I've been looking at diamonds over the past year here and there. Over time, I pretty much found what I'd like for the price range and got enough info from the woman to see what she would prefer as far as size and style.
I just purchased a diamond from white flash:
Link to my rock
What do you all think? I wanted something between a half and 1, but I wanted a huge spread so that it would look bigger than it is. I also wanted a lot of fire and brilliance. The premium for the 'a cut above' was going to take me over my budget of 3000, so I went with their exceptional line.
It will be going into a custom 18kt white gold setting by Marc Williams Goldsmith in Williamsport, PA:
Marc Williams
We are pretty much waiting on the stone to finalize the design, but it will be something classy/antique looking.
This is my first post, I've been lurking for a bit and reading up. I found the tools and tutorial to be most helpful on the site. Recommendations by others to use whiteflash.com in various postings have helped as well. I like their policies for returns/upgrades/etc. I've also dealt with enough jewelry stores to know that the 'consultants' (they don't work on commission...yeah yeah) certainly come in too many flavors, but the most prominent being the one that sidetracks me into almost buying something that I really don't want.
I hope I'm starting off on the right foot. Although, it would seem that some people search longer for the diamond than for the actual woman...
I just purchased a diamond from white flash:
Link to my rock
What do you all think? I wanted something between a half and 1, but I wanted a huge spread so that it would look bigger than it is. I also wanted a lot of fire and brilliance. The premium for the 'a cut above' was going to take me over my budget of 3000, so I went with their exceptional line.
It will be going into a custom 18kt white gold setting by Marc Williams Goldsmith in Williamsport, PA:
Marc Williams
We are pretty much waiting on the stone to finalize the design, but it will be something classy/antique looking.
This is my first post, I've been lurking for a bit and reading up. I found the tools and tutorial to be most helpful on the site. Recommendations by others to use whiteflash.com in various postings have helped as well. I like their policies for returns/upgrades/etc. I've also dealt with enough jewelry stores to know that the 'consultants' (they don't work on commission...yeah yeah) certainly come in too many flavors, but the most prominent being the one that sidetracks me into almost buying something that I really don't want.
I hope I'm starting off on the right foot. Although, it would seem that some people search longer for the diamond than for the actual woman...