Hi All, thank you anyone who takes the time to offer some advice and help. I am in the market for an engagement ring. She is rather particular with what she wants making it easier to narrow down the diamond. She wants:
Diamond Cut: Oval
Setting: Solitaire pave style with diamonds around as much of ring as possible with NO upward bridge and NO halo. Diamond set as low as possible. Basically a diamond set on top of a ring of 2mm?? diamonds (example image attached).
Diamond Size: As big as possible is her number one comment above color or clarity. Pretty standard I would guess.
Diamond Color/Clarity: When we looked at diamonds in the store she was a a little more sensitive to color but not that much. Clarity I do not think she is very sensitive to but I would say eye clean at the very least.
Diamond L/W: She likes longer more narrow diamonds so I was keeping l/w ratio 1.39+
Other Attributes: I have been using this guide for depth and table: https://www.pricescope.com/wiki/diamonds/oval-cut-diamond
I have been looking at all sorts of rings ranging in all colors and clarities. At first I was keeping color in the F-H range and clarity in the Si1 Vs2 Vs1 range on BlueNile which was giving me an oval diamond in the 1.2 carat range at $7,000-$8,500. Then I realized if i dropped color a few notches I suddenly could get a 1.5-1.7 carat oval in the <$10,000 range on a few sites other then BlueNile.
I am at a crossroad with going 1.2 and a nicer diamond or a 1.5+ that gives up something in either color or clarity. I am leaning the 1.5+ side because of her number 1 request being size. After choosing to go 1.5+ I am focusing on clarity because that is important to me for some internal reason. I have since branched out from BlueNile realizing there are tons of other options including getting help from this forum. I can't sleep tonight because I found this forum and am so excited to talk with some knowledgeable unbiased people. Work tomorrow is going to be tough on such little sleep.
What are some diamonds you would consider with my budget? With her setting request I think I can get that setting in 14k white gold for around $1,000 leaving me $9,000 for the diamond. I think I found the perfect diamond tonight:
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/oval-cut/1.50-carat-i-color-if-clarity-sku-308504
I never thought I would get an IF diamond in my budget or even consider one but giving up some color seems to have allowed it. Should I go with this diamond as it does not have perfect table or depth numbers? Should I go bigger and give up some in clarity as well? Is I color going to be too yellow? Should I give up clarity and increase color dropping me below 1.5 carats?
EDIT: Diamond is $8,810 and with my credit card giving me back 2% would be $8,633. I have it on hold.
Diamond Cut: Oval
Setting: Solitaire pave style with diamonds around as much of ring as possible with NO upward bridge and NO halo. Diamond set as low as possible. Basically a diamond set on top of a ring of 2mm?? diamonds (example image attached).
Diamond Size: As big as possible is her number one comment above color or clarity. Pretty standard I would guess.
Diamond Color/Clarity: When we looked at diamonds in the store she was a a little more sensitive to color but not that much. Clarity I do not think she is very sensitive to but I would say eye clean at the very least.
Diamond L/W: She likes longer more narrow diamonds so I was keeping l/w ratio 1.39+
Other Attributes: I have been using this guide for depth and table: https://www.pricescope.com/wiki/diamonds/oval-cut-diamond
I have been looking at all sorts of rings ranging in all colors and clarities. At first I was keeping color in the F-H range and clarity in the Si1 Vs2 Vs1 range on BlueNile which was giving me an oval diamond in the 1.2 carat range at $7,000-$8,500. Then I realized if i dropped color a few notches I suddenly could get a 1.5-1.7 carat oval in the <$10,000 range on a few sites other then BlueNile.
I am at a crossroad with going 1.2 and a nicer diamond or a 1.5+ that gives up something in either color or clarity. I am leaning the 1.5+ side because of her number 1 request being size. After choosing to go 1.5+ I am focusing on clarity because that is important to me for some internal reason. I have since branched out from BlueNile realizing there are tons of other options including getting help from this forum. I can't sleep tonight because I found this forum and am so excited to talk with some knowledgeable unbiased people. Work tomorrow is going to be tough on such little sleep.
What are some diamonds you would consider with my budget? With her setting request I think I can get that setting in 14k white gold for around $1,000 leaving me $9,000 for the diamond. I think I found the perfect diamond tonight:
http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/oval-cut/1.50-carat-i-color-if-clarity-sku-308504
I never thought I would get an IF diamond in my budget or even consider one but giving up some color seems to have allowed it. Should I go with this diamond as it does not have perfect table or depth numbers? Should I go bigger and give up some in clarity as well? Is I color going to be too yellow? Should I give up clarity and increase color dropping me below 1.5 carats?
EDIT: Diamond is $8,810 and with my credit card giving me back 2% would be $8,633. I have it on hold.
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