Tacori Engagement Rings and Wedding Bands (Eternity)

Hi,
I just got the same Tacori setting (Rosebud)for my 10 yr anniversary present.  Matching wedding band too   I can't tell you about wear since I've only had it a week, but so far I LOVE it!  I fell in love with it the minute I saw an ad in InStyle Magazine, and even though I did a lot of research on other settings, I still had the strongest reaction to this one.  I also liked the Koala (I think, the one with the double U prongs and no little diamonds on the sides of the center stone) but it was slightly more bulky.  Things I like about this setting:
* antique look
* platinum (I'm a white metal girl, old setting was yellow gold)
* intricate, yet delicate milgrain and detail work -- it's much finer in person than in the magazine ads.  It's not too busy for as much as it has going on.
* won't show scratches as much (I wear my rings all the time, so smooth finishes on the band get abused).
* love the sentimentality of the "eternity" theme
* nice view even when the ring goes south on cold days (my fingers are smaller at the base so they tend to be loose on cold days - that's what I get for cracking my knuckles)

That's a really big stone (by my standards, anyway) that you are planning to put in it.  It might be a tad overpowering for those tiny side stones on either side of the center.  The Koala design I originally considered might be more proportioned to your center.  It's a slightly wider band and no small stones on the sides of the center might be more suited to a diamond of that size.  Just a suggestion.  To give you a comparison point, my center is a .87 but it measures a bit on the larger side at the table so on glance it looks like about a 1.0.  I think a bigger stone would like just as nice, but not sure how much larger before it gets out of proportion to the band width.

Just curious, where are you planning to buy the setting -- B&M or online?

HTH

Hi again,

Regarding a pic of my ring, haven't got one yet.  As others have commented, it's really hard to get a good photo of something so small -- I tried a few times and my digital camera just can't deal with it so all I get is a blur.  I will tell you that it looks a lot like the ad photo since my stone is close to a 1.0 in diameter and it's a D color.  That reminds me, definitely watch for color when you buy the center because I believe the pave and side diamonds are E color.  I'm sure all the experts here on this board could chime in on that issue.

 

As for the setting purchase, "we" went through a B&M (my DH is great, but left the research for me in this area, now cars and vacations are whole 'nother matter).  I looked at a couple onlines, figuring I'd save on tax, but in the end I felt more comfortable doing the setting through a physical store.  After going to just about every Tacori authorized dealer in the SF-South Bay area, I selected Willow Glen Diamon Company (small, independent b&m). They were so great, and I am definitely happy with their customer service.  Someday, if we decide to upgrade the diamond I might go through online for that ...

 

Good luck!  You have a very lucky lady there.  I'm sure she'll love her ring as much as I do. 

MG