$2500 too much to pay for a custom built ring?

[DiamondsRagirlsbestfriend]

So I shopped around for my dream setting today, and found a pave setting in platinum that''s going to run me about $2500. This seems so high! (we''re talking about .30 in stones pave set on all three sides of the shank, half way down each side)

Egads - getting a good deal on the stones is not looking like such a great deal after all!

Advice? Is that too much?

 

[moremoremore]

That is very labor intensive. That''s what you''re paying for. If it''s done right, no, that''s reasonable.

 

[valeria101]

Yeah... it''s not the material that makes the price there.

Does it look anything like THIS

 

[MrsFrk]

That doesn''t seem too high. Remember that platinum is really expensive right now, something like $870 dollars per ounce last I read, and pave is something that you want done right. I''ve heard over and over again that cheaply done pave stones will jiggle loose and fall out. Considering how much the designer 3 sided pave settings run, that sounds like a pretty good deal.

 

[TMS]

Seems very high. I bought an e ring last month with a custom platinum band, it has 10 channel set F VS2 stones on the band and pave on the front and back with the same color and clarity. Total weight was 1.20 ct, cost was $1670.

 

[Iceman]

All I can say is then you try to make the ring! Yea, right if you had to make a ring you would charge 10 fold

Be nice to these people that create works of art.


Take Care
The Iceman

 

[Iceman]

If anybody has ever been on a bench they would think that was a bargin



Last 2 cents

 

[moremoremore]

Ice- I recently bought a .50 side stone. I could barely handle the thing. I was like...if I had to work with teeny little stones for pave, I''D SHOOT MYSELF!!!

 

[DiamondsRagirlsbestfriend]

Hiya, Ana:

Thanks for the picture - I love that setting!

The one I''m looking at has a three-sided pave'' setting. ...less of a rounded shank - with some light milgrain work to give it an estate look. There''s also a bit of milgrain work within the gallery that holds the stones. It''s very pretty and old-world.

I know custom work is so expensive, as is platinum.

thanks, Everyone!

 

[TMS]

"All I can say is then you try to make the ring! Yea, right if you had to make a ring you would charge 10 fold "

Why whould I? I know nothing about making rings, seems like maybe you don''t either? Maybe you just like overcharging people, or where your from there is not a good competitive market like in Boston.

Anyways I looked at 3 sided pave also it was all the way around .86ct for $1300

 

[fortheloveofdiamonds]

I think $2500 for this kind of ring is a bargain. You are not just paying for the diamonds and the platinum.. you are paying for the labor intensive craft!

 

[valeria101]

Date: 12/23/2004 9:46:53 AM
Author: moremoremore
Ice- I recently bought a .50 side stone. I could barely handle the thing. I was like...if I had to work with teeny little stones for pave, I''D SHOOT MYSELF!!!

Passed by my jeweler last evening... for end of year party. His newest piece is a pair of cuffs with about 1000 bits of different shapes ''paved'' in ! Crazy ???

 

[DiamondsRagirlsbestfriend]

Hi, TMS:

May I ask where you found that setting you mentioned?

thanks, Mary

 

[TMS]

The three sided pave was at a shop called "Homsy Jewelers" in the Jewelers building in downtown Boston. I''m not sure if they sell online, but you should be able to look them up.

 

[DiamondsRagirlsbestfriend]

thanks!