Is this a suitable replacement?

[glossnpolish]

Hi everyone,

I have been looking to upgrade my first pair of diamond studs. They're 1.20ctw G VS2. I bought them at a time when I just joined PS and didn't know better about lower colours and clarity.
Fortunately, I got really lucky; they are beautiful stones, really blazing, firey and flashy all the time!
Now in order to upgrade, I'm willing to drop down the colour and clarity, after seeing how my BGD J coloured 0.98ctw studs have performed.

So I managed to find one stone that fits my criteria... UP in size, Down in colour and clarity. I realised that the crown angle of the bigger stone is a little steep at 35.00deg. Will the performance be inferior compared to my current stones? Should I trade in one of my 0.6GVS2 stones for this?

Also, I know this has been discussed many times over... but G looks really white on my ears, and my J studs which are encased in a yellow gold bezel look warm white. Will the warmth of a J come through very clearly in a stone of this size? Phoenix's studs keep coming to mind when I'm convincing J is the way to go with the upgrade!!

New stone:

0.92 J SI2
Width: 6.24mm
Length: 6.21mm
Depth: 3.85mm
Table Percentage: 57.00%
Depth Percentage: 61.90%
Crown ∠: 35.00°
Pavilion ∠: 40.80
Cutlet : 0.02mm

Old stones:
Width: 5.43mm 5.41mm
Length: 5.47mm 5.43mm
Depth: 3.33mm 3.35mm
Table Percentage: 55.90% 55.90%
Depth Percentage: 61.10% 61.80%
Crown ∠: 34.30° 34.50°
Crown Depth: 14.90% 15.00%
Pavilion ∠: 40.80° 40.80°
Pavilion Depth: 43.00% 43.00%
Cutlet : 0.02mm 0.02mm

Thanks for your input.

 

[antelope1]

I'm confused here.

Are you going for one or two diamond earrings with this upgrade? Why not post two diamonds for us to consider? Also, you should buy both diamonds for the earrings at the same time. Buying one then waiting for a matching diamond to come along means that you can't wear your earrings for a long time...

Upgrading one (or two) G VS2s to one J SI2 with funky crown angles seems like not good value for the money.

 

[glossnpolish]

Thanks for your input antelope, I was looking to upgrade one stone first, and keep the other stone until i find a similar stone to match and trade in for.

I am prepared to wait for and hunt down a matching stone; I tried hunting and matching stone for my 1.26ct I SI2 with med blue fluo but that has come to naught, so I was thinking hunting down another stone without fluo would be easier.

In the meantime I will wear the yellow gold bezelled studs.