I know Tiffany is overpriced. I was finding the break even point to what I would spend on a setting that I would just as well off going to Tiffany's. Tiffany's minimum diamonds are as follows.
Cut: Excellent
Clarity: SI1
Color: I
Fluorescence: Medium-None
Symmetry: Very Good
Polish: Very Good
My budget is $3500. If I went to Tiffany's I could get a half carat diamond. So using the pricescope search tool, I found that the cheapest .5 carat ring with these parameters was $2300. This means the breakeven point for the setting is $1200. So if I get a setting that is greater than $1200, I would be better off going to Tiffany's. So my question is this:
What is the cheapest Tiffany style setting (six prong, knife edge) available? So far I know Whiteflash and Brian Gavin have settings for $850. Are there any better/cheaper alternatives? The less I spend on the setting the bigger/better diamond I can put in it! And I would like to do better than the half carat I could get at TIffany's.
EDIT: I should have specified that I was looking at Yellow Gold (18k preferably)
Cut: Excellent
Clarity: SI1
Color: I
Fluorescence: Medium-None
Symmetry: Very Good
Polish: Very Good
My budget is $3500. If I went to Tiffany's I could get a half carat diamond. So using the pricescope search tool, I found that the cheapest .5 carat ring with these parameters was $2300. This means the breakeven point for the setting is $1200. So if I get a setting that is greater than $1200, I would be better off going to Tiffany's. So my question is this:
What is the cheapest Tiffany style setting (six prong, knife edge) available? So far I know Whiteflash and Brian Gavin have settings for $850. Are there any better/cheaper alternatives? The less I spend on the setting the bigger/better diamond I can put in it! And I would like to do better than the half carat I could get at TIffany's.
EDIT: I should have specified that I was looking at Yellow Gold (18k preferably)