I purchased this as a gift for a friend, with plenty of time to spare.  It arrived before her birthday and looked nice in the box.  It came in a velvet hinged box, on a velvet card.  I almost wrapped it when I decided to check the back of the chain which was affixed to the card.  Good thing I did.  It was in a massive knot.  I worked for over an hour and was able to get all but a tiny knot out.  So, I contaced Amazon and had a replacement sent.  This one arrived in a sealed navy cardboard gift box.  Inside was a navy velvet bag, which I first thought was empty.  Inside the bag wadded up at the bottom was the necklace.  The chain was looped all inside the center of the pendant around the hands and then that which wasn't inside was a knotted up, hanging off.  Pathetic.  Well, now I've had two of these and both were useless, not to mention, my friends birthday is now past, with no gift.

A futher note is that many of the reviews say the chain is poor, and those reviews are absolutely right.  The clasp is tiny & flimsy, the chain also is very flimsy.  Very poor quality.  The pendant is ok, I don't think it's as great as some people do, but to each his own.  The chain is just junk.

Overall, I would not recommend this to anyone.