I'm torn about this bracelet. It's quite heavy and feels like it's made well, and from a distance (really as close as six feet) it looks stunning. It's the close up viewpoint that I'm not thrilled with. Each pearl has a ring around it--at first, I thought the pearls were fake, and the ring was from the mold. But after reading other reviews, I'm convinced the ring comes from the machine used to drill holes for the string to go through. And the string is the other issue I have with this bracelet. I could tell before I ordered it that it was bound with a dark string, but up close, the brown string detracts from the beauty of the bracelet. It's a thick string that would be better suited to casual jewelry. Because of these issues, I have to give it three stars. It's not terrible, and it's not spectacular ... it's just OK.