Odilia
Brilliant_Rock
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I want to thank everyone who helped with your comments on these threads regarding a match for my wedding band:
https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/help-desperately-need-input-on-what-to-wear-w-wb.31878/=
https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/how-much-should-something-like-this-cost.33376/=
I appreciated all of your feedback. After all was said and done, I talked to my husband about getting that thin "antique" solitaire & W-ring set. (Not really antique since it''s probably circa 1950''s or so? And actually the diamond is newer. More on that later.) He liked the idea and even got it for a lower price than I stated in the applicable thread. I took it to an independent appraiser. He appraised it to be right in the ballpark (a bit over) what we paid for it. He said the diamond is probably only about 20 years old or so; it was estimated around 0.94ct as stated, and also was SI1 (or maybe SI2?), so again as stated. He said that the diamond is really a somewhat brownish tint, around C3 or C4 on the brown scale which he corresponded to an L on the colorless scale. (Please don''t hammer me if I am getting any of this mixed up! It is all from memory as I type!) But overall he said it''s a good diamond, so if I like the color it is worth what we paid. It is definitely darker than my I engagement diamond, but I think it has a charm to it. And it is still very sparkly. (Incidentally the appraiser''s opinion was that this diamond might not look right in a white setting, as it might look like it was trying to be a fancy, but in this setting he liked it as well.)
This set is so dainty and delicate!! I don''t think you will get the full idea from the pictures I will post just how dainty. (I have been told I always have "little and delicate" things, so I guess this is no exception!) It almost makes the Ritani Endless Love seem bulky!
Although some might criticize that the E-ring band is too skinny for my W-band, I like it anyway. There is more harmony of texture between them than my smooth solitaire. I wish I could show you all in person, since the pictures just don''t really do things justice. My wedding band looks a bit different in pictures than in person; because of the carving (even though there are smooth areas), it seems to clash - to me, in person - with a smooth ring. So many folks preferred solitaire with my WB so as not to "compete" with it (which I agreed completely that I didn''t want a busy look), and although this has little tiny accent diamonds, for all intents and purposes it is a solitaire, and because so thin, I think it doesn''t compete. From a distance most folks would probably think it''s plain solitaire with plain WB. Oh and another happy thing, it sits much lower than my ridiculously high prongs on my eng. solitaire.
So anyway, now I have multiple options for wear, and best of all, my beautiful engagement diamond is FREE to be reset in a 4-prong white setting with sparkle on the sides, which hopefully you all can help me with when I move on to that search!! Below I will try to post as many pictures as I can. Thanks again to all of you who helped! I am sorry that my time is limited so I can''t answer each of your posts personally!!
First I might just post the set we bought:
https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/help-desperately-need-input-on-what-to-wear-w-wb.31878/=
https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/how-much-should-something-like-this-cost.33376/=
I appreciated all of your feedback. After all was said and done, I talked to my husband about getting that thin "antique" solitaire & W-ring set. (Not really antique since it''s probably circa 1950''s or so? And actually the diamond is newer. More on that later.) He liked the idea and even got it for a lower price than I stated in the applicable thread. I took it to an independent appraiser. He appraised it to be right in the ballpark (a bit over) what we paid for it. He said the diamond is probably only about 20 years old or so; it was estimated around 0.94ct as stated, and also was SI1 (or maybe SI2?), so again as stated. He said that the diamond is really a somewhat brownish tint, around C3 or C4 on the brown scale which he corresponded to an L on the colorless scale. (Please don''t hammer me if I am getting any of this mixed up! It is all from memory as I type!) But overall he said it''s a good diamond, so if I like the color it is worth what we paid. It is definitely darker than my I engagement diamond, but I think it has a charm to it. And it is still very sparkly. (Incidentally the appraiser''s opinion was that this diamond might not look right in a white setting, as it might look like it was trying to be a fancy, but in this setting he liked it as well.)
This set is so dainty and delicate!! I don''t think you will get the full idea from the pictures I will post just how dainty. (I have been told I always have "little and delicate" things, so I guess this is no exception!) It almost makes the Ritani Endless Love seem bulky!
So anyway, now I have multiple options for wear, and best of all, my beautiful engagement diamond is FREE to be reset in a 4-prong white setting with sparkle on the sides, which hopefully you all can help me with when I move on to that search!! Below I will try to post as many pictures as I can. Thanks again to all of you who helped! I am sorry that my time is limited so I can''t answer each of your posts personally!!
First I might just post the set we bought:
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