I don’t know if I will or not. Honestly, this day my fingers were swollen and I couldn’t get my band off. Haha
This is beyond stunning!!! Please continue to share more photos. This is making me rethink the setting for my new OEC
Haha I’d happily oblige.
When are you getting your new OEC and what does it look like?
Haha I’d happily oblige.
When are you getting your new OEC and what does it look like?
So pretty!! I’m getting a 2.88 O/P VS2 OEC from OWD. We are in the CAD stage for a yellow gold bezel right hand ring. Hopefully I’ll have it less than a month!
So... that brings me to the end of my story, and onto the pictures. If you’ve got this far, thanks for your patience - it’s been a long one. And hope you enjoy my ring as much I enjoy wearing it!
I hunt everywhere for ring specs, so here goes:
- 3.48ct L SI1 OEC (GIA), 9.8mm
- 0.30ct I VS2 asscher (GIA), 3.8mm set NSEW
- Finger size: UK size I / US size 4.25-4.5
- Custom designed yellow gold bezel toi et moi setting, by me (pictures showing the setting is below - I love how it sits ultra-low on the finger)
(Last thing - apologies if I don’t respond to your comment immediately, I’m not the best with forums but your lovely thoughts and wishes are much appreciated!)
Final photo - was trying on various things in VCA and caught a photo of my ring 'in the wild' with some Cosmos earrings ^_^
Thanks for asking, and honestly don't mind - "my" design is inspired by others too
Please just keep us posted when your new ring arrives! Are you getting it for a specific purpose/occasion?
Haha, amen to buying yourself diamonds!
Haha, amen to buying yourself diamonds!
Regarding which finger, I think it’s all down to personal preference
I rarely wear rings on my middle finger because I like asymmetry, so on my right hand it’s either pinky only, ring+pinky, index+ring+pinky, or sometimes thumb+ring+pinky.
However, from a practical standpoint, if you have a significantly larger stone than the other, you may want to wear that ring on your middle finger so it has more fleshy protection from your index+ring fingers. If I wore my OEC on the outer edge of my index finger, I’d be more careful in case it bashed into something.
I think BTF rings work beautifully on middle fingers - especially on classy, feminine ladies! - but I am not one of those
I’d recommend taking a look at Jemma Wynne’s Instagram for inspiration - they style their rings in various fingers.
It’s been a while since I last wore my ring, so I had to take some photos!
One thing I’m wondering is whether a small OEC (<0.5-0.75ct) would perform like a larger OEC? Specifically, throwing off large flashes of light and reflecting back a rainbow of colours.
The reason is, whilst I like the shapes of my three-stone cuff ring, they lack the liveliness of the OEC! I own a few <0.5ct MRBs with 35-36 degree crowns and they’re not bad in terms of fire, but I still mostly see bright light return from them too. What I want to see is rainbowwwws
(It could also be that the rings haven’t been cleaned in a while. Maybe I’ll wipe the dust off the ultrasonic!)
This, though, in all the ways
This, though, in all the ways
Bigger facets account for so much of coloured light return that your eyes see… smaller stones with fewer facets might have a chance? But yeah. #Size.
It’s been a while since I last wore my ring, so I had to take some photos!
One thing I’m wondering is whether a small OEC (<0.5-0.75ct) would perform like a larger OEC? Specifically, throwing off large flashes of light and reflecting back a rainbow of colours.
The reason is, whilst I like the shapes of my three-stone cuff ring, they lack the liveliness of the OEC! I own a few <0.5ct MRBs with 35-36 degree crowns and they’re not bad in terms of fire, but I still mostly see bright light return from them too. What I want to see is rainbowwwws
(It could also be that the rings haven’t been cleaned in a while. Maybe I’ll wipe the dust off the ultrasonic!)
Haha I’ll find some time to clean her first, then take some decent photos to make a post!
Thank you!
I don't have any medium? sized OECs (just smaller stones and the new 4.27ct lol)but I would say right around the .9 - 1ct mark. I have a 3+ctw 5 stone and the center stone is a cushiony OEC estimated to be right under a carat at 6-6.3mm. I definitely notice the center stone's flashes and facets.Thank you! Out of interest, is there an inflection point where the flashes become more noticeable to your eyes? It doesn’t have to be 4.27ct-level of deliciousness, just a touch would do
Thank you! Learning from the best here on PS
I trawled through threads for years, learning from others - and to be honest, having experienced a burglary where 95+% of my pieces were taken, it gave me a new chance to thoroughly think through the collection as there were a lot of previous pieces that were going unloved.
I don’t have a SMTB thread on it but I did make a thread on it asking about its hallmarks because it’s an antique! It’s French and 100 years old lol I don’t want to reset the stones because I want to preserve it as much as possible but the basket and prongs are not my favorite and obviously worked on over the last 100 years. I do like the proportions though!
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