Should I buy my own sidestones for resetting?

[frankiextah]

Hi everyone,

Here''s my other thread just in case anyone''s wondering ...

https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/honest-opinion-needed-sidestones-too-large.116307/

my fiance and I might be settling on resetting my ring with round sidestones (instead of pear sidestones). I found 2 perfect 0.25 round brilliant diamonds on James Allen to go with my 1.72ct, F color, VVS2 round brilliant center diamond. each one is $650 with pricescope discount included. here are the stats:

stone one:
0.25ct, F color, VVS2
4.11 x 4.13 x 2.50mm
no fluorescence
HCA rating = 0.4, TIC range

stone two:
0.25ct, F color, VVS2
4.12 x 4.14 x 2.50mm
no fluorescence
HCA rating = 1.1, TIC range

Total will be $1300.

would you say go ahead and order them for my resetting so that i am in complete control of my entire ring, or should i just trust the jeweler to pick out the sidestones? will i be risking getting bad stones this way? my original pear sides don''t have GIA certs and i only know that they are both 0.3ct, F color and VS... i don''t even know if they have fluorescence. this makes me a little nervous as i never knew if we got what we paid for.

I am planning to have it reset with either D Vatche (my original setting brand), or with Leon Mege.

any advice?


BTW, here''s pic of my photoshop work of putting in 0.25ct round sidestones on my original ring !

 

[geckodani]

Knowing how picky pricescopers (myself included!) tend to buy, I''d get them myself, OR make sure to get certs on whatever stones are sourced for you.

 

[rocks]

the proportions do not look right. the length of a .30ct pear is greater than the diameter of a .25ct round. it looks more like a .45is round (whs what i have which is what i have with my 1.75. make sure the proportions are exactly what you want before you make the change. it would be such a shame not to get it perfect this time!

 

[marcy]

I would pick my own.

 

[frankiextah]

Date: 6/5/2009 9:04:17 AM
Author: rocks
the proportions do not look right. the length of a .30ct pear is greater than the diameter of a .25ct round. it looks more like a .45is round (whs what i have which is what i have with my 1.75. make sure the proportions are exactly what you want before you make the change. it would be such a shame not to get it perfect this time!

oh, this is just a simulation. i printed out actual 0.25ct stone sized paper and placed them on top of my ring, then i photoshoped diamonds on top of the paper area... let me post another photo of the ring with paper diamonds .... they are definitely shorter than the 0.3ct pears ...