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Dreamer_D|1347072701|3264122 said:DS you have changed your ring a couple times in the last year -- the diamond and the mount. But its not scratching the itch, its not capturing you in a way that makes you never want to change! I am thinking you need to try something new in your setting.
You have had something classic for six years, right (going by your user name )? I think you need the mount to be AS amazing and special as the stone. Yes, your vatche is a really lovely simple platinum solitaire. But settings like that in my humble opinion are there just to hold and showcase the diamond. Nothing wrong with that! If it makes you all verklempt But in my opinion they don't add much by themselves in terms of style or visual appeal. Sure they are versatile, but IMO at the expense of being unique and special in-and-of-themselves. Like you I have had a couple different rings in the last few years And I always had simple solitaires because I wanted versatility (and I was cheap, but that doesn't apply to you). When I had simply solitaires my ring was nice. And I had a lovely 1.67ct RB that certainly deserved to be the center of the show! But my ring did not capture my heart. As you know, I was always thinking about how to change it and how to reset it.
I have always thought it was wacky to spend much on a mount. But I have completely changed my tune. I am now totally of the opinion that spending good money for a really special, artisan crafted ring is worth it. I get just as much pleasure out of my setting as i do my diamond. Dare I say, my setting bring me more pleasure When I wear my ring and use my hands to type of hold things, most of the time I am seeing my ring from an angle that shows the side and basket. To have a setting where *that* view is so special just really makes me happy and increases my enjoyment in my ring a million fold. I also get a tremendous amount of pleasure out of knowing how the ring was crafted and thinking about the person who made it.
My point: Get the VC. If not that exact setting, then another one like it with details and special elements that will make you just melt and swoon when you look at the ring on your hand.
And get a bigger diamond
I was hoping you'd see this, Dreamer, since our journeys have had some similarities! I think part of the fear of changing to the VanC is that I had a plain solitaire from the time I was originally engaged. I do adore your new setting and agree that it would not be the same in a plain solitaire. It just wouldn't. So this does help me to think of it that way. I love your setting and know that I could expand my options to several Singlestone rings, but I think I might really get even more confused!
And that is another idea to get a wedding band that goes with the VanC but not the matching one. They have many bands, so it would be a matter of maybe having them take pictures of my finished e-ring with different bands to see if there was one I really loved. The one thing I love about the VanC setting is that they are still making them (at the moment) the way they were made 100 years ago..with the same dies. So I would be getting the same ring a lady would have gotten 100 years ago, basically! I think that works well since I am getting a newly cut old style stone.
It is so funny how we wanted to downsize and now are getting larger stones than before! I would have never thought I would do it, but I love the AVR enough to do it! I am hoping for 1.8 cts., 7.8mm.
Thank you!