My Pear Halo Preset..Questions to all you pear loving women

[pearmay]

So, i need some advice from all of the pear/halo lovers. My boyfriend has given me the amazing opportunity to help in the design of my engagement ring. We purchased a loose stone from JA and are having a local family jeweler custom make the setting.
The stone:
Shape: Pear
Carat weight: 1.63
Cut: Excellent
Color: D
Clarity: I1
Certificate: GIA
Depth: 59.7%
Table: 62.0%
Polish: Very Good
Symmetry: Good
Girdle: Thin to slightly thick
Culet: Very Small
Fluorescence: None
Measurements: 10.82*6.65*3.97
Ratio: 1.63
Although the stone is an I1, it does not show it...with its excellent cut and beautiful light return. It was DEFINITELY a great bargain for us to compromise on the clarity. (it is hard for even myself to find the inclusions)

The setting: The setting is going to be a 2 sided halo with stones going down the shank also. My question is, what size stones should be in the setting...Right now I am thinking of having 1.5 pointers in the top of the halo and on the shank and 1 pointers on the side of the halo. Also, my ring size is 4.75

 

[madelise]

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Hopefully someone who knows the answer will chime in, but I've always wondered if, since the halo is higher, the melee being the same there and the shank would "appear" bigger than those on the shank?

Who are you planning to have make it? Can they give you CAD drawings of what it would look like to have them that size, and a a tweaked one with larger or smaller to have you choose what would look more ideal? I know I've seen a few people post images like that to ask for advice on which size was more fitting.

 

[slg47]

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does your local jeweler work with CAD? (computer aided design?) if so you can get an idea of what the ring would look like. what do they recommend for the halo? also have you seen examples of their pave work?

 

[Mike R]

Re: My Pear Halo Preset..Questions to all you pear loving wo

I would recommend against specifying the exact size melee to be used in your
halo, the shape and size of your pear should dictate what size is needed.
When fitting melee to a halo you want them really close to each other to
eliminate as much visible metal as possible, if the jeweler has to use a certain
size stone you will likely end up with large gaps between the melee.

Make sure you have seen examples of your jewelers work, similar halos that you
are happy with, and then trust them to pick the correct size diamonds needed to
do the best job possible.

You could probably specify if you want larger or smaller melee used in the halo,
personally for your shape and size of stone I would go smaller than what you are
thinking of.

Finally, depending on the angles the second row of melee are normally bigger
than the inside row, not smaller. This is again to fill in the gaps and have as
little metal showing as possible.
This picture helps show what I'm talking about, the difference in angles in this
piece isn't very great, it's more of a gentle curve, if the angle of the second
(outside) row of diamonds were greater then it would have needed smaller
diamonds.

Good luck.

 

[Gypsy]

Re: My Pear Halo Preset..Questions to all you pear loving wo

Great advice Mike. Also, that is the first double halo I've seen that I've liked. WOW. Nice job, I really adore that size difference between the two halos.

I would suggest you pick the proportions between the center and the halo that you want in some pics. And then tell the jeweler that you want that look. Then see what they suggest. I would first see what the vendor recommends and then if you don't agree, tweak.

 

[isaku5]

Re: My Pear Halo Preset..Questions to all you pear loving wo

You have a lovely pear diamond and I really like the look of the double halo. What bothers me is the fact that your local family jeweler will be entrusted with a fairly intricate setting.

Do you know for sure that he's capable of executing such a design? Also, if he is the family jeweler why didn't you source the diamond from him?

 

[Mike R]

Re: My Pear Halo Preset..Questions to all you pear loving wo

Great advice Mike. Also, that is the first double halo I've seen that I've liked. WOW. Nice job, I really adore that size difference between the two halos.

I would suggest you pick the proportions between the center and the halo that you want in some pics. And then tell the jeweler that you want that look. Then see what they suggest. I would first see what the vendor recommends and then if you don't agree, tweak.

WOW, thanks Gypsy, the metal was less noticeable once it was polished. This picture was taken during setting so everything is a little dirty.

 

[chel180]

Re: My Pear Halo Preset..Questions to all you pear loving wo

Any chance we could get so more photos of your beautiful pear?

 

[pearmay]

Re: My Pear Halo Preset..Questions to all you pear loving wo

Thanks for all the great comments! I should clarify a few things. I am probably not using the correct terms but when I said 2 sided halo, I do not mean double halo. I mean a single halo with slightly smaller melee perpendicular to it...does that make sense?

Also, when I say family jeweler, I just mean that they are a small local jeweler (family business I believe) that has been in the area for a very long time. They are not MY families jeweler...ha. Their work is very good and have a great return policy if I decide otherwise. They have a lot of great pieces in their showroom and have an awesome warranty for missing stones if that should become an issue. Also, because it has taken a few weeks longer than anticipated originally because of their large work load for such a small business, they reduced the price of my setting drastically. I guess spring is the time to get engaged

The woman who is designing my ring suggested 1.5 pointers for the shank and halo..and 1 pointers for the side of halo. I see that the most common size for the top of the halo on PS is 1 pointers. Is there really that much of a difference? Ill attach a picture of what the shape of the ring and 2 sided halo look like that I am referring to.

My jeweler does not do CAD drawings, unfortunately...although, she has made a few castings in silver w/o the stones for me. I will upload some more pictures of my stone and hopefully my ring in a few days!

 

[sgc3301]

Re: My Pear Halo Preset..Questions to all you pear loving wo

I am in the process of buying a pear stone for gf and I love your rock girl! Looks like a great find. Please post more pics! I am borderline obsessed with this shape now. Can I ask how you came to the decision why you picked that diamond from the other choices? Did you use anything but the specs and pic provided online (like an aset pic or ideal scope)? How was your experience with James Allen?

 

[Gem Queen]

Re: My Pear Halo Preset..Questions to all you pear loving wo

Here is my pear with halo.
2.08 carat

 

[TXJewel]

Re: My Pear Halo Preset..Questions to all you pear loving wo

~Bump~ Are there any updates? (finished ring )