My wife is the recipient of a new set of earrings from an awesome super-ideal vendor with a great trade-up policy. The earrings I replaced were from the same vendor: N in color, and came from the same rough as her pendant.
Originally, I was thinking of keeping her pendant, and sending the earrings back, but as I got them at a fairly good price a few years ago, we may just keep them and turn them into a 3-stone pendant setting. Here are the specs:
current pendant: Super Ideal, N color, 1.6 carats
old earrings (would be 3-stone side diamonds): super ideal, 1.1 carats each, also N color
Alternatively, I could send the earrings back for credit, or send all 3 back and upgrade to a larger center pendant. They told me that they should be cutting something in the M/N color soon in a larger size; a trade-in off all 3 should buy a 2.5 carat pendant in that M/N color, or if I wanted to upgrade to a J, around 2 carats.
I am leaning toward getting a 3-stone diamond pendant made: it is 3.8 carats of super ideal diamonds, vs a larger 2.4 carat single diamond. It is pretty cool that all 3 diamonds came from the same rough as well. What would be your preference, and why?
EDIT: she wears the pendant 5 days a week, minimum. She has some other very nice jewelry, but it is her go-to. I want to something that she still feels great about wearing 5 days a week.
Originally, I was thinking of keeping her pendant, and sending the earrings back, but as I got them at a fairly good price a few years ago, we may just keep them and turn them into a 3-stone pendant setting. Here are the specs:
current pendant: Super Ideal, N color, 1.6 carats
old earrings (would be 3-stone side diamonds): super ideal, 1.1 carats each, also N color
Alternatively, I could send the earrings back for credit, or send all 3 back and upgrade to a larger center pendant. They told me that they should be cutting something in the M/N color soon in a larger size; a trade-in off all 3 should buy a 2.5 carat pendant in that M/N color, or if I wanted to upgrade to a J, around 2 carats.
I am leaning toward getting a 3-stone diamond pendant made: it is 3.8 carats of super ideal diamonds, vs a larger 2.4 carat single diamond. It is pretty cool that all 3 diamonds came from the same rough as well. What would be your preference, and why?
EDIT: she wears the pendant 5 days a week, minimum. She has some other very nice jewelry, but it is her go-to. I want to something that she still feels great about wearing 5 days a week.