So the good news. I have finally picked the components of the e-ring!
I settled on an old european cut sapphire cut by Roger Dery. It is a 1.7 darker sapphire but the cut won us over. There is something about the old european cut that adds character to the stone. It faces much smaller than the carat size suggests, but i like the higher crown and smaller table. Its not the royal / medium blue everyone seems to love on here, but my SO prefers the darker tone. Here is the pic below.
Having nailed down the stone the next step was the setting. We had fallen in love with Van Craeynest, but the price ($8000!) gave me pause. After a couple of weeks i finally gave in and made the call. Here is the bad news. Van Craeynest is largely shut down. They currently do not have the personnel to manufacture the more complicated settings. I can't tell you how bad i felt for the owner as he really couldn't confirm when they would be back on line. They did have some remaining settings on hand, but they were all well over $10k. I really hope they don't end up going out of business as there is truly no equivalent in rings of that style.
Good news again! I discovered Singlestone. Initially i had a hard time getting over the Van Craeynest settings... There is something about the Van Craeynest settings that give them a certain look of strength and quality that no other ring seems to have imo. Singlestone rings tended to be more dainty. But alas i found it, the perfect match:
So finally, i am all set. 8 - 10 weeks and i'll have the final result for you. The last decision is whether to go with white gold or platinum. Singlestone uses an unplated white gold (first picture) that gives the metal a certain warmth that i prefer over platinum (second picture). On the other hand, i think platinum is more practical. If anybody have opinions between which to go with, id be happy to hear it!
Well, thanks everyone for all of the help! Particularly Chrono who has always had an answer to my questions. Over the past months my knowledge has increased by leaps and bounds. At this point i think i knew more than 90% of jewelers i met locally when it came to sapphires.
I settled on an old european cut sapphire cut by Roger Dery. It is a 1.7 darker sapphire but the cut won us over. There is something about the old european cut that adds character to the stone. It faces much smaller than the carat size suggests, but i like the higher crown and smaller table. Its not the royal / medium blue everyone seems to love on here, but my SO prefers the darker tone. Here is the pic below.
Having nailed down the stone the next step was the setting. We had fallen in love with Van Craeynest, but the price ($8000!) gave me pause. After a couple of weeks i finally gave in and made the call. Here is the bad news. Van Craeynest is largely shut down. They currently do not have the personnel to manufacture the more complicated settings. I can't tell you how bad i felt for the owner as he really couldn't confirm when they would be back on line. They did have some remaining settings on hand, but they were all well over $10k. I really hope they don't end up going out of business as there is truly no equivalent in rings of that style.
Good news again! I discovered Singlestone. Initially i had a hard time getting over the Van Craeynest settings... There is something about the Van Craeynest settings that give them a certain look of strength and quality that no other ring seems to have imo. Singlestone rings tended to be more dainty. But alas i found it, the perfect match:
So finally, i am all set. 8 - 10 weeks and i'll have the final result for you. The last decision is whether to go with white gold or platinum. Singlestone uses an unplated white gold (first picture) that gives the metal a certain warmth that i prefer over platinum (second picture). On the other hand, i think platinum is more practical. If anybody have opinions between which to go with, id be happy to hear it!
Well, thanks everyone for all of the help! Particularly Chrono who has always had an answer to my questions. Over the past months my knowledge has increased by leaps and bounds. At this point i think i knew more than 90% of jewelers i met locally when it came to sapphires.
. And combined it to the beautiful halo setting result is always irresistible. Love 
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