Hello
First post here (a long one, I try to give as much information as possible). I’m facing indecision with my upcoming engagement ring purchase. Here’s the girl. She doesn’t wear much jewelry at all, just a few simple earrings, and is fairly active.
While this engagement won’t be a surprise, the timing and ring will be. I want to get a ring that she’ll truly love, so I did talk with her a little bit. She’s fairly traditional so she specifically told me that she doesn’t want to pick out her own ring, and when I suggested that we could always upgrade in the future, well, she didn’t like that idea at all, (she tends to be very sentimental about such things), so getting a cheap temp setting is out. She did tell me two things. She wants a low set ring, and then told me to trust my instincts (apparently I have good taste). I did convince her to find out her ring size, which is a 4.
The round diamonds I’m looking at are around .60-.65 ct, which is a size that I can afford with my budget of around $2,500 for the diamond. The diamond is the easy part, I’ve found some nice ideal cut ones in this price range at whiteflash and goodoldgold, but the setting is the challenge. My biggest concern is ring width. The low set rings that I have seen seem wide, around 3.0-3.5mm. I’m worried that this will be too much for size 4 fingers that are about 3 inches long. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
My other concern has to do with the small diamond. I like settings such as the Vatche royal X-prong and the W-prong from WF which tend to have a width of about 3mm, but the pictures I have found of these settings tend to be larger stones than I am planning on buying, I’m worried about the amount of metal. Does anyone think that they will cover up too much of the diamond?
If I “trust my instincts”, I don’t think she would like settings such as halos or tension. I think she would like something simple, but at the same time something that is a little unique, which is why I was looking at settings such as the ones mentioned above instead of the standard 4 or 6 prong style. But with a diamond of this size would a plain style be the best bet? I live in the middle of nowhere, so the only jewelry stores within a few hours drive are small, mainly mall stores that don’t have many options for me to look at in person, and I’m still digging through old and recent threads on small diamonds but for some reason my computer doesn’t like this site and it loads the pictures extremely slowly.
So here is the breakdown of the above ramblings.
1)Ring for a girl who wants a low set, but doesn’t want to pick out her own and is against upgrading (at least for now).
2)Will a ring width of 3-3.5mm be too much for size 4, 3 inch fingers?
3)Will settings such as the X-prong or W-prong have too much metal for a .60 -.65 ct diamond?
4)For this size diamond would a plain 4 to 6 prong be the best bet?
Thank you for any comments, this site has already taught me so much ever since I discovered it.
First post here (a long one, I try to give as much information as possible). I’m facing indecision with my upcoming engagement ring purchase. Here’s the girl. She doesn’t wear much jewelry at all, just a few simple earrings, and is fairly active.
While this engagement won’t be a surprise, the timing and ring will be. I want to get a ring that she’ll truly love, so I did talk with her a little bit. She’s fairly traditional so she specifically told me that she doesn’t want to pick out her own ring, and when I suggested that we could always upgrade in the future, well, she didn’t like that idea at all, (she tends to be very sentimental about such things), so getting a cheap temp setting is out. She did tell me two things. She wants a low set ring, and then told me to trust my instincts (apparently I have good taste). I did convince her to find out her ring size, which is a 4.
The round diamonds I’m looking at are around .60-.65 ct, which is a size that I can afford with my budget of around $2,500 for the diamond. The diamond is the easy part, I’ve found some nice ideal cut ones in this price range at whiteflash and goodoldgold, but the setting is the challenge. My biggest concern is ring width. The low set rings that I have seen seem wide, around 3.0-3.5mm. I’m worried that this will be too much for size 4 fingers that are about 3 inches long. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?
My other concern has to do with the small diamond. I like settings such as the Vatche royal X-prong and the W-prong from WF which tend to have a width of about 3mm, but the pictures I have found of these settings tend to be larger stones than I am planning on buying, I’m worried about the amount of metal. Does anyone think that they will cover up too much of the diamond?
If I “trust my instincts”, I don’t think she would like settings such as halos or tension. I think she would like something simple, but at the same time something that is a little unique, which is why I was looking at settings such as the ones mentioned above instead of the standard 4 or 6 prong style. But with a diamond of this size would a plain style be the best bet? I live in the middle of nowhere, so the only jewelry stores within a few hours drive are small, mainly mall stores that don’t have many options for me to look at in person, and I’m still digging through old and recent threads on small diamonds but for some reason my computer doesn’t like this site and it loads the pictures extremely slowly.
So here is the breakdown of the above ramblings.
1)Ring for a girl who wants a low set, but doesn’t want to pick out her own and is against upgrading (at least for now).
2)Will a ring width of 3-3.5mm be too much for size 4, 3 inch fingers?
3)Will settings such as the X-prong or W-prong have too much metal for a .60 -.65 ct diamond?
4)For this size diamond would a plain 4 to 6 prong be the best bet?
Thank you for any comments, this site has already taught me so much ever since I discovered it.
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