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vote on a setting for me please!

P: 6/27/2007 9:04:38 AM
parkerj Cut Rock Total Posts: 168 Last Post: 7/22/2009 Member Since: 6/25/2007	I've narrowed down the search to these two settings. The first one is an Eli Jewels below. I love this setting and the girdle (I think that is the area on the knuckle side and fingernail side) is slathered in pave and intricate carvings. It is heavy platinum and the jeweler here in town says he'd make me a deal I couldn't refuse.
Posted: 6/27/2007 9:04:38 AM

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P: 6/27/2007 9:08:27 AM
parkerj Cut Rock Total Posts: 168 Last Post: 7/22/2009 Member Since: 6/25/2007	This second one is a christopher desgins ring. It doesn't have any detail in the girdle area, but I love the finger coverage. If both rings were the same price (they are not) and the center diamond was exactly the same, which one would you vote for?
Posted: 6/27/2007 9:08:27 AM

P: 6/27/2007 9:11:22 AM
parkerj Cut Rock Total Posts: 168 Last Post: 7/22/2009 Member Since: 6/25/2007	Here is a larger photo of the Christopher designs one..Votes please>
Posted: 6/27/2007 9:11:22 AM

P: 6/27/2007 9:13:47 AM
mrssalvo Ideal Rock Total Posts: 16,856 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 1/3/2005	what size is your finger and what size will the center stone be? ----------------------------- A deal is only a deal if you are getting exactly what you want.
Posted: 6/27/2007 9:13:47 AM

P: 6/27/2007 9:15:30 AM
neatfreak Ideal Rock Total Posts: 13,445 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 2/17/2007	Out of those two I would go with the Eli designs one. The other one is just way too much IMO.
Posted: 6/27/2007 9:15:30 AM

P: 6/27/2007 9:32:51 AM
parkerj Cut Rock Total Posts: 168 Last Post: 7/22/2009 Member Since: 6/25/2007	I wear a 6 and the center stone would be between 1.5 and 1.75. The photo doesn't show it, but the eli designs one is hand carved all around the shank on both sides.
Posted: 6/27/2007 9:32:51 AM

P: 6/27/2007 9:37:20 AM
mrssalvo Ideal Rock Total Posts: 16,856 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 1/3/2005	ok, second question...are you going to wear this as a stand alone ring or are you planning on wearing it with a wedding band. This is an upgrade/annivesary ring right? ----------------------------- A deal is only a deal if you are getting exactly what you want.
Posted: 6/27/2007 9:37:20 AM

P: 6/27/2007 9:37:36 AM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	Eli! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "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: 6/27/2007 9:37:36 AM

P: 6/27/2007 9:40:15 AM
parkerj Cut Rock Total Posts: 168 Last Post: 7/22/2009 Member Since: 6/25/2007	I'll wear it by itself. This is our 20th anniversary ring- my original ring was a 1/4 ct. marquis- brown color! ha.
Posted: 6/27/2007 9:40:15 AM

P: 6/27/2007 9:41:30 AM
Pyramid Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,914 Last Post: 11/11/2009 Member Since: 11/10/2002	I very much prefer the first over the second, I don't like the square shaped stones with the round. Ofcourse everyone has their own opinions and you need to decide for yourself.
Posted: 6/27/2007 9:41:30 AM

P: 6/27/2007 9:41:45 AM
avlis Cut Rock Total Posts: 237 Last Post: 8/20/2008 Member Since: 10/22/2006	the first one is much better looking IMHO
Posted: 6/27/2007 9:41:45 AM

P: 6/27/2007 9:45:30 AM
Fly Girl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,760 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 1/9/2007	Eli. It just looks less busy. Too many different elements fighting for attention in the other ring. The point is to enhance the center stone, but detract from it. **** Life is a Journey, not a Destination. ****
Posted: 6/27/2007 9:45:30 AM

P: 6/27/2007 9:53:38 AM
cinnamon013 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,681 Last Post: 9/9/2009 Member Since: 4/15/2007	Eli is less busy. Don't like the square stones on the second one. I'd pick Eli.
Posted: 6/27/2007 9:53:38 AM

P: 6/27/2007 9:54:53 AM
*DeeJay** Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,491 Last Post: 9/23/2009 Member Since: 3/26/2006	I vote for the first one. The whole design seems to go together, where in the second one it's just too many different things going on.
Posted: 6/27/2007 9:54:53 AM

P: 6/27/2007 9:55:56 AM
mrssalvo Ideal Rock Total Posts: 16,856 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 1/3/2005	well, I don't know... I kinda like the second one as a stand alone ring. Have you seen it in person? ----------------------------- A deal is only a deal if you are getting exactly what you want.
Posted: 6/27/2007 9:55:56 AM

P: 6/27/2007 9:58:15 AM
Clio Ideal Rock Total Posts: 525 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2007	I like the 2nd one, but they're both pretty.
Posted: 6/27/2007 9:58:15 AM

P: 6/27/2007 10:06:59 AM
Nicki Cut Rock Total Posts: 250 Last Post: 5/9/2008 Member Since: 6/21/2007	I vote for the Eli, too. It seems to be the more harmonious of the two designs. :)
Posted: 6/27/2007 10:06:59 AM

P: 6/27/2007 10:07:08 AM
parkerj Cut Rock Total Posts: 168 Last Post: 7/22/2009 Member Since: 6/25/2007	I've tried them both on. The eli one has a much higher profile which I don't usually care for, but in this ring it doesn't bother me. The Christopher designs one is more comfortable. In the picture, it seems that the side stones in the Christopher are enormous, but they really aren't. The only drawback from the Christopher one (for me) is that the girdle area is very plain. The drawback from the eli one is the high profile. aarrgghh.
Posted: 6/27/2007 10:07:08 AM

P: 6/27/2007 10:08:36 AM
Pricescope Administrator Total Posts: 8,265 Last Post: 1/5/2008 Member Since: 1/1/2000	Second one, i think it actually looks less busy from the top. Pricescope
Posted: 6/27/2007 10:08:36 AM

P: 6/27/2007 10:10:47 AM
*DeeJay** Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,491 Last Post: 9/23/2009 Member Since: 3/26/2006	Date: 6/27/2007 10:07:08 AM Author: parkerj I've tried them both on. The eli one has a much higher profile which I don't usually care for, but in this ring it doesn't bother me. The Christopher designs one is more comfortable. In the picture, it seems that the side stones in the Christopher are enormous, but they really aren't. The only drawback from the Christopher one (for me) is that the girdle area is very plain. The drawback from the eli one is the high profile. aarrgghh. When you say the Eli has a higher profile do you mean the whole ring or the stone itself sits out of the setting higher? It looks like, based on the gap between the stone and the halo, that the center diamond is very high in the Eli setting, but I would think you could specify that it be set a lot lower than in this version.
Posted: 6/27/2007 10:10:47 AM

P: 6/27/2007 10:17:01 AM
parkerj Cut Rock Total Posts: 168 Last Post: 7/22/2009 Member Since: 6/25/2007	Although the picture doesn't show it, there is a ring about 2mm wide filled with pave diamonds in a wave pattern under the center stone setting. Even with the center diamond tucked in further, the side profile is much higher than the other one. You can kind of see the edge of the pattern sticking out in the picture. The eli one is in platinum for less than the other one in platinum because the jeweler has had it for a while.
Posted: 6/27/2007 10:17:01 AM

P: 6/27/2007 10:17:41 AM
shminbabe Cut Rock Total Posts: 364 Last Post: 11/8/2007 Member Since: 6/19/2007	well, i do like the first one best...but you mentioned it's 'high' which i think would bug me too. still, on gut instinct alone, my heart goes to the first one. which one makes your heart leap? that's the question? to my eye, the first one is 'cleaner' and i'm a clean lined kind of person. i'd hate to sway you since this is such a personal preference. get the one that makes your own heart skip a beat when you see it. jeannie Jeannie
Posted: 6/27/2007 10:17:41 AM

P: 6/27/2007 10:23:47 AM
parkerj Cut Rock Total Posts: 168 Last Post: 7/22/2009 Member Since: 6/25/2007	Yesterday, I liked the Eli one. Today I like the Christopher one--probably just until this afternoon.
Posted: 6/27/2007 10:23:47 AM

P: 6/27/2007 10:25:33 AM
Love in Bloom Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,535 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 3/31/2007	I vote for the second one. Oh and I love that kitty in your avatar. So cute! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When the axe came into the forest, the trees said the handle is one of us. -bumper sticker
Posted: 6/27/2007 10:25:33 AM

P: 6/27/2007 10:27:20 AM
parkerj Cut Rock Total Posts: 168 Last Post: 7/22/2009 Member Since: 6/25/2007	That's my cat maddie. She is a little touched in the head.
Posted: 6/27/2007 10:27:20 AM

P: 6/27/2007 10:28:06 AM
jcrow Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,477 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 8/8/2005	i like the first one better. more feminine. but i'd want to lower the diamond and get rid of a lot of that space below & around it.
Posted: 6/27/2007 10:28:06 AM

P: 6/27/2007 10:31:53 AM
Jenn5504 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,166 Last Post: 8/20/2009 Member Since: 5/21/2007	I like the first one better.
Posted: 6/27/2007 10:31:53 AM

P: 6/27/2007 10:32:44 AM
Love in Bloom Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,535 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 3/31/2007	Date: 6/27/2007 10:27:20 AM Author: parkerj That's my cat maddie. She is a little touched in the head. LOL. The best ones usually are . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When the axe came into the forest, the trees said the handle is one of us. -bumper sticker
Posted: 6/27/2007 10:32:44 AM

P: 6/27/2007 10:33:58 AM
Pricescope Administrator Total Posts: 8,265 Last Post: 1/5/2008 Member Since: 1/1/2000	Date: 6/27/2007 10:17:01 AM Author: parkerj The eli one is in platinum for less than the other one in platinum because the jeweler has had it for a while. I don't know the tcw of both but think the second has much more and that's a good reason for higher price. Pricescope
Posted: 6/27/2007 10:33:58 AM

P: 6/27/2007 10:44:16 AM
parkerj Cut Rock Total Posts: 168 Last Post: 7/22/2009 Member Since: 6/25/2007	There are more votes for the eli than the Christopher so far. How do I know what to choose? Maybe one on each hand? (OK, need to put the kids through college). I love them both equally for different reasons. _just like my kids!
Posted: 6/27/2007 10:44:16 AM

P: 6/27/2007 10:47:54 AM
Love in Bloom Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,535 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 3/31/2007	I also think the first one, while still really nice, kind of looks kind of like a class ring to me. The second ring has stronger shoulders that appeal to me from the pics. I totally agree with jcrow though. If you go with the Eli I would definitely have the diamond set as low as possible. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When the axe came into the forest, the trees said the handle is one of us. -bumper sticker
Posted: 6/27/2007 10:47:54 AM

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