myoderru03
Rough_Rock
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- Jul 29, 2011
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I am in the process of trading in an old TCO e-ring (purchased several years ago for a now ex-fiance) in order to buy a new ring for my girlfriend. This is going to be a surprise. With the amount of credit I will receive for my old ring, Tiffany's requirement that the new ring is double the price, and my budget, I'm looking at a strict budget of $19k-$22k for the new ring (i.e. I won't be able to upgrade to a less expensive ring under their upgrade program and I can't afford to go much more than that).
I think my girlfriend would really like the round brilliant, with bead-set setting, and that is what I'm leaning towards. http://www.tiffany.com/Engagement/Item.aspx?GroupSKU=GRP10020#f+10/0/0/0/0/0..
The issue is that Tiffany's doesn't put stones much larger than a carat in that setting. So in order to get to the minimum price floor, I'm looking at paying a significant premium for clarity (and/or color).
The ring I'm on the verge of purchasing has a center stone of 1.10 ct, G color, IF. The other details for the center stone are as follows:
TOTAL DEPTH PERCENTAGE 62.4%
PAVILION ANGLE 40.8°
TABLE SIZE PERCENTAGE 55%
LOWER HALF LENGTH PERCENTAGE 80%
CROWN HEIGHT PERCENTAGE 15.9%
GIRDLE THICKNESS MEDIUM TO SLIGHTLY THICK
CROWN ANGLE 35.0°
GIRDLE FINISH FACETED
STAR LENGTH PERCENTAGE 50%
CULET NONE
PAVILION DEPTH PERCENTAGE 43.0%
SYMMETRY EXCELLENT
POLISH EXCELLENT
FLOURESCENCE NONE
From what little I know, the proportions seem solid (though maybe a tad deep), and the HCA score is 1.6 (EX, EX, EX, VG for spread) so the cut seems fairly solid.
My questions are as follows:
1. I haven't yet asked what the bead set side diamond are yet. Is it important that they are the identical color grade to the center stone? Or do you think I will be okay as long as the beads are F or H?
2. Would the center stone of the apparent quality set forth above be "wasted" in a bead-set band? In other words, would the band detract from the center stone or enhance it?
3. I think my girlfriend would also be happy with the classic tiffany knife-edge setting, although I suspect she would like this setting a bit more. In light of my concerns in #2, would I be much better off just going with a larger stone in the classic setting? I suspect I could probably something ~1.5ct, H, VS1 that would fall in price range. Thoughts?
She is the sentimental type who will likely be happy with whatever I buy her, so I'm kind of at a loss.
I think my girlfriend would really like the round brilliant, with bead-set setting, and that is what I'm leaning towards. http://www.tiffany.com/Engagement/Item.aspx?GroupSKU=GRP10020#f+10/0/0/0/0/0..
The issue is that Tiffany's doesn't put stones much larger than a carat in that setting. So in order to get to the minimum price floor, I'm looking at paying a significant premium for clarity (and/or color).
The ring I'm on the verge of purchasing has a center stone of 1.10 ct, G color, IF. The other details for the center stone are as follows:
TOTAL DEPTH PERCENTAGE 62.4%
PAVILION ANGLE 40.8°
TABLE SIZE PERCENTAGE 55%
LOWER HALF LENGTH PERCENTAGE 80%
CROWN HEIGHT PERCENTAGE 15.9%
GIRDLE THICKNESS MEDIUM TO SLIGHTLY THICK
CROWN ANGLE 35.0°
GIRDLE FINISH FACETED
STAR LENGTH PERCENTAGE 50%
CULET NONE
PAVILION DEPTH PERCENTAGE 43.0%
SYMMETRY EXCELLENT
POLISH EXCELLENT
FLOURESCENCE NONE
From what little I know, the proportions seem solid (though maybe a tad deep), and the HCA score is 1.6 (EX, EX, EX, VG for spread) so the cut seems fairly solid.
My questions are as follows:
1. I haven't yet asked what the bead set side diamond are yet. Is it important that they are the identical color grade to the center stone? Or do you think I will be okay as long as the beads are F or H?
2. Would the center stone of the apparent quality set forth above be "wasted" in a bead-set band? In other words, would the band detract from the center stone or enhance it?
3. I think my girlfriend would also be happy with the classic tiffany knife-edge setting, although I suspect she would like this setting a bit more. In light of my concerns in #2, would I be much better off just going with a larger stone in the classic setting? I suspect I could probably something ~1.5ct, H, VS1 that would fall in price range. Thoughts?
She is the sentimental type who will likely be happy with whatever I buy her, so I'm kind of at a loss.