended to the tracking piece and kept me notified by phone of exactly what was going on until the item was delivered.  The first one simply disappeared from USPS, so they resent the item at no additional cost and through UPS instead.

Thank's so much for making sure my Sister received her gift.  Very much appreciated.  She emailed me that it was well worth the wait and that she absolutely 'love's it!'