mjertl
Shiny_Rock
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- Jun 9, 2011
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Hi! I've been engaged for just over a year now, and back when my fiance and I were ring shopping this site was incredibly helpful in educating us about diamonds (making us considerably more educated on the topic than the people trying to sell us the stones at a few stores we went to (and promptly left)...)
Anyway, I posted one or two bad pictures of my ring right after I got engaged, but I finally have some decent pictures of it now courtesy of our engagement pictures (thank you Woodnote Photography!). I figured I'd post them, in case anyone is interested. The setting is a little scratched and dinged, as it has been worn pretty much 100% of the time for the last year, on many an adventure down rivers and up mountains, through jungles and in oceans (and also while doing boring things like dishes...). I know I should probably take it off for some of those things, but it is well-loved and makes me smile every time I look at it!
As for the details of the ring...
I knew I wanted something a little different for my stone. I decided I liked the look of an oval, and after looking at probably at least 50 of them I fell in love with this one. Some were larger or whiter but none sparkled more brightly and with so little "bow tie." It is a 1.00 ct (7.99 x 6.12 x 3.09) G SI1 (GIA). I have a very good eye, and even while looking at the certificate I cannot find the inclusions with my naked eye.
As for the setting, we had it made by a local jeweler because I couldn't find anything around here that was anything like what I was interested in. I knew I wanted a low-set bezel setting because I love the clean lines and didn't want to deal with the ring getting snagged on anything (I'm a pretty active girl). I also didn't want the ring to look overly modern, just clean and timeless, so I went with an open cathedral profile. My fiance suggested setting the ring "sideways," which gave the stone (I think) the impression of more finger coverage on my size 9 sausages! I loved the creaminess of unplated white gold, so that is the metal (14k wg-palladium alloy).
Anyway, thanks again for all the help back when we were shopping. I may need some more now that we're in the market for wedding bands. Hope you enjoy the pictures!
Anyway, I posted one or two bad pictures of my ring right after I got engaged, but I finally have some decent pictures of it now courtesy of our engagement pictures (thank you Woodnote Photography!). I figured I'd post them, in case anyone is interested. The setting is a little scratched and dinged, as it has been worn pretty much 100% of the time for the last year, on many an adventure down rivers and up mountains, through jungles and in oceans (and also while doing boring things like dishes...). I know I should probably take it off for some of those things, but it is well-loved and makes me smile every time I look at it!
As for the details of the ring...
I knew I wanted something a little different for my stone. I decided I liked the look of an oval, and after looking at probably at least 50 of them I fell in love with this one. Some were larger or whiter but none sparkled more brightly and with so little "bow tie." It is a 1.00 ct (7.99 x 6.12 x 3.09) G SI1 (GIA). I have a very good eye, and even while looking at the certificate I cannot find the inclusions with my naked eye.
As for the setting, we had it made by a local jeweler because I couldn't find anything around here that was anything like what I was interested in. I knew I wanted a low-set bezel setting because I love the clean lines and didn't want to deal with the ring getting snagged on anything (I'm a pretty active girl). I also didn't want the ring to look overly modern, just clean and timeless, so I went with an open cathedral profile. My fiance suggested setting the ring "sideways," which gave the stone (I think) the impression of more finger coverage on my size 9 sausages! I loved the creaminess of unplated white gold, so that is the metal (14k wg-palladium alloy).
Anyway, thanks again for all the help back when we were shopping. I may need some more now that we're in the market for wedding bands. Hope you enjoy the pictures!
My fiance is getting a damascus steel band (he had a WG band during his last marriage and felt like it got way too beat up, and he likes to look of the damscus), so I might look into a very subtle mokume gane plain band for myself so there's a little similarity, but we'll see!
Not that he's trying to encourage me one way or the other, but if I felt like I wanted something simpler for my wedding band I wouldn't have to forever sacrifice the idea of bling was his point, I think.
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