Hi all,
I'm shopping for a ~1.7ct EX/EX/EX in a halo + pave setting, with the following requirements. Hoping you good folks at PS can help steer me in the right direction! Thanks very much in advance!
* Eye clean is a must, willing to go to SI but I'm seeing so many inclusions on even SI/VS ACAs. I guess the magnification is throwing me off. Color H+.
* 16-20k budget for everything, and would love to be on the lower end.
* she is very petite (4), so I'd like a very thin halo and very thin width to the pave.
* I'd like a very short height to the crown in the setting. I'm seeing a lot of halo settings where the center stone sits much much higher than the halo, I'd like to avoid this.
* Would like zero/minimal space space between the center stone and halo. I'm seeing some on WH that exhibit this, is this a function of center stone size, or the way the setting crown is designed? How can I avoid this?
* I like a round stone, but really also digging the squarish halo setting. That seems to be popular here as well. What are the drawbacks of round stone + cushion halo? Will this create a space between stone and halo?
Now regarding the center stone and vendor-
In general, I'm not able to find any WH setting matching the above. I've done business with WH in the past and have had an an excellent experience, but at this time I'm finding several settings on BN meeting my requirements (and much cheaper). Questions-
* My concern is the fact that I can't even verify if the diamond is eye clean with BN. Because of this, is BN a nonstarter for PS folks?
* BN's turnaround times for diamond + setting seem almost too good to be true. Is this an indication of quality of setting? Or nothing to worry about in that regard?
* JA also has a few settings I like. But their turnaround time is much slower than BN (at least per the site).
Happy Mother's Day!
THANK YOU!
I'm shopping for a ~1.7ct EX/EX/EX in a halo + pave setting, with the following requirements. Hoping you good folks at PS can help steer me in the right direction! Thanks very much in advance!
* Eye clean is a must, willing to go to SI but I'm seeing so many inclusions on even SI/VS ACAs. I guess the magnification is throwing me off. Color H+.
* 16-20k budget for everything, and would love to be on the lower end.
* she is very petite (4), so I'd like a very thin halo and very thin width to the pave.
* I'd like a very short height to the crown in the setting. I'm seeing a lot of halo settings where the center stone sits much much higher than the halo, I'd like to avoid this.
* Would like zero/minimal space space between the center stone and halo. I'm seeing some on WH that exhibit this, is this a function of center stone size, or the way the setting crown is designed? How can I avoid this?
* I like a round stone, but really also digging the squarish halo setting. That seems to be popular here as well. What are the drawbacks of round stone + cushion halo? Will this create a space between stone and halo?
Now regarding the center stone and vendor-
In general, I'm not able to find any WH setting matching the above. I've done business with WH in the past and have had an an excellent experience, but at this time I'm finding several settings on BN meeting my requirements (and much cheaper). Questions-
* My concern is the fact that I can't even verify if the diamond is eye clean with BN. Because of this, is BN a nonstarter for PS folks?
* BN's turnaround times for diamond + setting seem almost too good to be true. Is this an indication of quality of setting? Or nothing to worry about in that regard?
* JA also has a few settings I like. But their turnaround time is much slower than BN (at least per the site).
Happy Mother's Day!
THANK YOU!
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