I think they’re 1.4mm stones as shown in the picture but I’d like mine to be bigger, when I get a CAD I’ll request it.beautiful!!!
What size stones did you end up using for the melee stones?
I had 1.5-1.8mm ones in mine and I'm finding they don't sparkle when compared to the same or smaller size diamond in the stores.
That was the original price for the emerald cut and setting but we’re swapping..Does that price sound high or low? I just want the ring to be like the bottom ones so hope I get something close..Thanks..biting my nails...
Hmmmmm Mamabean - please don’t let that go as is. Your picture has a peg head and that is not want the CAD shows. Having 1.1 on the bottom is incredibly thin for the price you are paying. Your’s is also a comfort fit band and probably the same size all the way around the shank. You need to go back to them and say the CAD does not look like your inspiration picture before this goes to production. Maybe if they are not understanding,they can speak to Ella or Emily so it is corrected. The price seems really high for 14K gold. I paid $600 for 18K with my 10mm OEC so the prices are really going up.Oh oh..I originally purchased an emerald cut and sent a photo of what I wanted and paid. Since I saw some of the emerald cuts on Instagram I asked her to change it to an OEC and sent her a photo of the ring I would like to have it set in instead of the one I wanted for the emerald cut. She very nicely said she could change it..so that’s when I sent her the photo of the style I wanted with the OEC. I asked her if she got it and she said yes. This all happened a while ago before her vacation. Just before her vacation ended I emailed her and reminded her we switched to the OEC..She thanked me for reminding her..I just received the cad for the OEC and she used a version of the emerald cut style..but it really isn’t even that..It’s a different style and the emerald style combined. I just replied to her saying it’s a different style and resent the photo of the style I wanted with the OEC.
The one I want is the bowl shaped one without pave. I’m nervous now and hope it won’t be a problem. I don’t like those pinched in and high shoulders..
I paid $729.25 for the ring which includes the DHL and PayPal fees...so I hope there won’t be a problem..
Hi there - looking at your CAD, the shoulders look slightly different then your inspiration picture as well. Tianyu seems to have limitations on how they can attach the shoulders to the stones. On the inspiration pic, the stone sits much lower and the cut out’s are smaller. I would bump the bottom measurement up to 1.6 for thickness so that it is a sturdy ring and won’t dent on the bottom. On the melee sizes, you typically need 2 mm of band width on each side of a stone so if you want the melee a little bigger, I would suggest that you make the band 2 mm with the melee size of 1.6 mm. This is the size of what your inspiration picture looks like to me. I think a 2 mm is always the wisest choice because the moissanite melee won’t sparkle much if it is too small and the band is weakened by cutting into the metal to put in the pave when it is under 2 mm. The rings just don’t hold up over time. I don’t think they will be able to do an antiquing effect on the ring but a jeweler could always do that for you after the fact.CAD feedback, please! Inspo photos included. I know the bottom thickness should be bumped up. What about the other measures? Does 1.3mm for the melee sound right? It seems a bit small to me—I was expecting maybe 1.5-1.7.
Also wondering how you feel about the prongs. I’m considering asking for single claw instead just because I want to make sure they aren’t too bulky. Thoughts?
I am doing this through Ella. I just let her switch from the emerald cut but there really shouldn’t be that much difference in price considering the emerald cut I originally ordered was 8x10...so I was glad I was just able to switch to the OEC. What size thickness would be good for the bottom of the shank? I want to be able to send her another email and tell her the thickness before she does another cad.
They do cut a pretty good H&A round. I can give you a video of mine if you are interested. Returning a stone back to China is not easy. If you pay the extra for some tracking, it is around $40 and the purchase price of the stone is somewhere between $100-$200, depending on size. It would be much better to sell it on Diamond Bistro or Loupe Troupe. That being said, I think it is a wise choice to purchase a loose stone and have it set by a jeweler locally. I don’t think moissanites are a great investment since they are getting cut better year after year and lab diamonds are also getting cheaper at the same time. I would spend the money on a great setting and you can always replace the stone if you need to. The moissanites look pretty good compared to most of the US brands although there are a few in the US that are cutting them even better.
Thank you @swaye2010 I don’t remember where I got the pic..sigh..If I have to nicely argue a point with the price for adding thickness...what do think it should have cost? Do you think the emerald cut just cost more and when I traded stones I’m overpaying?
I didn’t get it from any vendors that I’ve ever seen as I’m careful about that. I may have seen it in a moissanite site..The Lauren B one doesn’t have a rounded bowl. How do I do a reverse search with a photo? I wonder if it is a moissanite site that copied that from them. If you tell me how to search I can find out.
Here is a link. I didn’t have the URL to do it for you. It is hard to know w/o doing the reverse such if it did come from a vendor that you know because it might just end up in google images or Pinterest and you don’t always know which site it came from. I know we all try not to do exact copies but it is hard to explain what you want w/o using inspiration pictures. I only say to find the origin so you can guesstimate what the shank might be or get a profile view so they better understand what you are looking for.
Thank you..That will give me an idea..
Best that I could find from similar is 2mm which is what you said to someone else..I think that would work for me too. Thanks!
I would have another go around with Ella by showing her the pictures that you do have compared to the CAD that she created. Also ask for the breakdown in price because it does seem unusually high.
At this point I’m afraid to rock the boat. I think I will just hope she can change this and make the shank 2mm. If she says she wants more money I will then argue my point that it’s already expensive..more expensive than many rings I see here, etc. I’m going to just buy stones from now on and let David Klass make my settings. This is too stressful. I have another two rings in the works elsewhere and I’m getting a little crazy doing three at a time
I used to be able to answer that question but they don’t seem to be doing the same thing for each person anymore. The difference in the cost of the moissanite melee is probably pennies but increasing the gold width might be a factor. It is not a huge change so maybe that can be accommodated. I am sure if there is a % in gold weight change that they are being told that they have to charge for it. Let’s hope they don’t charge for a CAD change as well. It helps to specify the size of the shank and possibly the melee before making contact but I know it is not reasonable to think that most people would know these measurements off hand to do that.
I would continue buying the loose stones from Tianyu, that's what I'm planning to do, unless Mona (formerly from Starsgems) makes me a nice one. I asked her to make one for me and it won't be shipped until next week. If I do have jewelry made in China, I'm switching to Starsgem or Mona.
I would continue buying the loose stones from Tianyu, that's what I'm planning to do, unless Mona (formerly from Starsgems) makes me a nice one. I asked her to make one for me and it won't be shipped until next week. If I do have jewelry made in China, I'm switching to Starsgem or Mona.
At least the Tianyu stones--for now--are semi-reasonable. If the 6.5mm stones get past the $120 mark, I'm not going to buy. For that I'd rather shell out the extra money for a North American company.
I was so put off by the quote I got for a ring that is listed in Tianyu's store, I just don't want to bother buying their jewelry. I guess I joined the bandwagon too late.
Yeah, it’s a real shame. Their stones are great for what they are, but unless their jewelry design is top of the line, I don’t feel like spending what they’re asking. I have an amazing local jeweler whom I’d rather go to and spend a little more with. He’d be much happier with me, too! (Lol)
I have a bezel moissanite band with 2 mm moissanites and a rose gold eternity band with 2 mm diamonds and when I look at them in dim light next to each other, I don’t see a lot of sparkle coming off the moissanite band. I tried to capture it in a pic but it is hard to get the camera to focus. I also had an OEC with 4 graduated moissanites and the first one was a 3 mm OEC that I could still see some fire in but the rest of the pave did not have a lot of sparkle in the smaller sizes. I think the very small melee can just look a bit flat and doesn’t catch the light in the same way as diamonds do.
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