Okay there is an auction in 12 hours with both a setting and a diamond that I like. So please help me decide.
I have been unhappy with the quality of my setting and I need to do something. At least change the bezel to prongs but I will probably end up resetting somewhere down the road. Thing is I just feel icky over spending the amount necessary for a reset ( 2000-3500 $) and I am wafffeling over what I want the setting to look like. Only thing I know is that I definitively want some form of halo or cluster.
Well I found a ring that is the same type that I wanted for years before I saw a halo. I still love that style of setting.
Amazingly the sapphire in it is the same shape as my diamond (OMC closer to an oval) and nearly exactly the same width and length ( it is 0.16mm narrower than my diamond). Also it is a true antic setting. However it has issues, at least 5 of the prongs holding in the diamonds need to be redone urgently ( they only go up to the girdle of the diamonds), add to that the work of exchanging the stones and resizing it (smaller). I don't know if it is worth it. It is not my dream forever setting ( at least I don't think so) but I really love it. The stones are OEC so they fit in with my stone and I just love the fluid lines and the red gold shank.
So do you think it is worth it to get and fix it?
Diamond: Its for a pendant in a milgrained bezel. I had originally bought a 0.43ct transitional but it is a I1 and I am worried that it will end up bugging me so I am going to sell that one and buy a new one. There are two main contenders, one at an auction in 12 hours and the other in an other auction in five days.
This one is at auction tomorrow. 0,72ct I and a I2 due to a natural on the table. However since it is going into a pendant I don't think it will be visible. It's very sparkly but the shape is a bit wonky.
This is quite a funny ring, huge that actually has a type of charm. Anyway it has a ca 0.80ct ( I believe it is larger) that has been in a mayor accident. It has a shallow crack in the table and mayor abrasions also to the table.
However the smaller diamond is just beautiful, at least 0.50ct lovely patterning and very firey. I am really interested in this diamond for my pendant. Then it has another 5 x 0.07ct and 3x0.03ct in 9.7g of 18k gold.
After selling the gold both options are currently priced the same, however I think that option B will go up more, so I don't really know what to do. What does everyone think?
I have been unhappy with the quality of my setting and I need to do something. At least change the bezel to prongs but I will probably end up resetting somewhere down the road. Thing is I just feel icky over spending the amount necessary for a reset ( 2000-3500 $) and I am wafffeling over what I want the setting to look like. Only thing I know is that I definitively want some form of halo or cluster.
Well I found a ring that is the same type that I wanted for years before I saw a halo. I still love that style of setting.
Amazingly the sapphire in it is the same shape as my diamond (OMC closer to an oval) and nearly exactly the same width and length ( it is 0.16mm narrower than my diamond). Also it is a true antic setting. However it has issues, at least 5 of the prongs holding in the diamonds need to be redone urgently ( they only go up to the girdle of the diamonds), add to that the work of exchanging the stones and resizing it (smaller). I don't know if it is worth it. It is not my dream forever setting ( at least I don't think so) but I really love it. The stones are OEC so they fit in with my stone and I just love the fluid lines and the red gold shank.
So do you think it is worth it to get and fix it?
Diamond: Its for a pendant in a milgrained bezel. I had originally bought a 0.43ct transitional but it is a I1 and I am worried that it will end up bugging me so I am going to sell that one and buy a new one. There are two main contenders, one at an auction in 12 hours and the other in an other auction in five days.
This one is at auction tomorrow. 0,72ct I and a I2 due to a natural on the table. However since it is going into a pendant I don't think it will be visible. It's very sparkly but the shape is a bit wonky.
This is quite a funny ring, huge that actually has a type of charm. Anyway it has a ca 0.80ct ( I believe it is larger) that has been in a mayor accident. It has a shallow crack in the table and mayor abrasions also to the table.
However the smaller diamond is just beautiful, at least 0.50ct lovely patterning and very firey. I am really interested in this diamond for my pendant. Then it has another 5 x 0.07ct and 3x0.03ct in 9.7g of 18k gold.
After selling the gold both options are currently priced the same, however I think that option B will go up more, so I don't really know what to do. What does everyone think?