Need help! New setting & w-band for $2500??

[Person24]

Hi everyone,

I need your help. I have a project. I have decided to get a new setting for my engagement ring. Right now my stone is slightly too small for the setting and it just looks "off." I had $2500 to spend on a wedding band but thought I could put that toward a wedding band AND a new setting. I was thinking a elegant (dainty) simple 18k white gold setting and a diamond band. I really like antique/vintage styles. Any help would be great! I am getting married in a few months and would like this project to be over with before the wedding. I am really excited to begin this search!

BTW my stone is 1.03ct.



Thank you!!!!

 

[Person24]

example of a style that I like

http://engagementringsdirect.com/jewelry.php/step/2/jewelryid/3687/section/Engagement%20Rings/shop/Engagement%20Rings/collection/Classic%20Solitaire%20Rings

 

[D&T]

check out http://www.knoxjewelers.biz/categories/Antique-Engagement-Rings to see if anything strikes your fancy. I've never purchased from them, but they have great eyecandy. I don't know for sure if you can purchase just the setting, but maybe someone else can chime in.

another great eyecandy

http://www.sunjewelry.com/antique-style-diamond-engagement-rings-1-20.html

 

[Circe]

You may have already thought of this and rejected it, but is there any chance that you could reuse your current shank and have the setting modified or even a new head put on? That way, you could still get your dream band.

Alternately, although it''s a slightly different look from the sample you posted, Pearlman''s has a set listed that''s well within your budget in their previously owned section ....

 

[Person24]

Circe,
No I had not thought I reusing the setting and getting a new head put on it. I didn''t know you could even do things like that. How much would something like that cost?

How did you know that $2500 was the exact cost of my dream band? Your good!

I found this setting I liked

http://www.since1910.com/engagement-rings/precision-set/settings-with-sidestones/precision-set-prong-set-eight-stone-setting-30ct-tw-ps-601539-set-675.aspx

I guess I just want something that won''t become outdated, not sure how to accomplish that!!

 

[Circe]

Heheheh - talent!

That, and knowing that that''s how *I* set *my* budget: it coincided nicely with what I wanted anyway.

It''s hard to tell from your userpic what the build of your ring is - could you post a profile shot, maybe? If you have an integrated head/sidestones it could potentially be pricey, depending on the jeweler, but if you have a peg head, it''s not too bad at all - I know some PS''rs have had it done for very small sums. I don''t remember off the top of my head, but I can''t imagine it costing more than a couple of hundred bucks, even with gold prices rising ....

Alternately, that last setting that you found is reaaaaaaaaally pretty ... I say, go with what makes your heart sing. Don''t worry about fashion - I mean, I''m wearing a ring from the ''30s! Everything old is new again eventually, but in the meantime, *you* have to love it, right?

 

[Person24]

Circe,

Here is the link to my SMTR thread. https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/my-ring.86593/

You can read my saga of how I had to end up with a smaller diamond than I had originally had because my first one cheaped . . .

As you can see from the thread I post I was alway self-conscious about how it looked with the smalelr diamond, but I felt guilty for thinking badly of it . . .

I do really like that last setting I posted. I am glad you liked it too!

Oh, and I was thinking I could keep my original setting and eventually put a colored stone in it! I like my diamond and my setting but not as much together as apart.