Golly Gee!

[Dreamer_D]

Well as many of you know I decided that I was not enamoured with my 1.167 K color diamond after living with it for six months. For me, the warm glow was a little too noticable. Picky me!

Trouble was that I didn't want to spend a whole bunch of cashola to make a shift in color! I had after all just upgraded to this much larger diamond not-that-long ago. And adding to the trouble as well was the fact that I didn't want to go up in color a *teensy* bit, I wanted to go up a lot. To a G!

It just so happened that Brian Gavin Diamonds had a lovely 1.2ct G SI2 in stock that with my trade in, would not require a large amount of money. I was nervous about going with an SI2 with table inclusions, but I thought I would give it a try. Brian said this is a high G, bordering on F, and that plus the price meant that this was a good option for me right now!

After being held up in customs for a little too long, my ring hit the dreaded holiday shut down at FedEx, so after 6 loooong days she is finally on my finger!

Some pictures, since I know that is what you really care about, and then I will add some commentary.

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[Dreamer_D]

I love the openness of the truth head.

 

[Dreamer_D]

Facets...

 

[Dreamer_D]

It looks quite steely to me!

 

[Dreamer_D]

I love ideal cut diamonds.

 

[Dreamer_D]

Handshots: 1.2ct on a size 6.25

 

[joelly]

It''s very pretty.

 

[Dreamer_D]

DH wanted in on the action

 

[Dreamer_D]

A closeup of the truth head for those who are curious.

 

[lknvrb4]

Very lovely!

 

[yssie]

Beautiful!!



You sound so happy with it, that's so great to hear!

Congratulations!!!

The setting is lovely, too - it shows off the stone so well

 

[Bella_mezzo]

I love it!!! Although, I have to admit I also

your K and if I was in the market for a diamond I might have totally tried to snatch it up

Congrats!

 

[EHR2009]

Woo Hoo!!!! It looks great!!! What do you think about it? Do you notice a big difference? It looks beautiful!

 

[junebug17]

Dreamer, it is just beautiful!! What a gorgeous stone! I am so glad it finally arrived safely and is now on your finger, it looks perfect on your hand!

 

[Upgradable]

It looks beautiful! Hope it''s exactly what you wanted!!!

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

It''s lovely--and I hope this stone brings you joy!

cheers--Sharon

 

[iheartscience]

It''s gorgeous and I really like the setting, too! And I''m interested to hear your thoughts on it!

 

[MakingTheGrade]

I love the stone and the setting!! more pics please!

 

[D&T]

I love it dreamer, I can''t see any tint at all. Love the head, did Brian just keep the shank and replace the head?

 

[gardengloves]

I love it Dreamer, very open setting, that''s awesome. At some point post pics comparing it with old stone. This is very white, it looks great. So glad DH is a partner with you on this and got in on the pictures..

 

[canada_ham]

congrats! it looks fantastic on your hand!

 

[Laila619]

Very pretty and white, dreamer! I like the Truth head too. Is that your same Sleek Line ring just with a new head, or is it a totally new ring?

 

[Tuckins1]

Lovely!

 

[icekid]

It looks wonderful and icy white on you dreamer

Hope it will keep you happy for a little while...

hehe, just teasing! I have a nice eye-clean SI2 as well, and it is definitely worth it to be able to go a whiter for me.

 

[Dreamer_D]

Date: 12/29/2009 7:13:50 PM
Author: Bella_mezzo

I love it!!! Although, I have to admit I also

your K and if I was in the market for a diamond I might have totally tried to snatch it up

Congrats!

My K was stunning and someone will hopefully buy it really fast! For a diamond that size and cut quality it is a spectacular buy.

 

[poshpepper]

Beautiful new stone

Are you still planning on getting a 3 stone made with it?

 

[Londongirl1]

Date: 12/29/2009 7:23:55 PM
Author: MakingTheGrade
I love the stone and the setting!! more pics please!

Me too. It goes perfectly with your wedding band - a classic and timeless combination

 

[Dreamer_D]

So, what do I think?

Color

Well the color is simply gorgeous. This is a G bordering on F, and it shows. The difference in color from my previous diamond to this one is not subtle at all. It is glaring. It is actually a little hard to get used to the steely look of a G color diamond when you are used to the warmth of a J/K. I did like the the warmth face up next to my skin, but I hated it from the side. I much prefer this diamond from the tilt angles. My husband just plain flat out prefers this color, so I think we have found a winner there!

The strange thing is that this diamond looks bigger to me. I don''t know if it is the new head that is more open and sits a little higher, or not having it around for 3 weeks, or the fact that it is so ICYICYWHITE

but somehow it attracts the eye more and looks more prominent on my hand. I don''t think it is totally an illusion of my memory, I think it is a real optical trick from the color and brightness of the stone.

Clarity

Well, I can find some of the inclusions pretty easily at around 6 inches when I tilt the stone. I don''t typically inspect my ring like that, and at a normal viewing distance, Brian was totally right, you cannot see them. Other people looking at the diamond would never see them. They do not drive me batty, part of me doesn''t care at all that they are there, but I do know they are there and that I can tilt the stone a certain way and see the cavity on the table (it isa teensy weensy little black spec). Anyways, I don''t know yet if it is something I can live with or not. I d oreally love this diamond for its cut and color and I am loath to switch again, but since I am looking for my forever stone I need to be pretty sure. I think SI1 may be my limit for a forever stone. But I do think it was a very good trade overall. Seeing the inclusions sometimes in some lights if I really look hard is much better than seeing the tint almost all the time even when I was not trying at all ; - )

So the color was bang on and I love that, and the clarity is still an open issue for me. I need to see how I feel in the coming weeks/months.

DH as usualy is the voice of reason and says, "You pay for perfection!" LOL too true, and since I am cheapo and do not want to pay an extra $1600 for an SI1 of this size and color, I may just get used to the little hard-to-spot spots in my diamond

 

[jcrow]

very, very nice! congrats!

 

[Dreamer_D]

Date: 12/29/2009 7:25:13 PM
Author: D&T
I love it dreamer, I can''t see any tint at all. Love the head, did Brian just keep the shank and replace the head?

Yes he did. It was going to cost a little to reset the diamond anyways, so for an extra $100 I thought that I would change out the head. I love this head much more than the legato, there are subtle differences to it other than just the cross bar. The proportions and how it hugs the stone are different. It is not a perfect match to the shank unfortunately, because of these differences in propotion, but since I will be resetting this year it is not a really big deal -- though I do look forward to the time when I have the *perfect* ring

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