Need help...is this a fad?

[glint&glimmer]

Do you think that gorgeous x-prong will be a classic? Seriously considering the Vatche now. Keep going back and forth between a classic tiffany style..maybe from Whiteflash, with shared-prong eternity 0.5 pointers.... or the Vatche x-prong, Or the Vatche royal crown. Read somewhere that the royal crown was 8mm tall from the band to the top of the diamond! Can that be right?? My center stone is a 1.3 H, VVS2 H&A. Don''t especially like the companion wave band for the Vatche x-prong, though, and am not sure if an eternity would look right with it or with the royal crown. I want a style that will stand the test of time.... At least I think I''m getting closer.

 

[MissAva]

It is hard to say...ten years ago people thought wide yellow gold setting with diamonds would be classic but they arent. It you want something that is timeless I would say that the Tiffany setting will never go anywhere.
However if she loves the other one get that for her. My grandfather remarried in the late 80''s and bought my Mimi a ring that was yellow gold with large channel set diamonds and ceter stone that looks too small for the setting to me now. At the time it was very current. It is not anymore but she still loves it and it makes her happy to look at it. While I love timeless pieces I think you need to remember that she needs to love it. If she loves the Vatache knife edge get that for her.

 

[sjz]

To me, the only ring that is truly timeless and classic is a simple solitaire, either six prongs or four prongs. Everything else goes in and out of style. A lot of the styles that are really popular right now, such as the halos and the platinum rings with lots of pave and detail are similar to what was popular 40-60 years ago. I remember my grandmother''s and great aunts having rings similar to those. They were beautiful then, and beautiful now. But in between then and now, several other styles have gone in and out of fashion. The only one I really can remember seeing more or less as a constant is a solitaire.

Metals also go in and out of fashion. 50 years ago, white gold was all the rage. Then it was yellow gold. Then it was two-tone. Now platinum is really hot. People didn''t used to upgrade as much as they do now, either. My grandmother''s both had the same erings until they died. They had other rings over the years, like anniversary rings, mother''s rings, RH rings, you get the drift. But their ering was always the same. Some people updated the setting of their ring, but most kept the original diamond and just got "other diamonds" to go along with it. If you go all out now, and get a really nice diamond, put it in whatever setting appeals to you. If you get tired of it, or it goes out of fashion and you want something else, there''s always the option to reset it. If you are sentimental about both stone and setting...then I don''t think it will bother you much if the setting goes out of fashion. You will always love it because of what it represents.

And for what it''s worth...I like the Vatche X-prong, and I think it just might be one of the "classics", since it''s basically a solitarie.

 

[Mara]

For me platinum is the most classic and timeless. For a long time people could not get their hands on it or afford it. it was used predominantly in the early 1900''s and gold only came into favor when the platinum was used for the wars.

I think that something like a platinum solitaire is very classic and the x-prong adds a bit of flair to it.

For me most things come in and out of fashion again and again, but nothing will be as horribly remembered as the gold cluster 80''s!

 

[JulieN]

The x-prong might not turn out to be a classic, but I''ll bet that it won''t be regarded as ugly by future trends.

I think yellow gold is more classic than platinum or white gold, but that''s probably because I''m Asian and my mother and grandmother (both classy women) have YG sets.

 

[partgypsy]

I don''t know if it will be considered "classic", that depends on one''s definition, but I think it would stand the test of time.
I think it''s a clean, attractive design, with a little twist. If she likes it, get it!

On the other hand cluster rings might be considered "classic" because they have been around for a long time, but I don''t think they''re attractive.

 

[jellybean]

I have a 4 prong tiffany solitaire and for a while I wasn''t crazy about the setting. I recently had a 1.04ct put in it (I had a 0.72ct in it) and I have gotten a ton of compliments on it. I wear it with a shared prong eternity band of 4 points stones (so almost identical to what you are considering) and love the way it looks.

I was considering changing the solitaire setting to something a little more flashy, but since I get so many compliments on it, I have decided to keep it this way for a while.

I had this elderly woman come to pick up her prescriptions last week (I''m a pharmacist) and she complimeted me on my set. She said that my e-ring is exactly what her e-ring looked like and it''s nice to see something so streamlined and classic instead of "all the busy jewelry out now" (her words, not mine.

) She was so cute about it.

I also have a solitaire that is in a contour setting. It''s not an x-prong but is as wide as one. While I like it too, I think it''s a little more trendy. Will it stand the test of time like the tiffany setting? Probably not, but I still like it.

My tiffany setting sits flush with my eternity band, so if you want something flush, I think that''s the way to go. If you don''t mind the gap b/t the rings (and many people don''t mind, but it would bug me personally) then go for the x-prong or the royal crown. If you haven''t already, under the E-ring folder thread there are a lot of examples of ladies with both x-prong and tiffany settings and their wedding bands.

Nothing of course beats trying things on. You may be surprised at how you feel about something once you see it on your hand.

 

[sarita]

Just weighing in... I think the overall look is classic and will stand the test of time. Traditional w/ a twist as a previous poster mentioned.

The whole DVatche name and X-prong brand are trendy to me, though. But the look isn''t so much per say so if/when people forget who DVatche are and what the X-prong is (although that would be pretty hard to do considering just looking at the profile...) the ring will still be okay.