natedgreat
Rough_Rock
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Hello all! First off want to say how great this forum is and the people that make it so wonderful. I can’t tell you how much this website has helped in a short time and continues to do so. I thank you ahead of time for reading through this novel.
Anyways, it’s about that time in my life where I finally tie the knot with my girlfriend. We’ve been together for over 7 years (started dating in early high school) and I’m looking to propose very soon. I really didn’t have any idea what I was in for though, or else I would have started way sooner! Recently I had walked into 2 B&M stores and just had no complete idea what I was doing. (Not a great feeling). I’m an avid Slickdeals.net guy and was referred over to this website for help and information. So that brings me to now… I’ve been lurking on here for a little bit and learned a lot so far (Still tons to pick up on unfortunately). I’m needing some advice on a few things…
Here are the facts:
1) She really wants just a huge OVAL diamond (don’t really think she knows how much play goes into the other factors of selecting a diamond though)
2) She doesn’t want a gaudy setting…something really thin that makes the oval diamond look larger. I’ve caught her really liking the Henry Wilson micropave setting. No half moons ect...
3) Been saving for many years anticipating this event…I have a lean budget of only $5,000 though
I’ve read on here that ¼ of your budget goes toward the setting, 5/8 goes to the diamond, and then 1/8 to something else…(can’t remember right now!)
My thoughts are this: I want to get her the ring she wants… figure since she’ll have this ring the rest of her life I would put as much of my budget toward the stone than the setting as possible. Honesty I’m leaning towards a thin band with no diamonds (which I know will be fine). Maybe a fine beaded setting. We can always upgrade the setting on our anniversary in the future when I’m able to save up again. Thoughts to as how much I should budget for this simple, thin setting? I was thinking $1,000 to be safe?
Cut: Most important I keep reading… I think “AGS Very Good” (2) would be the lowest I would go. Maybe higher though.
Carat: Largest possible with the other factors in place. Looking like it’ll be around 1k, hoping for more
Color: Since it’s an oval and can show color more easily than say a round I would prefer to stick to “H”. Read a lot where some see yellow in the “I”…I’ll stay away
Clarity: SI1 pushing it? I would probably feel better about VS2 though
Depth and table: Know it’s kind of a personal preference but I’m stay within table % of 53-61.5% and depth % of 59.0-63.0%
As to searching for diamonds…do most just select stones from the PS search…or is just contacting the reputable companies and have them search out the best way of doing things? As I get the time here and there I was planning to write a little code with SAS to narrow through the PS search results with all my parameters in place and get a better idea of the size stones I’m within budget for.
Let me know if I’m heading the right direction and any information what so ever to help me out is appreciated!
Anyways, it’s about that time in my life where I finally tie the knot with my girlfriend. We’ve been together for over 7 years (started dating in early high school) and I’m looking to propose very soon. I really didn’t have any idea what I was in for though, or else I would have started way sooner! Recently I had walked into 2 B&M stores and just had no complete idea what I was doing. (Not a great feeling). I’m an avid Slickdeals.net guy and was referred over to this website for help and information. So that brings me to now… I’ve been lurking on here for a little bit and learned a lot so far (Still tons to pick up on unfortunately). I’m needing some advice on a few things…
Here are the facts:
1) She really wants just a huge OVAL diamond (don’t really think she knows how much play goes into the other factors of selecting a diamond though)
2) She doesn’t want a gaudy setting…something really thin that makes the oval diamond look larger. I’ve caught her really liking the Henry Wilson micropave setting. No half moons ect...
3) Been saving for many years anticipating this event…I have a lean budget of only $5,000 though
I’ve read on here that ¼ of your budget goes toward the setting, 5/8 goes to the diamond, and then 1/8 to something else…(can’t remember right now!)
My thoughts are this: I want to get her the ring she wants… figure since she’ll have this ring the rest of her life I would put as much of my budget toward the stone than the setting as possible. Honesty I’m leaning towards a thin band with no diamonds (which I know will be fine). Maybe a fine beaded setting. We can always upgrade the setting on our anniversary in the future when I’m able to save up again. Thoughts to as how much I should budget for this simple, thin setting? I was thinking $1,000 to be safe?
Cut: Most important I keep reading… I think “AGS Very Good” (2) would be the lowest I would go. Maybe higher though.
Carat: Largest possible with the other factors in place. Looking like it’ll be around 1k, hoping for more
Color: Since it’s an oval and can show color more easily than say a round I would prefer to stick to “H”. Read a lot where some see yellow in the “I”…I’ll stay away
Clarity: SI1 pushing it? I would probably feel better about VS2 though
Depth and table: Know it’s kind of a personal preference but I’m stay within table % of 53-61.5% and depth % of 59.0-63.0%
As to searching for diamonds…do most just select stones from the PS search…or is just contacting the reputable companies and have them search out the best way of doing things? As I get the time here and there I was planning to write a little code with SAS to narrow through the PS search results with all my parameters in place and get a better idea of the size stones I’m within budget for.
Let me know if I’m heading the right direction and any information what so ever to help me out is appreciated!
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