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Can't decide on a wedding band!

P: 1/15/2007 12:01:06 AM
EBree Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,653 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 8/31/2005	I finally have my perfect setting; a setting that almost any wedding band will go with. Tragic, I know. But I just can't decide on a wedding band. I'm going shopping tomorrow (around B&M stores in Pasadena..don't worry, I'll bring the camera!), but in the meantime, here are my online favorites. I'd love to hear some opinions or even some suggestions, as I'm pretty much open to anything. The one thing I'm really trying to avoid is an eternity band. Oh, and I should stress...the most important thing to me is that the wedding band can stand on its own. I really, really don't want a wedding band that just "matches" my engagement ring. My engagement ring:
Posted: 1/15/2007 12:01:06 AM

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P: 1/15/2007 12:06:39 AM
EBree Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,653 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 8/31/2005	#1. Platinum Art Deco Filigree Band from the 1930s Pros: Love the filigree, can't beat the price ($350!) Cons: Possibly too "antique" for my setting? Seems very delicate, and I want something that can hold up to every day wear. Haven't seen IRL (and return policy seems a bit shady).
Posted: 1/15/2007 12:06:39 AM

P: 1/15/2007 12:09:48 AM
EBree Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,653 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 8/31/2005	#2. Platinum Starlight Band, Etienne Perret 1. Pros: Love this look, very unique, comes in 2.5mm (!!!!), Etienne is very nice (and responded to me in 30 minutes on a Saturday!) 2. Cons: Price, haven't seen it IRL (or even a picture on someone's hand of 2.5mm)
Posted: 1/15/2007 12:09:48 AM

P: 1/15/2007 12:12:12 AM
EBree Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,653 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 8/31/2005	#3. Plain platinum band Pros: Classic Cons: Not really the unique, wow-when-alone look I think I want
Posted: 1/15/2007 12:12:12 AM

P: 1/15/2007 12:14:20 AM
pwj0629 Cut Rock Total Posts: 120 Last Post: 12/12/2008 Member Since: 11/9/2006	I like #2 and I think it will stand alone on its own better than #1. What is the finish on #2? It looks like it has a matte or cystal finish to it. I will look around for some bands that may match as well. I am guessing you're trying to stay in the 2.5mm range?
Posted: 1/15/2007 12:14:20 AM

P: 1/15/2007 12:16:24 AM
EBree Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,653 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 8/31/2005	I'm opening the forum to you, ladies and gentlemen. Please, help me make up my mind! My fiance is MUCH pickier than I am about jewelry (mostly because he's not a fan) and he's chosen his. Date: 1/15/2007 12:14:20 AM Author: jamiesorr I like #2 and I think it will stand alone on its own better than #1. What is the finish on #2? It looks like it has a matte or cystal finish to it. I will look around for some bands that may match as well. I am guessing you're trying to stay in the 2.5mm range? If I were to go with #2, I'd get the polished finish. And I definitely need to stay around the 2.5mm range. My short little fingers just don't have the room for much bigger!
Posted: 1/15/2007 12:16:24 AM

P: 1/15/2007 12:18:50 AM
ZoeBartlett Ideal Rock Total Posts: 5,879 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 12/29/2006	I like #2 as well. I think it would compliment your e-ring beautifully. It's soooo pretty!!
Posted: 1/15/2007 12:18:50 AM

P: 1/15/2007 12:21:40 AM
EBree Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,653 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 8/31/2005	Date: 1/15/2007 12:18:50 AM Author: zoebartlett I like #2 as well. I think it would compliment your e-ring beautifully. It's soooo pretty!! I think so too! But I'd have to see it with my e-ring before making that splurge. A store near me (well, 2 hours away) carries his jewelry, but I'm not sure if they carry starlight bands or even if they have the 2.5mm band. I'm calling first thing Tuesday.
Posted: 1/15/2007 12:21:40 AM

P: 1/15/2007 12:44:02 AM
kcoursolle Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,344 Last Post: 10/14/2009 Member Since: 1/21/2006	I would go try on a bunch to see what looks good. Also, how about a tiny shared prong eternity band. That would be really pretty.
Posted: 1/15/2007 12:44:02 AM

P: 1/15/2007 1:11:46 AM
pwj0629 Cut Rock Total Posts: 120 Last Post: 12/12/2008 Member Since: 11/9/2006	I know you said you don't want an eternity band but there was a pretty one on the Harry Winston site. Its the second from the bottom with rounds and baguettes. I couldn't seem to find a picture of it I could save to post. I still like #2 with the polished finish. Here is one that is similar to it but I don't know if I am feeling it. Its a 5 stone Scott Kay.
Posted: 1/15/2007 1:11:46 AM

P: 1/15/2007 1:17:29 AM
Cehrabehra Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,597 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 6/29/2006	I like #3 hehe - I'm such a fan of classic plain bands - it will look lovely with your e-ring and will stand up to a century of fashion whims. You can always get an anniversary band someday that bends more to trends, but you'd always have your wedding band that will NEVER go out of style! Sara The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious - the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. ~ Albert Einstein ~
Posted: 1/15/2007 1:17:29 AM

P: 1/15/2007 1:18:28 AM
Cehrabehra Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,597 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 6/29/2006	just gotta comment on the irony - you had this gorgeous and I mean beautiful e-ring and couldn't find ANY bands you like with it and now you have an e-ring that has TOO MANY options!! haha Sara The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious - the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. ~ Albert Einstein ~
Posted: 1/15/2007 1:18:28 AM

P: 1/15/2007 1:24:54 AM
EBree Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,653 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 8/31/2005	Date: 1/15/2007 1:18:28 AM Author: Cehrabehra just gotta comment on the irony - you had this gorgeous and I mean beautiful e-ring and couldn't find ANY bands you like with it and now you have an e-ring that has TOO MANY options!! haha I know, right? But I couldn't be happier with my updated setting. I look at it every day with a feeling of complete and utter contentment. But too many choices? Definitely. jamiesorr, that Scott Kay band is interesting! It looks to be too wide, though. I wish I had longer fingers. kcoursolle, for whatever reason, an eternity band wedding ring doesn't really appeal to me. I might change my mind tomorrow, but as of now, I'd rather have one as an RHR. It's totally weird, but true.
Posted: 1/15/2007 1:24:54 AM

P: 1/15/2007 1:34:32 AM
pwj0629 Cut Rock Total Posts: 120 Last Post: 12/12/2008 Member Since: 11/9/2006	Ya, sorry that was the 3mm. Here is the 2.5mm by Christian Bauer.
Posted: 1/15/2007 1:34:32 AM

P: 1/15/2007 1:40:09 AM
jayrenay9 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 703 Last Post: 10/25/2009 Member Since: 8/3/2006	I like #2 best I think. What do you think about this one from memoire?
Posted: 1/15/2007 1:40:09 AM

P: 1/15/2007 1:42:48 AM
jayrenay9 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 703 Last Post: 10/25/2009 Member Since: 8/3/2006	Or this one also from memoire?
Posted: 1/15/2007 1:42:48 AM

P: 1/15/2007 1:43:49 AM
jayrenay9 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 703 Last Post: 10/25/2009 Member Since: 8/3/2006	I like this one too, I found it on the Robbins Bros site.
Posted: 1/15/2007 1:43:49 AM

P: 1/15/2007 1:45:07 AM
jayrenay9 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 703 Last Post: 10/25/2009 Member Since: 8/3/2006	I really like this one, but I'm going to guess that it's too wide
Posted: 1/15/2007 1:45:07 AM

P: 1/15/2007 1:50:37 AM
EBree Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,653 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 8/31/2005	Date: 1/15/2007 1:45:07 AM Author: jayrenay9 I really like this one, but I'm going to guess that it's too wide Ooh, I like that one a lot, thanks! It does look wide, though! I've come across so many beautifully engraved bands that I've loved, but all three sides are engraved! Nooo! Just the top, please.
Posted: 1/15/2007 1:50:37 AM

P: 1/15/2007 1:51:34 AM
EBree Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,653 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 8/31/2005	Date: 1/15/2007 1:34:32 AM Author: jamiesorr Ya, sorry that was the 3mm. Here is the 2.5mm by Christian Bauer. That one's nice, thanks! In this style, my heart still belongs to the starlight band, though.
Posted: 1/15/2007 1:51:34 AM

P: 1/15/2007 1:57:26 AM
Cehrabehra Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,597 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 6/29/2006	Date: 1/15/2007 1:51:34 AM Author: EBree Date: 1/15/2007 1:34:32 AM Author: jamiesorr Ya, sorry that was the 3mm. Here is the 2.5mm by Christian Bauer. That one's nice, thanks! In this style, my heart still belongs to the starlight band, though. ask him to take a photo of the 2.5mm band! Sara The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious - the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. ~ Albert Einstein ~
Posted: 1/15/2007 1:57:26 AM

P: 1/15/2007 1:59:09 AM
EBree Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,653 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 8/31/2005	Date: 1/15/2007 1:57:26 AM Author: Cehrabehra ask him to take a photo of the 2.5mm band! I emailed him earlier tonight with that exact request.
Posted: 1/15/2007 1:59:09 AM

P: 1/15/2007 9:48:32 AM
diamondseeker2006 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 17,609 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 1/11/2006	Of the ones you posted, I like the Starlight band best with your ring. I don't think antique bands go with it But my favorite bands posted on the whole thread are the 2 Memoire bands! I almost wish I had seen those before I bought my new one! ~~~ When in doubt...don't.~~~
Posted: 1/15/2007 9:48:32 AM

P: 1/15/2007 9:57:14 AM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	I think that Starlight polished would look great. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds." -Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State John Swinton [1829-1901] Chief Editorial Writer of the New York Times (Considered "the Dean of his Profession" by his peers), when asked to toast an 'Independent Press' in a gathering at the National Press Club, circa 1880 "There is no such thing in America as an independent press unless it is in the country towns. You know it, and I know it. There is not one of you who dare express an honest opinion. If you express it you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid... for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for doing similar things.... The business of the New York journalist is to distort the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of Mammon, and sell his country and race for his daily bread, or for what is about the same thing, his salary. You know this, and I know it and what foolery to be toasting an 'independent press.' We are tools, and the vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping-jacks. They pull the strings and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities, all are the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes."
Posted: 1/15/2007 9:57:14 AM

P: 1/15/2007 10:26:06 AM
Sundial Ideal Rock Total Posts: 4,590 Last Post: 7/14/2009 Member Since: 3/14/2005	There are no bad choices here, but I have to vote for that lovely Starlight band. It is classy and elegant just like your e-ring with that added extra touch of bling. I think it would be sheer perfection!
Posted: 1/15/2007 10:26:06 AM

P: 1/15/2007 6:46:13 PM
tanalasta Cut Rock Total Posts: 187 Last Post: 7/2/2007 Member Since: 12/29/2006	There is something special about a plain platinum band. Tiffany and Cartier have some fantastic quality examples of a highly polished and beauiful plain platinum bands. I suggest looking at their website and admiring the quality of their finish. Obviously, they're a LOT cheaper elsewhere. However, plain platinum bands are old fashioned and a lot of people now prefer anniversary rings or eternity rings. Personally, I'm not a fan of full-circle eternity or anniversary rings because of the resizing issue - it is also potentiall easier to knock the bottom part of the ring. Which one to choose is more personal preference. Some people argue a plain platinum won't draw attention away from a solitaire whereas if you're going to wear a band on it's own or want something super sparkly, then more diamonds certainly don't hurt. In the meantime, what do people think of this as a wedding band? The other question is for a 5-6 finger, would you go 2mm , 2.5mm or 3mm?
Posted: 1/15/2007 6:46:13 PM

P: 1/15/2007 7:56:49 PM
EBree Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,653 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 8/31/2005	Thanks for the opinions and suggestions, everyone! FH and I went to several jewelry stores today and I tried so many rings on, my poor finger looked like an angry sausage. I didn't take any pictures (ducks) because I wasn't thrilled with ANY....until the last ring at the last store we went to. And, of course, the lighting was "eh" at best. I'm actually very glad that we went to try things on in person, because I absolutely know that I don't want an eternity band now. For whatever reason, it just overpowers my finger and my center stone. FH and I both agreed that a plain platinum band looks good, but the last ring I tried on was similar to Etienne's Starlight Band (2mm) and it was both of our favorites, by far! It was in rose gold too, which was so gorgeous. I think 2mm might be a smidge too small on its own, so 2.5mm it is. Unfortunately, Etienne doesn't have any other pictures of his 2.5mm Starlight band so I'm going to have to do some serious thinking. It makes me somewhat nervous to order something I haven't tried on, but at least I know I love the style A) on my hand and B) with my e-ring. If anyone has any other ideas, please, keep 'em coming!
Posted: 1/15/2007 7:56:49 PM

P: 1/15/2007 8:17:30 PM
Cehrabehra Ideal Rock Total Posts: 7,597 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 6/29/2006	Date: 1/15/2007 7:56:49 PM Author: EBree Unfortunately, Etienne doesn't have any other pictures of his 2.5mm Starlight band so I'm going to have to do some serious thinking. It makes me somewhat nervous to order something I haven't tried on, but at least I know I love the style A) on my hand and B) with my e-ring. If anyone has any other ideas, please, keep 'em coming! I know this isn't what you were looking for, but when I saw it I thought of you - thought I'd share anyway :) Sara The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious - the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. ~ Albert Einstein ~
Posted: 1/15/2007 8:17:30 PM

P: 1/15/2007 8:18:04 PM
diamondseeker2006 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 17,609 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 1/11/2006	I think the 2.5 Starlight band would be beautiful, Ebree! Tanalasta, I like the band you posted. I think it is smart to get a band that can be resized. I think the width of the wedding band depends on what the e-ring is like. My finger is 5.5 and my wedding band is 3mm. ~~~ When in doubt...don't.~~~
Posted: 1/15/2007 8:18:04 PM

P: 1/15/2007 8:35:05 PM
onedrop Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,575 Last Post: 5/16/2009 Member Since: 8/24/2006	EBree: I have to say I love that Starlight band as well! It's not matchy-matchy and can stand on its own as well. A close second would be the first Memoire band that was posted. There is a Starlight band in rose gold posted over in SMTR if you haven't already seen it, here it is. The band looks a bit wider than 2.5mm but it should give you a good idea of what the rose gold will look like. Just a suggestion. "Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching." ~ Satchel Paige
Posted: 1/15/2007 8:35:05 PM

P: 1/15/2007 8:45:33 PM
tanalasta Cut Rock Total Posts: 187 Last Post: 7/2/2007 Member Since: 12/29/2006	For inspiration for wedding bands - have a look at the US Tiffany site and under the jewellery dropdown menu on the top, scroll 'all the way down' to Wedding bands. Some very nice examples - which is where the one I posted is from. Just bear in mind you're likely to get bigger or smaller with age so perhaps the potential for resizing is a good idea. The other caveat of course is if you can't resize your ring, it's an excuse to ask for an upgrade! It becomes a matter of personal preference at the end of the day. The starlight band is gorgeous but I'm just a fan of the channel set :P Then again, I'm biased as I did post picture of the Tiffany 3mm channel set :)
Posted: 1/15/2007 8:45:33 PM

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