I have read this forum and looked at so many websites that my head is swimming. I would really appreciate some opinions/insight on options.
I'm specifically looking for a white gold wedding set that has a fitted or curved wedding band to contour with the e-ring. I really love this one from UD:
http://www.uniondiamond.com/control/showJewelryDetails?productId=JEN10091W&jewShapeVal=&rbStep=2
however, I'm not entirely confident with choosing a diamond there, since the grading is EGL and I don't know enough to be able to tell just how eye clean the stone would be. I just feel more comfortable with JA, with their grading and being able to at least "see" the diamond on their website. Unfortunately, they don't have anything at all like the UD setting and if they custom make one, it would be twice the price of the UD setting, which is out of my budget.
I'm really torn on what to do-because I'm not sure how happy I'd be with any of the JA settings, but I don't know whether I'd be happy with one of UD diamonds.
My total budget for setting and stone is roughly $4000, and I'd like a stone that's not terribly small (I wear a size 7 so I want something that can be seen), so between a .75 and 1 carat. I'd also like it to be eye clean with an ideal setting. Is this even possible? I don't necessarily need the side diamonds on the above setting, it's the "ribbon" underneath the center stone that I like the best.
Thank you so much for any advice you can give me!
I'm specifically looking for a white gold wedding set that has a fitted or curved wedding band to contour with the e-ring. I really love this one from UD:
http://www.uniondiamond.com/control/showJewelryDetails?productId=JEN10091W&jewShapeVal=&rbStep=2
however, I'm not entirely confident with choosing a diamond there, since the grading is EGL and I don't know enough to be able to tell just how eye clean the stone would be. I just feel more comfortable with JA, with their grading and being able to at least "see" the diamond on their website. Unfortunately, they don't have anything at all like the UD setting and if they custom make one, it would be twice the price of the UD setting, which is out of my budget.
I'm really torn on what to do-because I'm not sure how happy I'd be with any of the JA settings, but I don't know whether I'd be happy with one of UD diamonds.
My total budget for setting and stone is roughly $4000, and I'd like a stone that's not terribly small (I wear a size 7 so I want something that can be seen), so between a .75 and 1 carat. I'd also like it to be eye clean with an ideal setting. Is this even possible? I don't necessarily need the side diamonds on the above setting, it's the "ribbon" underneath the center stone that I like the best.
Thank you so much for any advice you can give me!