New user seeking advice on Oval diamond

[Fancygems]

Bow tie effect

 

[Gypsy]

Not a good one.

 

[landdownunder]

Thanks guys, appreciate the responses.

Back to the drawing board Darn, this is quite hard! Are my specs off? Is my budget too low? Are good Ovals just hard to find?

 

[Gypsy]

Yes, good ovals are hard to find.

I don't know what your budgets or your specs are. So you would have to tell me what that information is in order for me to evaluate it.

 

[landdownunder]

Hi Gypsy,

These are my specs and I’m willing to move things around (compromise) or be guided by more experienced people. It just needs to be a biggish ring or certainly appear big as my partner is very tall (>182cm).

Shape: Oval
Caret: 1.9-2.1
Colour: F-H
Clarity VS1-SI1
Cut: Ideal, Excellent – I’m not sure this matters with Oval shape?
Polish: Ideal, Excellent
Symmetry: Ideal, Excellent

My budget for the diamond is ideally USD15-17k and appreciate I might be being a bit optimistic here.

I’ve read lots and lots of your responses to others and I’m blown away by the amount of helpful feedback that you provide on this site. If you can make any recommendations I would be very grateful. I've been searching for a while now with no real success.

Thanks.