Help!

[*RubyRN*]

Hi ladies!

I have begun the painful search for my perfect e-ring, and have recently completely changed directions.. Initially I thought I wanted a RB stone in a simple pave or diamond prong setting, until I saw this ring:

HOLY CRAP!!

WOW. That is about the most gorgeous ring I''ve ever seen.. so classic yet unique. We could never afford those diamonds,so it would be something smaller like 1 carat center 0.25 carat sides. I e-mailed Leon to get a quote on a smaller version of the ring and he quoted labor at roughly $1700 (without stones of course). However, I haven''t called him yet to see if that includes the metal cost (I somehow doubt it). Our budget it $6K at the most, so I sadly think I probably won''t be able to afford the real thing (Leon) without having to use a less-than-desirable stone. I''ve seen some similar settings on other sites, but none are as delicate as Leon''s. I''m also worried about ovals and that bowtie effect.. I haven''t seen a whole lot of ovals in person, but I''d be afraid of having a huge dark stripe across the middle!
Any advice or words of widsom??


Thanks!!
(I can''t stop looking at that picture

)

 

[mimzy]

that is definately a gorgeous ring! If i wasn''t set on a halo, that would be the ring i would choose too <3

maybe as an alternative?
http://www.knoxjewelers.biz/index.htm?crn=202&rn=740&action=show_detail
(they can usually change the stone shape pretty easily)

you could also maybe try blue nile - it might not be exactly the same, but you could certainly get the oval center and pear side diamonds for within your budget


i hope someone else is more helpful than me!

 

[lsyama]

Hi RubyRN!

I don''t know too much about fancy cuts, but just doing a quick search on Whiteflash, it seems like a reasonably well cut 1ct pear is much less expensive than a well cut 1ct rb. (ex. J SI1 ~1ct for ~$2800) It seems like fancy cuts in general tend to be less expensive than a rb of the same carat weight. So the pear sidestones might also be more affordable that 0.25ct rbs. ...maybe it is possible to go with Leon? (But I have no idea what the metal cost would add.)

Or maybe you could go with some other type of stone for the pear sides? That would probably save a lot too, leaving more budget for the setting!