3-stone upgrade: generally too busy?

[dumbo]

Hi everyone,

My wife has a gorgeous 3ct J AGS ideal solitaire from Salomon Brothers. It really does shine. With that said, we were thinking of moving to a 3-stone design and setting the solitaire with a large gemstone of some sort, to mix things up. The Solitaire setting has been giving us a bit of trouble by coming loose, which is worrysome with such a large diamond.

What is the general opinion of 3-stone rings around here? I was thinking a couple of .75 carat J stones from Whiteflash and a simple setting that shows off the diamonds as an option. I could go smaller or larger on the side stones, but that may be a good ratio.

Can anyone point me to a thread with lots of pics for large 3-stone rings?

 

[Ariadne_Theia]

Here's some

https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/3-stone-ring-girls-are-you-out-there.75486/

https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/show-me-your-3-stone-rings.141064/

https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/three-stone-rings.29445/

Obviously, I love a 3-stone ring, I don't think it's too busy at all and the finger coverage is great!

 

[Niel]

Look for rings with small side stones too. You’d be surprised but large stones sometimes make the center look smaller than it would with petite side stones

 

[Tophat1]

I love a 3 stone, but either with smaller round sides just to accent or even better, different shape (traps or pears)

 

[HappyNewLife]

I LOVE 3-stone diamond rings. But I concur that small sidestones make the center pop/look biggest

 

[Asscherhalo_lover]

I love a 3 stone! For a nice large round I would do small pears

 

[Niel]

I like yessies photos here
https://www.pricescope.com/communit...es-yssie-ds-and-all-other-fans.213919/page-15

 

[sarahb]

A good start is going through the links given above, to see what you prefer & don't prefer size wise for sides. Here's another way to visualize that helped me on my journey:

Good luck!

 

[sarahb]

Found this thread too, it may be of help also:

https://www.pricescope.com/communit...ct-proportions-for-a-three-stone-ring.131187/

 

[AprilBaby]

I like be my three stone, I think the size you are looking at is great with your center. My only change if I did it again would be to do pear sides.

 

[nala]

This is busy! But I kind of like it!

 

[rocks]

I'm a fan. 1.75 center with .63/.64 sides. Size is 4 3/4ish

 

[unsettled]

I love a 3 stone! For a nice large round I would do small pears

This right here! With a big round, I really love pear sidestones!

 

[Emeraldsaremyfavorite]

I don't think so! It's actually my favorite setting...here is mine