HW wedding band,is it worth it?

[chrissss]

it's about $7000, it is worth it???? same channel setting band at cartier is about 5000, i'm so torn ........should i buy this HW band????shoud I ask my fiancé to buy this??? cuz i know he would buy it but i feel so guilty....any ideas???????

HW:

 

[diamondseeker2006]

What is the carat weight???

 

[slg47]

7000 seems high for a channel set band like that? why not get the cartier version or another version?

 

[chrissss]

lol i don't remember, 0.5??mayabe...

 

[diamondseeker2006]

That cannot be right. If it is, the price is INSANE. You need to find that out because it makes a BIG difference! You might be comparing apples and oranges if the diamond weight is not the same for the two rings.

1 ctw at Tiffany's ($4600):

http://www.tiffany.com/Shopping/Item.aspx?sku=GRP00113&mcat=148204&cid=288152&fromGrid=1&search_params=s+5-p+11-c+288152-r+101323340+101323351-x+-n+6-ri+-ni+0-t+

A nice quality channel set ring is a nice quality channel set ring. I wouldn't pay more than the $5000 under any circumstances if the weight is 1 carat. And you'd just be paying $400 to get the Cartier name over Tiffany. $2000 more would be totally crazy.

 

[diamondseeker2006]

And just for a base...a fine quality non-brand channel set ring at 1 ct. costs about $2500:

http://www.thefacetscollection.com/Platinum-Channel-Set-Eternity-Band-26-Round-Brilliant-Diamonds-103ct-tw-F-G-color-VVS-VS-clarity/1037.html

So even $4600 is a large mark-up!

 

[Enerchi]

Has to be a mind thing for you -is the HW name (...or the Cartier name/red box or the Tiffany name/blue box) worth that much to you?

For me - I do not wear the box or the name on the outside (but not to knock those brands at all - lovely items in all 3 stores!) but what would count to me is the diamond performance and how the band would work with my ering.

If you purchased the facets one that DS suggested above, that's a lot more $$$ that could go towards something else (more jewellry? upgrade stone in Ering? wedding? on and on and on...)

Food for thought...

 

[chrissss]

Thank!!!!i think i won't buy it.....lots of other stuff needs to be bought that could use the money

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Very good decision! That is not a unique band and the one at HW certainly wouldn't look a bit better than the others!

 

[stargurl78]

I'm glad you are deciding against it! That is WAY overpriced in my opinion. I would much rather go with either the Tiffany or Facets band that DS suggested.

 

[Christina...]

I'm glad you decided against it as well. I'm not against buying anything branded and I do buy it (I have a 12 yo that insists that everything have a brand label ) But I try to do it where I think it counts,like when the quality out performs what I could get for less. In this case I think passing was a good idea!

 

[chloecro]

Yes, that seems ridiculous for a wedding band, since (imo) that's not the ring people usually notice.

 

[ame]

SEVEN THOUSAND for that?!!! Are the diamonds flawless? Colorless? Set by a celebrity jeweler? Owned by Liz Taylor!? WOW. Facets for the win on this one. IF you must go branded, Tiffs has a nice Channel Set. I didn't care for the Cartier ones as much just in pictures. They don't look channel, theyl ook bead set with metal on the sides.