Hey all,
Just to share my excitement: I''m receiving today my engagement ring. It was an amazing and lengthy oddesey (what''s the spelling exactly?) to get to this stage, but I hope that the result will turn out superb.
As some of you know, I bought my diamond from Paul Antwerp, the famous gentleman from Antwerp: a 1.25 H VS2, super ideally cut like all of his Infinity Diamonds.
Then a long search for the perfect setting began. I wanted a Cartier style setting, but didn''t find anywhere a real decent copy, nor any other style that I really liked for such an important event. So I ended up thinking ''hey what''s there to lose'' and went to the Cartier store itself.
There started a month-long negotiation! As most of you are aware, they as a a general rule never place loose diamonds that are not their own in a Cartier settling. However, I insisted to deal straight with Cartier Paris (I live in Brussels myself) and talked to some people there who are quite knowledgeable. After talking with them for quite some time and faxing them my AGS certificate they finally agreed that the quality of the diamond was at least equal to theirs. Then a long waiting period of two and a half months began: Cartier takes this long as all their setting are separately and customly made. And now I just received a call that the ring is ready for taking home - can you imagine my excitement?
I know there are quite some negative messages on this board re: Cartier and Tiffany, but it''s really worth trying just getting their setting and placing your own ideally cut diamond you purchased over the internet. And for me it was important to get ''the best possible'', as no diamond ring can ever match the splendor of the love I feel for my soon to be fiance (that sounds strange and exciting!
).
I''ll post some pics as soon as I get the digital camera to work!
Best to you all,
Peter
Just to share my excitement: I''m receiving today my engagement ring. It was an amazing and lengthy oddesey (what''s the spelling exactly?) to get to this stage, but I hope that the result will turn out superb.
As some of you know, I bought my diamond from Paul Antwerp, the famous gentleman from Antwerp: a 1.25 H VS2, super ideally cut like all of his Infinity Diamonds.
Then a long search for the perfect setting began. I wanted a Cartier style setting, but didn''t find anywhere a real decent copy, nor any other style that I really liked for such an important event. So I ended up thinking ''hey what''s there to lose'' and went to the Cartier store itself.
There started a month-long negotiation! As most of you are aware, they as a a general rule never place loose diamonds that are not their own in a Cartier settling. However, I insisted to deal straight with Cartier Paris (I live in Brussels myself) and talked to some people there who are quite knowledgeable. After talking with them for quite some time and faxing them my AGS certificate they finally agreed that the quality of the diamond was at least equal to theirs. Then a long waiting period of two and a half months began: Cartier takes this long as all their setting are separately and customly made. And now I just received a call that the ring is ready for taking home - can you imagine my excitement?
I know there are quite some negative messages on this board re: Cartier and Tiffany, but it''s really worth trying just getting their setting and placing your own ideally cut diamond you purchased over the internet. And for me it was important to get ''the best possible'', as no diamond ring can ever match the splendor of the love I feel for my soon to be fiance (that sounds strange and exciting!
I''ll post some pics as soon as I get the digital camera to work!
Best to you all,
Peter
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