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Last year I came across this amazing ring as I was on my way to have a prong on my vintage anniversary ring rebuilt. Bezel-set french-cut center stone measuring 9mmx12mm, or thereabouts, french-cut sapphire frame, then a single-cut pave frame. Talk about your finger coverage. But, I couldn't justify two large diamond rings, and I was feeling very sentimental about the anniversary ring ... and the next time I walked past that dealer's window, the ring was gone. 
The attempt to rebuild the prong turned into a huge brouhaha that lasted five months and resulted in my having to have a repro setting made. I still love the ring ... but the associations are less sentimental in a lot of ways. I doubt I would have thought about changing it again, though, if it wasn't for the fact that when I dropped by that dealer's booth on an unrelated matter there was the ring. The One That Got Away ... away no more!
Well, turns out it wasn't sold ... the dealer just liked it so much he started putting it into a display case in his line-of-sight so he could admire it instead of putting it in the window. The price is in the ballpark of what my anniversary ring cost. I am very strongly tempted to sell my anniversary ring and get this instead. (I mean, I do have my 7th anniversary at the end of the month ...
) What do you guys think - insane? Impractical?
I'm attaching a few iPhone photos I snapped in the shop (which is like a locus of bad lighting when it comes to taking pictures: the iPhone actually takes pretty good close-ups generally, but whenever I try to get a shot in there, it's blurry as hell). In the photos, it looks like it's windowing, which is not something I observed at all when it was on the hand ... but given that it's a shallow cut, I wouldn't be surprised if it was optically possible (though I'd love to know how it could do one thing to the naked eye and another to the camera). It's about a carat and a half, I think, but it faces up GINORMOUS: the first time I asked about it, I was positive it was some three-carat bohemoth that would be far, far, far outside of my price-range. The condition is great for a piece this old: bezel secure, calibre cuts unscathed. And the faceting on the center is amazeballs in person: it's like a sharp-cornered AVC, almost, with the Maltese cross center. (Does anybody know what to properly call this, btw? Elongated french cut? Sharp-cornered old mine? Rectangular something-or-other? I've been defaulting to french-cut, but if there's a more technical name, I'd love to know it!) G, VS2. Is it stupid to downgrade in carat weight, to get a much less traditional ring, to get a ring that's less suited for everyday wear, etc., etc., etc.?
What do you think? Don't hold back, all opinions welcome. Pics below, one on its lonesome, one with my anniversary ring.
The attempt to rebuild the prong turned into a huge brouhaha that lasted five months and resulted in my having to have a repro setting made. I still love the ring ... but the associations are less sentimental in a lot of ways. I doubt I would have thought about changing it again, though, if it wasn't for the fact that when I dropped by that dealer's booth on an unrelated matter there was the ring. The One That Got Away ... away no more!
Well, turns out it wasn't sold ... the dealer just liked it so much he started putting it into a display case in his line-of-sight so he could admire it instead of putting it in the window. The price is in the ballpark of what my anniversary ring cost. I am very strongly tempted to sell my anniversary ring and get this instead. (I mean, I do have my 7th anniversary at the end of the month ...
) What do you guys think - insane? Impractical? I'm attaching a few iPhone photos I snapped in the shop (which is like a locus of bad lighting when it comes to taking pictures: the iPhone actually takes pretty good close-ups generally, but whenever I try to get a shot in there, it's blurry as hell). In the photos, it looks like it's windowing, which is not something I observed at all when it was on the hand ... but given that it's a shallow cut, I wouldn't be surprised if it was optically possible (though I'd love to know how it could do one thing to the naked eye and another to the camera). It's about a carat and a half, I think, but it faces up GINORMOUS: the first time I asked about it, I was positive it was some three-carat bohemoth that would be far, far, far outside of my price-range. The condition is great for a piece this old: bezel secure, calibre cuts unscathed. And the faceting on the center is amazeballs in person: it's like a sharp-cornered AVC, almost, with the Maltese cross center. (Does anybody know what to properly call this, btw? Elongated french cut? Sharp-cornered old mine? Rectangular something-or-other? I've been defaulting to french-cut, but if there's a more technical name, I'd love to know it!) G, VS2. Is it stupid to downgrade in carat weight, to get a much less traditional ring, to get a ring that's less suited for everyday wear, etc., etc., etc.?
What do you think? Don't hold back, all opinions welcome. Pics below, one on its lonesome, one with my anniversary ring.
And from the owner of the oval that started me thinking outside of the round-round-round box, thank you!
That is a magnficent ring, indeed!!! I adore it! But no, I would never trade the 2.5 OEC for it! So buying it as an extra ring was my thought right in line with Dreamer's thinking, and I see that is what you decided!!! 
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