Hi Everyone,
Firstly I apologize in advance as you probably get this all the time, and I hope I'm following proper etiquette for a new post. I've been roaming around your forums for a few weeks, as well as other resources but I'm still so hesitant on buying a diamond online with my lack of knowledge and experience. Now there is only a few weeks until my planned proposal, I'd love to get some help from you all.
I've been focusing my ring/diamond search at James Allen, and I think I've found the setting I want thanks to inspiration from this post:
[URL='https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/ja-ering-she-said-yes.140246/']https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/ja-ering-she-said-yes.140246/[/URL]
Setting: https://www.jamesallen.com/engagement-rings/side-stones/14k-white-gold-054ct-common-prong-round-shaped-diamond-engagement-ring-item-1105
Now for the diamond. I'd ideally like somewhere around the 0.8ct size. A few places I've seen have said to spend more on the cut and sacrifice the clarity, but I find this hard to quantify when looking at the diamonds at 20x zoom in a similar price range.
This is the best of the bunch that I could find, although I'd ideally like to spend less than $3000 (Brexit hasn't helped with this figure!):
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/0.81-carat-h-color-si1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-1791540
I notice these diamonds don't have an HCA, and this ring seems a little hazy from the photo, although there looks to be hardly any imperfections. I've asked one of the JA 'experts' who have said that this is a perfectly eye-clean diamond.
What's your thoughts? Do you know of any better to fit into my price range? I'm based in the UK (but from New Zealand), and I haven't managed to find any better deals on this side of the world.
Thanks a lot for your time, it's really appreciated!
Firstly I apologize in advance as you probably get this all the time, and I hope I'm following proper etiquette for a new post. I've been roaming around your forums for a few weeks, as well as other resources but I'm still so hesitant on buying a diamond online with my lack of knowledge and experience. Now there is only a few weeks until my planned proposal, I'd love to get some help from you all.
I've been focusing my ring/diamond search at James Allen, and I think I've found the setting I want thanks to inspiration from this post:
[URL='https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/ja-ering-she-said-yes.140246/']https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/ja-ering-she-said-yes.140246/[/URL]
Setting: https://www.jamesallen.com/engagement-rings/side-stones/14k-white-gold-054ct-common-prong-round-shaped-diamond-engagement-ring-item-1105
Now for the diamond. I'd ideally like somewhere around the 0.8ct size. A few places I've seen have said to spend more on the cut and sacrifice the clarity, but I find this hard to quantify when looking at the diamonds at 20x zoom in a similar price range.
This is the best of the bunch that I could find, although I'd ideally like to spend less than $3000 (Brexit hasn't helped with this figure!):
https://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/round-cut/0.81-carat-h-color-si1-clarity-excellent-cut-sku-1791540
I notice these diamonds don't have an HCA, and this ring seems a little hazy from the photo, although there looks to be hardly any imperfections. I've asked one of the JA 'experts' who have said that this is a perfectly eye-clean diamond.
What's your thoughts? Do you know of any better to fit into my price range? I'm based in the UK (but from New Zealand), and I haven't managed to find any better deals on this side of the world.
Thanks a lot for your time, it's really appreciated!