PS. My original setting was YG w an F color! But the basket was Plat. It looked super white. Perhaps compromise. RG band and Plat basket. I know you prefer for it to remain all the same metal but I would not risk it for fear of some tinting.
Oh never mind just saw that you didn’t want to go the two tone route so disregard.... I also want to say that emerald is simply stunning and In sure it will look gorgeous in whatever you end up going with.
Thanks very much for the input! I think my gut feeling is the same as yours, although I do really love rose gold and I also wanted the setting to be a little different, since it is a fairly simple solitaire. But, I've been thinking about it some more and maybe I can just pair it with a rose gold wedding band!
On the platinum v. white gold question I don't like the patina that platinum gets, but my skin is really acidic, and I remember that my first e-ring turned yellow after a matter of months
Ahh - thank you!! This info and the pics are super helpful and I am going to ask Maytal about which platinum she uses.PT 950/Ru or PT 900/Ir for resistance to patina. Anything but PT 950/Ir!
Platinum is not “stronger”. Platinum is more prone to inelastic deformation, meaning that if you whack your ring, prongs will bend and continue to cradle your stone (vs. prongs made of more brittle materials like Ni/WG alloys that will snap under similar stress).
Pd/WG is extremely white - it does not require plating. It is also less brittle than Ni/WG. Some of my rings - PT 950/Ru on the left, 14k YG on the right, and all five in the middle are unplated 18k WG (various alloys):
Details of alloy composition in this thread:
https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/diamond-color-and-metal-options.191295/
My recommendation is platinum. Matching unplated WG colour is challenging, and going hypoallergenic never hurts.
So excited for you. When will you get it?
Thank you! I haven't sent the stone to Maytal yet so it will be a little while, sadly, but hopefully i can send it to her in the next week or two. I'm still thinking about one minor detail and trying not to rush my husband lol. What about you!! Any updates on the timing of getting your ring?
I can’t wait to see yours! He said I should get mine this week. Fingers crossed!
Any update on your ring? Can’t wait to see how it comes out!
@SandyK oh pooh! Have you decided whether to halo or do a simple solitaire? Guys don’t get it sometimes! But you should find something he loves and have it sit in front of him and not let him do it! Hahahah. Like if he is a golfer.... have his golf clubs staring at him each day but not let him play! Just like, One cannot have a gorgeous diamond staring at them all alone in a box when it could be on ones finger!!!! I’m sending strong good vibes for a pronto setting!!! Us girls must stick together. XOThanks @JmeeMrie and @axelrich !
And sadly not yet @Emeraldcutlover -- my husband is kind of dragging his feet on giving me the go ahead to set it . . . husbands are very inconvenient sometimes
@SandyK Just checking in on you. Hope all is well!Hahah yes!!! I love that idea. Thanks for the solidarity
@SandyK Hahah. Yay. The upside is you have more time to think. I feel like mine was such a worldwind and I kinda missed the thrill of the hunt! Haha. I still ever so slightly wonder what mine would have looked like w traps (would never tell my husband this) but I know I would have agonized about the proportions. My advice is if you go that route- try and find a ring w your same center stone dimensions w traps you love. That way you know exactly what it will look like. I honestly could not tell anything from the CAD. But that could just be me! Can’t wait to see what you decide. Keep me posted.
sorry to get off topic
I’m doing my periodic check in! Hope your summer is going well!!! XO
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