I told y'all you were a very bad influence, but this is probably my last PS-enabled purchase. After seeing photos of so many beautiful old cut diamonds, I want one. Not a big one, but not a tiny one, either.
Several weeks ago, when I started looking for platinum bands, I found a band I really liked at DiamondZone on ebay, but I JUST missed getting it. As I was looking through their antique/vintage rings, I spotted this ring and just really liked it for some reason, but I had no intention of getting anything like it so just made a mental note and moved on.
I kept checking DZ for bands and ran searches for various things and every time this ring popped up, I noticed and looked at it again. When it didn't show up in results that I thought it ought to be in, I thought maybe someone had bought it and was a little disappointed.
I've pretty much made up my mind that I only want platinum rings (love the weight and color, am fine with the patina, don't want the maintenance in WG) and DZ has a similar platinum ring for about the same price but I just don't love the style for some reason, try as I might.
Yesterday, I just couldn't stand it any more, so I bought this. I love the head and I like (love?) the diamond, although I can't tell whether it's a good pattern/cut or not (and don't care if I like the way it looks in person).
The owner and I exchanged several e-mails yesterday and she assured me that it is beautiful in person and that I have 14 days to return it, even after it's resized. (I just lose my resizing and replating and shipping back, but that seems reasonable to me.) They're going to try to ship it FedEx today so I'll have it Friday, but we'll see. Might not be here until Monday and I won't be home to sign for it.
I'm uploading the vendor photos 'cause that's all I have to go on right now.
I think it will make a beautiful right hand ring. It will look like something I might have inherited, and it's quite common to see women here wearing wedding sets or engagement rings on their right hands. I'd prefer something like this to a colored stone ring.
I will take all my new "treasures" to my local jeweler for appraisal as soon as everything is in my hot little hands.
And this will be the end (I think). If I don't love this one, I'll send it back and not look any more because I don't have to have an old cut. The only reason I have even considered spending money on this is that it caught my eye even when I wasn't looking for it and every time I see it, it makes my heart go pitty pat, like nothing else I've seen. I don't have to have an old cut diamond and searching for a loose stone then trying to choose a setting would just be torture for me.
I don't necessarily think that it's a bargain at $1700 or so, but I don't think it's seriously overpriced, either, if it's up to specs (center stone .8 ct, I SI1, side stones are single cuts four @ 3pts. each). (And you folks who know a lot about the old cuts and jewelry are welcome to give your opinion about the diamond, price, etc. I want to be sure I'm not overpaying, but if I love this as much as I think I will, I'm not as deal-sensitive as I am on other things.)
I like that it's protected in a bezel-style head that's not a bezel and really like the funky grape-cluster prongs. Even though I would never choose a square or rectangular diamond, the squarish look of this head appeals to me. I think the finger coverage will be more than modest, but not too over-the-top for my lifestyle, but we'll see.
Okay, I'm done, I hope! Thanks for wading through all my messages, but y'all are the only folks I can vent to who will understand the addiction. I have just a small case of it, thank goodness!
liz
Several weeks ago, when I started looking for platinum bands, I found a band I really liked at DiamondZone on ebay, but I JUST missed getting it. As I was looking through their antique/vintage rings, I spotted this ring and just really liked it for some reason, but I had no intention of getting anything like it so just made a mental note and moved on.
I kept checking DZ for bands and ran searches for various things and every time this ring popped up, I noticed and looked at it again. When it didn't show up in results that I thought it ought to be in, I thought maybe someone had bought it and was a little disappointed.
I've pretty much made up my mind that I only want platinum rings (love the weight and color, am fine with the patina, don't want the maintenance in WG) and DZ has a similar platinum ring for about the same price but I just don't love the style for some reason, try as I might.
Yesterday, I just couldn't stand it any more, so I bought this. I love the head and I like (love?) the diamond, although I can't tell whether it's a good pattern/cut or not (and don't care if I like the way it looks in person).
The owner and I exchanged several e-mails yesterday and she assured me that it is beautiful in person and that I have 14 days to return it, even after it's resized. (I just lose my resizing and replating and shipping back, but that seems reasonable to me.) They're going to try to ship it FedEx today so I'll have it Friday, but we'll see. Might not be here until Monday and I won't be home to sign for it.
I'm uploading the vendor photos 'cause that's all I have to go on right now.
I think it will make a beautiful right hand ring. It will look like something I might have inherited, and it's quite common to see women here wearing wedding sets or engagement rings on their right hands. I'd prefer something like this to a colored stone ring.
I will take all my new "treasures" to my local jeweler for appraisal as soon as everything is in my hot little hands.
And this will be the end (I think). If I don't love this one, I'll send it back and not look any more because I don't have to have an old cut. The only reason I have even considered spending money on this is that it caught my eye even when I wasn't looking for it and every time I see it, it makes my heart go pitty pat, like nothing else I've seen. I don't have to have an old cut diamond and searching for a loose stone then trying to choose a setting would just be torture for me.
I don't necessarily think that it's a bargain at $1700 or so, but I don't think it's seriously overpriced, either, if it's up to specs (center stone .8 ct, I SI1, side stones are single cuts four @ 3pts. each). (And you folks who know a lot about the old cuts and jewelry are welcome to give your opinion about the diamond, price, etc. I want to be sure I'm not overpaying, but if I love this as much as I think I will, I'm not as deal-sensitive as I am on other things.)
I like that it's protected in a bezel-style head that's not a bezel and really like the funky grape-cluster prongs. Even though I would never choose a square or rectangular diamond, the squarish look of this head appeals to me. I think the finger coverage will be more than modest, but not too over-the-top for my lifestyle, but we'll see.
Okay, I'm done, I hope! Thanks for wading through all my messages, but y'all are the only folks I can vent to who will understand the addiction. I have just a small case of it, thank goodness!
liz
We can lean on each other for strength 
She'd love to hear that her little bit of extra attention really made your day - that would be so sweet of you to do that for her!
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