Looking for some advice,
I'm getting engaged and my fiancée and I decided to get a custom engagement ring using diamonds from two family rings for it. The diamonds are a 1ct old pear, round .25ct & 2x 0.1ct diamonds. We are looking a chevron style ring with the pear prong set in the V and the three round cut diamonds milgrained bezel set on top of the V. The band on the engagement ring would have milgrain edging with art deco style engraving.
Sort of a variation on these two rings:
1) http://www.trumpetandhorn.com/tiara-ii.html
2) https://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/rin...e-pink-white-yellow-diamond-ring/id-j_172156/
I may have a slight Ni allergy and do not want to chance it with regular white gold. We have visited three jewellers so far for quotes. When I said I may have a Ni allergy two of the three immediately suggested platinum. The third we visited today and when I said that I may have a nickel allergy and that it would be Pt (based on our two other jewellers), he said we should not get PT but a 14kWG/Pd alloy, stating that based on my ring design WG/Pd would be a better choice. He felt the Pt malleability would not be a good choice based on the overall design of my ring, the location of the pear diamond inside the V of the chevron & the bezels.
All quotes fell in our budget but surprisingly though, the quote for Pt for one jeweller came in 30% lower than the other Pt jeweller was almost the same as the quote for the 14kWG/Pd.
I understand that a Pt is more malleable and durable, but less hard than WG. Whereas WG is more brittle but more scratch resistant. I would not get the WG/Pd rhodium plated, so the colour difference between the two does not bother me. What I want is an excellent quality ring that will last not require a ton of maintenance. Anyone have any opinions on whether WG/PD would be more suitable to the design or Pt?
Thanks in advance, your input is greatly appreciated.
I'm getting engaged and my fiancée and I decided to get a custom engagement ring using diamonds from two family rings for it. The diamonds are a 1ct old pear, round .25ct & 2x 0.1ct diamonds. We are looking a chevron style ring with the pear prong set in the V and the three round cut diamonds milgrained bezel set on top of the V. The band on the engagement ring would have milgrain edging with art deco style engraving.
Sort of a variation on these two rings:
1) http://www.trumpetandhorn.com/tiara-ii.html
2) https://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/rin...e-pink-white-yellow-diamond-ring/id-j_172156/
I may have a slight Ni allergy and do not want to chance it with regular white gold. We have visited three jewellers so far for quotes. When I said I may have a Ni allergy two of the three immediately suggested platinum. The third we visited today and when I said that I may have a nickel allergy and that it would be Pt (based on our two other jewellers), he said we should not get PT but a 14kWG/Pd alloy, stating that based on my ring design WG/Pd would be a better choice. He felt the Pt malleability would not be a good choice based on the overall design of my ring, the location of the pear diamond inside the V of the chevron & the bezels.
All quotes fell in our budget but surprisingly though, the quote for Pt for one jeweller came in 30% lower than the other Pt jeweller was almost the same as the quote for the 14kWG/Pd.
I understand that a Pt is more malleable and durable, but less hard than WG. Whereas WG is more brittle but more scratch resistant. I would not get the WG/Pd rhodium plated, so the colour difference between the two does not bother me. What I want is an excellent quality ring that will last not require a ton of maintenance. Anyone have any opinions on whether WG/PD would be more suitable to the design or Pt?
Thanks in advance, your input is greatly appreciated.
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