misscrystal
Rough_Rock
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Hii,
So I have been on Pricescope stalking all these forums for quite a while now... but I finally mustered up the courage to post! I have learned so much from Pricescope, as one month ago I knew zilch about diamonds! Anyway....I tried figuring out this question by myself, looking on forums, and asking close friends, but I still don''t know what I want to do about this situation..
My boyfriend has given me around a $100k+ budget for a ring, and we''ve seen Harry Winston and they have found a few stones/rings for us.... but I''m wondering if I should use that money and get a bigger center stone and do a custom mounting instead
(These are all round brilliant center stones)
The stone that HW found is a 2.5 D VS1, Triple X, no fluorescence, running over $100k....
and also a 3.06 E VVS2, Triple X, no fluorescence running close to $200k..
Those both would be set in either their classic tapered baguette setting, or their pear side stones (that I haven''t figured out either yet....)
I''ve called some other jewelers, looked on bluenile, etc, and I can get around a 3.0 ct, D-E, VS1 and above for around $90-130k, then get it set by someone like Leon Mege or something.
The bf thinks that if we are spending such a huge chunk of money already, we should just do it through HW to make sure everything checks out okay... OR he thinks that he can lower my budget to $30k then I won''t have this problem at all!! (ummm... funny guy haha)
What is everyone''s thought about this?? I know this is a what some would call, a good problem to have, but I am honestly torn!
So I have been on Pricescope stalking all these forums for quite a while now... but I finally mustered up the courage to post! I have learned so much from Pricescope, as one month ago I knew zilch about diamonds! Anyway....I tried figuring out this question by myself, looking on forums, and asking close friends, but I still don''t know what I want to do about this situation..
My boyfriend has given me around a $100k+ budget for a ring, and we''ve seen Harry Winston and they have found a few stones/rings for us.... but I''m wondering if I should use that money and get a bigger center stone and do a custom mounting instead
(These are all round brilliant center stones)
The stone that HW found is a 2.5 D VS1, Triple X, no fluorescence, running over $100k....
and also a 3.06 E VVS2, Triple X, no fluorescence running close to $200k..
Those both would be set in either their classic tapered baguette setting, or their pear side stones (that I haven''t figured out either yet....)
I''ve called some other jewelers, looked on bluenile, etc, and I can get around a 3.0 ct, D-E, VS1 and above for around $90-130k, then get it set by someone like Leon Mege or something.
The bf thinks that if we are spending such a huge chunk of money already, we should just do it through HW to make sure everything checks out okay... OR he thinks that he can lower my budget to $30k then I won''t have this problem at all!! (ummm... funny guy haha)
What is everyone''s thought about this?? I know this is a what some would call, a good problem to have, but I am honestly torn!