Date: 3/28/2006 8:23:53 AM
Author: mrssalvo
If she fell in love with that setting, I think you should definitely get her that setting. My suggestion was just waiting on the setting for a few months so she could have both by getting the stone now and setting later, but if she wants the whole package now, i'm sure you can find a great stone just under 1 carat and do the setting too..
Date: 3/28/2006 12:13:49 PM
Author: togal
Most women, I believe, if given a choice between a 1 ct engagement ring vs. a .80 plus .27 points of diamonds, would go for the 1 ct every time.
Date: 3/28/2006 1:03:01 PM
Author: linvillegorge
I really want to stay with an ideal cut as I want the diamond to look as good as it possibly can.
Cool. I''d look for proportions (angles, perhaps some degree of ''pattern'' but not necesarily H&A) and little else to achieve that.
Is it alright to downgrade a bit on polish and symetry, perhaps down to a VG? How big of a difference does that make?
IMO? None. Anyway, it isn''t quite an arbitrary opinion. You might want to search for older threads with the same questio - there''s plenty on that.
Also, with clarity... Is an SI1 or SI2 acceptably ''eye clean''? I don''t care if you can see a few inclusions under magnification as I don''t think many people are going to be inspecting the ring that closely!
Most of the time, especially SI1. And around one carat. SI2 should fare quite well too.
For what it''s worth, this is the diamond I''m eyeing right now:
http://www.whiteflash.com/round/Round-cut-diamond-2325457.htm
I don''t see any info about proportions... or what th inclusions are. Since this looks like a virtual lsiting, I doubt WF has any more info than what is listed.
The .92 from Winfields is sold to me LOL...I have it on my hand as we speak. I think they just haven't taken it off yet for some reason.Date: 3/28/2006 2:14:49 PM
Author: jimhwu
You can do a search by cut here in pricescope (under the PRICES menu on the top) and you can see the slightly discounted prices also. For that diamond, it's actually lower cost than your original one.
Here is another good one from Good Old Gold:
http://www.goodoldgold.com/diamond/1547/
It also shows a .92 G SI2 from Winfields that is a little pricier ~$3450, but closer to your 1 ct. mark.
Jim
http://www.jamesallen.com/diamond.asp?cid=130&item=773599
http://www.jamesallen.com/diamond.asp?cid=130&item=825261
http://www.jamesallen.com/diamond.asp?cid=130&item=812806