just engaged

[donno]

Hi everyone, i just recently got engaged and found this forum while doing my "due diligence" on researching an e-ring for my lady.

We went out to the mall last weekend and were clearly unimpressed and am going to be getting with a local jeweler this week to get a little better service.

She wants a 1.5tw 3 stone ring in yellow gold (with white gold prongs). I have seen a few loose diamonds and we are happy with the H/I, SI1/2, VG cuts that we saw.

If we went with say a center diamond of ~.7 and sides of .4 each do you think we are being realistic to try and get the ring around 3k? we just want something sparkly and nice, we don''t really care about if it is "perfect" under a scope or not.

oh and we ran into this looking online yesterday, seems to be a real business with a reasonable return policy but the price just seems to be a little "too" good.. thoughts?
http://stores.diamondten.com/Items/adf%20-%2000402?&caSKU=adf%20-%2000402&caTitle=Round%20Brilliant%201.55ct%20Diamond%203%20Stone%2014K%20Gold%20Engagement%20Ring

thanks so much for your time

 

[neatfreak]

If it is too good to be true it probably is...

 

[JulieN]

.40 ct sides each will totally overwhelm a .70 ct stone, if you''re going for a classic 3 stone look.

I think you know you can do better than the one you linked to. 3000 is a healthy budget.

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 10/20/2008 2:49:55 PM
Author: neatfreak
If it is too good to be true it probably is...

Ditto. Too many unknowns with the ring you linked, possible variations with the cut quality so you have no way of knowing if the diamonds are eyeclean or will sparkle.

 

[donno]

thanks for the quick replys everyone. yeah, i had pretty much ruled out that ring from diamondten already as not worth the risk.

Date: 10/20/2008 2:51:36 PM
Author: JulieN
.40 ct sides each will totally overwhelm a .70 ct stone, if you''re going for a classic 3 stone look.

what should the ratio of center to side stones be for the classic look? we saw one ring that had a 1.0 in the center and quarters on the sides and we thought it looked totally unbalanced in the other direction which is why we were thinking larger sides stones...

 

[JulieN]

I've been a fan of small sides ever since one PSer posted something like a 1.17 with .13 sides (or something like that... it was definitely 1 ct+ with sides around .15 cts.)

Area of 1 ct/ Area of .25 ct= 2.6
Area of .7 ct (5.7 mm)/Area of .4 cts (4.7 mm)=1.5

I'd probably shoot for about a 2:1 ratio of area if you like the larger look, and is probably a good balance/classic look. If you went with a 6 mm center, you'd get 4.2 mm sides, which is probably .75-.80 cts with about 1/3 ct sides. If working with an internet vendor, they will generally take pictures side by side for you/have models to show you before casting your ring. With a B&M jeweler, you will get to see them side by side.

 

[Dancing Fire]

Date: 10/20/2008 2:41:24 PM
Author:donno

If we went with say a center diamond of ~.7 and sides of .4 each do you think we are being realistic to try and get the ring around 3k? we just want something sparkly and nice, we don''t really care about if it is ''perfect'' under a scope or not.

thanks so much for your time

this is what it''ll look like in proportion.


https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/wifes-1-49-ctw-3-stone-ring.27531/

 

[UCLABelle]

Double-ditto: if it is too good to be true, it probably is!

 

[donno]

dancing fire,

that ring is absolutely beautiful!!! i showed it to the lady and she says, yes that is absoutely perfect. she definitely likes the larger side stones. thanks so much for the linky.

 

[LostSapphire]

Hello Donno

Welcome to PriceScope!

Here''s a thread I had going a while back devoted to 3-stone rings. There are a LOT of variations of sizes to look at. Perhaps this will help.

https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/3-stone-ring-girls-are-you-out-there.75486/

Hope this helps! Have fun.

LS