SuperbCert Tiffany setting (calling Demelza)

[diamondseeker2006]

Hi, Demelza! I am still considering the SC Tiffany knife-edge setting. Something I have noticed after staring at your ring pictures and the ones on the Excel site is that some diamonds are set veeery low, but yours seems to be set a bit higher. Did you request this? I don''t want my diamond set too low, because I have a milgrain channel set band to wear with it that is pretty thick. I saw pictures of your ring with a channel set band, and it looked like the diamond was up high enough to clear the top of the w-band, is that correct? Thanks!

 

[Mara]

if i''m not mistaken, all of the spot-on tiffany replicas all have that ''donut'' in the bottom which prevents a ring from sitting entirely flush with them?

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Mara, yes, that is right, but on some of them, you cannot see the culet. I like to see the whole stone rather than have the culet buried down close to the little doughnut if that makes any sense at all! Look at Dem''s and I''ll try to post one that is set lower.

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Here''s one where the stone is so tight in the head and you can''t see the culet.

 

[Mara]

oh i see. well that just depends on how the diamond sits in the head. you could probably ask them to get one size larger head and adapt it for your stone so that you can see all the stone. when WF got the head for my current stone, they knew i wanted the ''squatty'' spready side look which meant that the diamond sits all the way into the head, i can only see my culet at certain angles and even then it''s very low. WF got a stuller head that was one or two sizes smaller than they typically would in order to make my head the way it is. i think you should be able to just tell the vendor you want to see all of the stone and hopefully they can accommodate you!

 

[diamondseeker2006]

I like your adapted solstice head, Mara. By having them thin the prongs, you can see more of your diamond''s sides than you could with the unadapted head. I don''t like diamonds set high, but I want the culet to be at least as high as the top of the band itself and not recessed down below the top of the band. Maybe you know what I am talking about!

I have this SP eternity ring and I was hoping to get my new e-ring before my 30 days was up with SP. I hate to be locked into an eternity ring before the e-ring is settled! But it is really beautiful and I''d like to make it work. But if it doesn''t, then I''d have no reason at all to keep it. It''s a dilemma!

 

[Mara]

is that picture that you posted up top really dem''s solitaire? it looks like a modified stuller head on a knife edge band.

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Yeah, it was off her thread. I just noticed her diamond was set up a little higher which might work with this eternity ring. Channel set rings are thicker than some w-bands, so I need an e-ring setting that is thick (and I hope a knife-edge stands a little taller than a rounded band?), and the base of the head can''t be too much lower than the top of the eternity band. It is crazy to buy a band before the e-ring setting, but this band was just what I wanted and was in the SP sale!!! I couldn''t resist! I am very close to making a decision on a diamond, I hope, but it won''t be within my SP return period, sadly.

 

[Demelza]

Date: 6/30/2006 8:11:56 PM
Author:diamondseeker2006
Hi, Demelza! I am still considering the SC Tiffany knife-edge setting. Something I have noticed after staring at your ring pictures and the ones on the Excel site is that some diamonds are set veeery low, but yours seems to be set a bit higher. Did you request this? I don't want my diamond set too low, because I have a milgrain channel set band to wear with it that is pretty thick. I saw pictures of your ring with a channel set band, and it looked like the diamond was up high enough to clear the top of the w-band, is that correct? Thanks!

DS -- I have to say that this particular pic is a bit misleading. My diamond usually appears to sit lower than this. I hardly ever see the gap between the prongs and the pavilion that you're seeing in this picture. I rarely, if ever, see my diamond's culet. I'm wondering if the reason my stone looks higher than I'm used to seeing is that this picture was taken before my stone was reset due to the porosity problem. It's possible that the jeweler set the stone just a hair lower the second time around. Can't say for sure, but I did say that I wanted it set as low as possible. How low the diamond is set in the head, however, will have little to no bearing on whether a band will sit flush against the ring. As Mara noted, all of the Tiffany replicas have the small donut shaped platform upon which the head sits. The prongs come out at the same angle from the donut whether the diamond is held up high or low in the head (I guess it's possible there would be a slight variation). At least, this is how I understand it. You can ask SC if that is indeed the case. I have found that most bands fit fine under the head, but they will not fit perfectly flush as the donut juts out ever so slightly. My SP eternity ring works fine with the SC ering. What is the carat weight of your band? Mine is 1.14. I would think that as long as it isn't a very thick, heavy band, it would work just fine. The bands that work the best, however, are the one that is made for it (of course) and my MB band which has a very low profile. I hope this helps some. Let me know if you have any other questions or need more photos.

ETA I don't know if you've seen this thread, but there are tons of pics of the SC with a variety of bands: https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/scott-kay-pave-band-vs-plain-a-taste-test.36063/

 

[zikronix]

My fiance's ring you can kinda see the the cutlet hers is a princess cut on a stuller tiffany band. but now that you talk about this i think it would be better if you could see it more

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Dem, thanks! Yes, I have seen that thread before. My eternity ring is about 1 ct. so the diamonds will be a little smaller than yours. And the edge is milgrained, so the metal is minimized. I do not care at all about the little doughnut as I don't care about rings sitting perfectly flush (after all, they do move around anyway!). I just didn't want the eternity band to be hitting the prongs and covering up the base of the diamond. I don't know how to explain this. But my current setting is just the simple tiffany 4 prong which is a very thin band, no more than 2 mm wide at the widest and the whole shank is thin. So the w-band has to be thin as well (which mine was custom made and is the right thickness).

So I guess my only objective is to be sure my e-ring diamond sits at least as high as the top of the eternity band. It is an issue of the thickness (mm of the sides) that I am concerned about. It is just a paian trying to match two rings without seeing them!

Here is a side view of the ring I have except mine is all diamonds.

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Date: 7/1/2006 1:33:43 AM
Author: zikronix
My fiance''s ring you can kinda see the the cutlet hers is a princess cut on a stuller tiffany band. but now that you talk about this i think it would be better if you could see it more

I just don''t like the bottom of the diamond completely covered. As long as you can see the culet, I am sure it is fine. I don''t like stones set high at all. I''d say I like them medium-low unless they are 2 ct. plus, and then they still look huge even if they are set low! I''m sure yours is just right ziktronix.