Need Advice on Tiffany or Bluenile Setting

[carlsbarls]

Hi all,

So glad i have found this website - it''s been a great help. I"ve looked through previous posts regarding the Tiffany engagement setting and have found some useful information. I have my own question though. For my engagement ring i would like the round, 6 prong, Tiffany setting ring. I have found some places that custom make it, but have been looking through BlueNille''s website for something similar. I have found a round diamond, good cut, J color, SI2 clarity, 1.5 carat. It is set in a 2.5 mm white gold 6 prong band. The price for the whole ring is under $7000.00. That price seems too good for a 1.5 carat ring?! Anyone have any thoughts on this? I am from Canada and my boyfriend cannot afford the real Tiffany diamond, so i am looking for a great custom made ring that is similar.

My other question is - is the Tiffany setting band a knife edge band? It is hard to tell from the pictures online.

Any help is appreciated (i know this thread is a common one!)

Thanks in advance

 

[Ducky]

The real Tiffany ring has a knife edge band. Good luck on your search!

 

[jaz464]

Welcome to PS

Are you dead set on making the 1.5 carat mark? If not, I would go down in size a little and up in cut quality alot. Cut is the most important of the 4 C's and a smaller diamond with an excellent cut will look bigger and a hundred times more brilliant and sparkly than a poor cut diamond that is larger. If it is too good to be true, than it probably is. Have you seen this diamond? Who graded it (GIA, EGL, etc)? An SI2 can be eye clean but if the price is very good, it likely does have visible inclusions.

I also wanted to mention that I bought my gorgous diamond from USA Certed, who are locateded in Canada. They were super to work with. Here is their website (try to ignore the way the site looks, as it is not as sleek and nice looking as other jeweler's websites). They have some gorgous diamonds

http://www.usacerteddiamonds.com/

I just did a search for comparable diamonds. That price does not seem totally out of line. Of course I don't know who the cert is from, which can have a big impact on price.

 

[Lorelei]

Welcome

I agree with Jazmine, definitely up the cut quality. It doesn't have to be a branded cut to be beautiful, use the tutorials under knowledge to read up on the best proportions for a round. The crown and pavillion angles are crucial to determine how well the diamond will reflect light, also you can use the Holloway Cut Advisor under tools to check out each contender - it is a useful tool to weed out lesser performers.

A cut which is classed as " good" is normally one where the cutter wishes to reach a certain carat weight, 1.5 being a " magic" or highly desirable weight, and therefore not cutting the diamond to it's best potential as this will cost valuable carat points. They can accomplish this in many ways, some of which are to cut the diamond deep and to leave the girdle thick etc to keep the weight up. These diamonds can look nice, but nowhere have IMO the beauty and radiance of an Ideal Cut diamond. In this size an SI2 may or may not be eyeclean, you will have to ask the vendor and deem what your expectations are regarding being able to see any inclusions. The industry uses the definition of eyeclean to mean no visible inclusions face up at a distance of 10 - 12 inches in normal light. You need to decide what is important to you. A properly graded J colour will face up white when set, also who has certed this diamond? GIA certed amongst some others are higher priced than EGL or IGI for example. Also if this is a premade ring, you can't be sure of what you are actually getting with the diamond, not all SI2's are created equal! I hope this helps.

 

[froufrou]

c: the Bluenile tiffany-style setting does not look exactly like the actual tiffany setting on the tiffany website. i think it IS a knifeedge, but it has different style prongs. the tiffany prongs are a lot more flowy and i think the bluenile prongs look a lot more straight. also the band near the diamond looks somewhat different. so its not a "tiffany reproduction", just a "tiffany style".

i agree with everyone, go for a nicer cut and smaller size.

also go look at some diamonds in stores to see if you would like J color, I thought from looking online that i''d be happy with that but you can see the color right away, so you might consider a whiter color too. you can call up bluenile too and ask if the stone is "eye clean"to make sure there are no visible scratches.

you might as well pick out the diamond and setting separate since they set it for you, i think the tiffany style setting in white gold is something like 225 and for platinum is around 400.

 

[squawks]

I ordered a set diamond from Bluenile using their solitaire 6-prong setting in platinum. It is indeed knife-edged but in my opinion the setting is horrible. The prongs are simply too thick and the way Bluenile sets the stone in the setting is even worst. The prongs are overly long and there is excessive metal protruding towards the crown of the stone, thus taking away the beauty of the actual diamond. In some sense it looked like spider legs clinging onto the stone - not a pretty setting compared to others where the prongs are just long enough to secure the diamond in place.

I would highly recommend you to order just the loose stone from Bluenile and then ship the loose diamond to another online vendor to have them set the stone for you in a Tiffany replica setting. The replica setting will cost $900-1200 depending which vendor you choose - I went with WhiteFlash. They are currently in the process of setting the diamond as I speak (I hope!) and I trust their service (and their knowledge) of what they''re doing.

I know it''s an expensive endeavor but in my opinion, the Bluenile setting was just too horrid (and too high) that I had to do something.

Hope this helps!

 

[jaz464]

I also wanted to add that a "J" will face up quite white in a very well cut diamond. In a poorer cut however, it may very well appear more yellow.