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P: 1/7/2004 6:29:30 PM
nyc1229 Rough Rock Total Posts: 6 Last Post: 1/14/2004 Member Since: 1/7/2004	First post to the board -- I've been lurking & soaking up the good advice on PS, DT, and other boards. Thanks to all. Summary: We're engaged! (Proposal story in another post) Details: Ring is custom plat antique-style with 18K yellow filigree, 6-prong plat crown, with 0.35ctw F/VS1 side baguettes. Size 5.5 Center stone: SuperbCert 1.39/H/VS2/Ex/Ex/Thin-Med/Faint Blue/H&A Megascope: 7.23x7.26x4.42 mm Depth 61.0% Table 55.3-55.7% Crown Angle 34.1-34.4 deg Pavil Angle 40.8-41.2 deg Pavil Depth 43.0-43.5% Holloway: 1.5 TIC Brilliancescope: VH2/VH3/VH1
Posted: 1/7/2004 6:29:30 PM

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P: 1/7/2004 6:31:53 PM
nyc1229 Rough Rock Total Posts: 6 Last Post: 1/14/2004 Member Since: 1/7/2004	Top view. Sparkly, huh?
Posted: 1/7/2004 6:31:53 PM

P: 1/7/2004 6:34:27 PM
winyan Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,144 Last Post: 11/1/2006 Member Since: 5/9/2003	Oh wow, that's a beauty, NYC!, Congrats to you, and best wishes to your fiancee! win "... (Corporations) have all the benefits of voters, without the guidance of a conscience. ... Corporations they will bring this country down." Theodore Roosevelt 1904
Posted: 1/7/2004 6:34:27 PM

P: 1/7/2004 6:37:23 PM
sxn675 Cut Rock Total Posts: 456 Last Post: 4/5/2006 Member Since: 11/30/2003	That is lovely! Congratulations!
Posted: 1/7/2004 6:37:23 PM

P: 1/7/2004 6:38:57 PM
nyc1229 Rough Rock Total Posts: 6 Last Post: 1/14/2004 Member Since: 1/7/2004	So, the proposal story. We both really enjoy traveling and have taken several trips together. So, I got a small hardback book called "The Art of Travel" (which is a really good book, by the way). We were about to go out to dinner when I handed her the book, made some sort of comment about how I thought she'd like it, and invited her to look at the page I had marked with a post-it. She did, and saw this. After which she looked up to find me on one knee... and then she said Yes!
Posted: 1/7/2004 6:38:57 PM

P: 1/7/2004 7:13:57 PM
bht122 Rough Rock Total Posts: 47 Last Post: 8/26/2004 Member Since: 6/18/2003	Wow, that is a gorgeous ring!! I really llke the two-tone details. Also, that is one the nicest and most original porposals I have ever heard .
Posted: 1/7/2004 7:13:57 PM

P: 1/7/2004 7:48:21 PM
caratgirl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 634 Last Post: 12/22/2004 Member Since: 1/1/2003	Gorgeous ring, and such a wonderful proposal. I just love the stories about how innovative men get! Caratgirl Just a Diamond Lover
Posted: 1/7/2004 7:48:21 PM

P: 1/7/2004 8:25:38 PM
icelady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,030 Last Post: 10/21/2006 Member Since: 11/25/2003	NYC!! That ring is awesome and your proposal was really romantic and thoughtful!! Congratulations!!! icelady
Posted: 1/7/2004 8:25:38 PM

P: 1/7/2004 9:44:29 PM
diamond dazed Rough Rock Total Posts: 92 Last Post: 2/11/2004 Member Since: 9/30/2003	Ahhhh, what a wonderful proposal, and I LOVE that you showed us a picture of the book. I almost feel like I was there. Wonderful ring, too. Congratulations! Kris 'I ask not for a larger garden, but for finer seeds.' - Russell Herman Conwell
Posted: 1/7/2004 9:44:29 PM

P: 1/7/2004 10:24:43 PM
Colored Gemstone Nut Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,267 Last Post: 10/1/2009 Member Since: 11/21/2002	Beautiful Ring. Who custom made this setting..It is wonderful.... Josh Rioux Haines, Alaska The Colored Gemstone Nut
Posted: 1/7/2004 10:24:43 PM

P: 1/7/2004 10:44:14 PM
Patty Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,031 Last Post: 6/4/2008 Member Since: 12/7/2003	Beautiful ring and lovely engagement story. Congrats!
Posted: 1/7/2004 10:44:14 PM

P: 1/8/2004 7:45:04 PM
lop Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,651 Last Post: 9/7/2009 Member Since: 6/14/2003	what a beautiful ring and thoughful proposal story! I love that it was so personal and unique.
Posted: 1/8/2004 7:45:04 PM

P: 1/9/2004 2:31:15 AM
aneelcon Cut Rock Total Posts: 248 Last Post: 10/22/2004 Member Since: 12/3/2002	What a creative way to propose. Something other than pics or memories! You have the actual book you proposed to!!!! Nice ring too.
Posted: 1/9/2004 2:31:15 AM

P: 1/9/2004 4:28:17 AM
valeria101 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,048 Last Post: 4/30/2006 Member Since: 8/29/2003	Congratulations! Your wonderful ring and intriguing pictures surely are the indication of a great story Ana "The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." [Souren Melikian]
Posted: 1/9/2004 4:28:17 AM

P: 1/9/2004 3:33:39 PM
nyc1229 Rough Rock Total Posts: 6 Last Post: 1/14/2004 Member Since: 1/7/2004	Thanks for all the positive comments. The ring was made by Ida's Gems in Cupertino, CA. www.idasgems.com They are a distributor of several manufacturers and also do a lot of custom work. There were elements I liked (and thought my fiancee would like) from a bunch of different rings I saw, both in-store and online, but I couldn't find one that had it all: - side baguettes (I thought about a 3-stone round, but liked the way the tapered baguettes lead the eye up to the center stone) - "semi-cathedral" shoulders - antique engraved style - two-tone filigree elements (but not overdone) - six-prong crown (to emphasize roundness of the diamond) - curved prongs (to make the crown look more "flower" or "tulip"-like) From the side view close-up photo, the head area may seem a bit cluttered, but seeing it in person, the diamond is defnitely the star of the show! I met with Anthony Masciarelli at Ida's Gems, described the elements that I liked, then worked with him to modify one of his existing designs. He then ordered the crown & had his shop make a wax mold of the ring so I could visualize how it would look with the desired crown. Then the shop made the ring, had it engraved, & set the diamond, & did a great job!
Posted: 1/9/2004 3:33:39 PM

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