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Wanted. Suggestions for setting for 4 ct round.

P: 3/29/2004 10:00:58 PM
solange Ideal Rock Total Posts: 871 Last Post: 8/23/2008 Member Since: 2/20/2004	In a previous post, I saw some beautiful setting suggestions. I am getting a round stone over 4 cts in weight. No, this is NOT an engagement ring--it is an upgrade. Although I will never part with my original ring, we could never have afforded anything like this when we were getting married. I am looking for a very simple but elegant platinum setting. I will be wearing it with an eternity ring with touching stones of .28 carats each--about 4.35 carats--also a recent acquisition. I am not too familiar with some of the newer setting styles. I want something that will not be set too high but will clear my wedding band. I'd love to get some advice from those of you who are more up-to-date than I am.
Posted: 3/29/2004 10:00:58 PM

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P: 3/30/2004 1:05:39 AM
Mara Ideal Rock Total Posts: 27,922 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 10/30/2002	Give more to go on...are you looking for a solitaire or with side stones? Do you want fancy side stones, set high, low? My suggestion is to first take a look at the thread in the 'FAQ' section called 'Compilation of Ring Settings'. There are TONS of links in there. Surf around the designers sites. Once you get an idea of what is out there, your taste will begin to emerge and you may find yourself leaning towards one design pattern or another. Then you can narrow it down. Without much to go on...it can be really hard to offer suggestions? ________________________________ "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." -Albert Einstein
Posted: 3/30/2004 1:05:39 AM

P: 3/30/2004 10:31:38 AM
solange Ideal Rock Total Posts: 871 Last Post: 8/23/2008 Member Since: 2/20/2004	Mara, Thanks for the info on the FAQ site. I will look there. I want a solitare where the stone is not set too high but will clear my wedding band. I should post a picture of my wedding band with the engagement ring I have now and perhaps it will be easier to make suggestions. I have been looking but did not know where to find some of the unusual settings that were posted.
Posted: 3/30/2004 10:31:38 AM

P: 3/30/2004 10:43:54 AM
valeria101 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,048 Last Post: 4/30/2006 Member Since: 8/29/2003	Settings are not usually ready-made for stones beyond 2cts. You may have to have it custom made, and I also believe this is the best way. Low settings are this way when the model leaves no metal under the stone, so the culet may get close to the finger. There really is no limit to waht a ring could look like, but it should be a mere technicality to adapt nearly any style so as to accomodate a band near the ring. One can always start with a checklist of ring 'details' (type & number of prongs, height, side stones, band width and type, tappering elements ) and end up with a conservative ring or go for some completely new way of holding stone over finger, I suppose Ana "The greatest experts are only as good as the sum total of what they have seen." [Souren Melikian]
Posted: 3/30/2004 10:43:54 AM

P: 3/30/2004 12:13:30 PM
Mara Ideal Rock Total Posts: 27,922 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 10/30/2002	Solange, some of my favorites for custom on larger stones are on www.artofplatinum.com, Leon Mege's site. Beautiful work. But that compilation thread has tons of ideas too. Agreed with Val that custom should be the way to go on a head this size. It also allows you to really create your own vision of what you want to wear! ________________________________ "Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." -Albert Einstein
Posted: 3/30/2004 12:13:30 PM

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