What to look for in an Eternity Band?

[churchwedding]

Been reading posts here at PS for some time and want to get some advice on eternity bands. I am engaged to be married in a few months and am now looking at some wedding bands. I am thinking of buying an eternity band for her and have noticed that they do not come with grading reports...presuably because the diamonds are so small. Most of the B&M we''ve looked at just say the stones are F/G, VS. That being the case, what should I look for when buying an eternity band?...I just want to make sure that I get a quality piece.

Also, would love to hear any suggestions for wedding bands that may look good with a Solitaire round (1.54 CT) in a channel set (8 stones, total CTW of .5) band.

Thanks much!

 

[belle]

Date: 1/11/2006 3:49:40 PM
Author:churchwedding
Been reading posts here at PS for some time and want to get some advice on eternity bands. I am engaged to be married in a few months and am now looking at some wedding bands. I am thinking of buying an eternity band for her and have noticed that they do not come with grading reports...presuably because the diamonds are so small. Most of the B&M we've looked at just say the stones are F/G, VS.

yep..that's the way melee are graded. it's not unusual at all.

Date: 1/11/2006 3:49:40 PM
Author:churchwedding

That being the case, what should I look for when buying an eternity band?...I just want to make sure that I get a quality piece.

look for quality workmanship... i.e. stones being similar sized and lined up well..clean lines on the metal..good overall finish.. those kinds of things.

Date: 1/11/2006 3:49:40 PM
Author:churchwedding

Also, would love to hear any suggestions for wedding bands that may look good with a Solitaire round (1.54 CT) in a channel set (8 stones, total CTW of .5) band.

Thanks much!

i think a matching channel set band would be nice.

make sure you get the right size if you go eternity!

 

[Dee Jay]

My first inclination would be to "match" the chanel set portion of the e-ring band, both in style and in stone size/quality. But there are LOTS of options out there! Do you have any pictures of your e-ring so that we can possibly make so other suggestions too.

 

[churchwedding]

Thanks for your replies...I don''t have a photo on me right now (I''m at work), but the e-ring is a round 1.54 F/VS2 with four round channel set diamonds on each side. I also am thinking of a channel set band as well as it would match well, but my fiance'' likes ''less'' conservative bands than I do and in a way, doesn''t care if the wedding band matches the e-ring band.

I''ve heard that if you don''t match the band to the e-ring (e.g. channel to channel) then one must avoid buying a band where the diamonds might ''knock'' into the e-ring and cause chipping (like a pave or knife edge band against the channel set e-ring?). Is this true?

 

[Dee Jay]

I have a shared prong eterniny band where the stones "hang over" pretty significantly. The metal portion of the basket of the center stone on my original e-ring was scratched pretty severely by the diamonds over time. For that reason I''m carefully considering what to do about resetting my upgraded e-ring so it doesn''t happen again.