Calling Pyramid - re. three-stones!

[yssie]

Hi!

I wanted to respond to your post in another thread re. three-stone proportions but since the OP expressed that she'd prefer to have that one closed I thought I'd start another

Yssie

I loved your post with the diagrams about diamond band versus plain metal on the solitaire and the ring size being too big.


I was just thinking last night, that I would like a 3 stone sometime, about 0.80 centre and 0.40 side stones, I already
have a small 3 stone that is 0.30 centre and 0.15 side stones. I was thinking last night that maybe it would not suit
me though. I have a large solitaire that looks fine though. I have very short fingers and I would want it in a medium
to high setting as I don't like low set for this style. Do you think that the theory with the diamond side stones like the
diamond band on this thread, is the reason I am feeling it wouldn't suit me. Maybe I just have a complex about my
very short fingers although small size fingers. I am not worried about the centre stone looking smaller just that I
think the area from the ring to the point of my fingers will look smaller. I also have a wide hand. I just wonder if
a large 3 stone would not suit me although I like the smaller one. Anyone else think this way?

I love multi-stone rings so I'm totally biased but 0.8/0.4 are such classic proportions, it's hard to imagine going wrong with them! Would you want a wide pave band like braga's as well?

I think with multi-stone rings wherein the sidestones aren't really incorporated into the band itself (not like braga's where her side rose cuts and are actually part of the band) the angle of the sidestones can make a huge difference. The sidestones could be sharply angled or almost flat, they could be tucked under the center or set girdle to girdle in a row... I've heard that longer stones set N/S tend to elongate the finger whereas E/W tends to shorten, what do you think of ovals or cushions or ECs? I'd love to try a bunch on one day to see if my eyes agree

I do personally *love* when sidestones are tucked under the center a bit *or* set girdle-to-girdle with the centre and angled so the inner circumference, outer circumference of the band, and the arc the girdle planes make are concentric - that's just my preference though!

0.8/~0.5/0.3/0.15 could make an interesting seven-stone, too...

 

[pyramid]

Thanks Yssie. That is helpful the drawings. I want round stones but I agree that long radiant cut shapes look good on me. I have
only tried on fashion jewellery but it was a huge carat weight in size and it still looked good, I think because of my wide hand.
I want the stones like the drawing on the left.

Years ago I had a ring and it was a size 5 with all 12 point stones a 3 stone and it was high set but with the shoulders sloping in and when it was sized the the stones were not adjusted properly so one of the size stones was far further down than the other. I thought then that I didn't have enough room for 3 stones because I thought they had to be horizontal. I had only been paying attention way back then to cheap rings with little stones so didn't realise that 3 stone rings curved down until I looked. That ring style though of the ring I had they were all set at the same level and straight across with little beads between the three stones so when the ring
was adjusted the diamonds were off and nobody in the jeweller could tell me what was wrong with it because it was a chain store and they likely didn't know but also claimed to see nothing wrong. I didn't think so with two stones side by side and a third lower down but looked from the front top of the ring to be offset to the side. This put me off getting a three stone thinking I didn't have big enough fingers but now I know different.

I have a little 7 stone with 7 10 point diamonds and just want the 3 stone look. Won't be this year or next though.

 

[Logan Sapphire]

I had a three stone with those exact proportions- .78 center and .83ctw sides. I loved that ring, though I've since upgraded the center stone to a 1.20ct. I also have a slim, short finger and I will say that I could've fit more diamonds onto the ring (and still could do so on my new 3 stone).

 

[pyramid]

Thanks Logan Sapphire. Think I am just trying to talk myself out of spending the money but I want to

So bigger diamonds. ha.