crashprime
Rough_Rock
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Well, I have been up and down looking at settings and deciding a couple of times "this is it", and completely went sideways after being gifted a beautiful ring from my gam-gam.
I posted another thread about it, but to summarize, I had it appraised and it was worth a good bit. The diamond did have a questionable inclusion that could affect the structural integrity. It was huge (1.5ct aprox), but too fragile to reset, let alone recut.
As-is the ring just wasn't for my girlfriend. She has different taste from what was gifted, and I knew this, so I ended up trading it in, and using the trade-in towards a dream setting for her. Don't fret, the ring was no heirloom, but rather an estate sale purchase that was collecting dust in the jewelry box of my grandma. She gave me specific instructions to do whatever I wanted with it
I ended up going a little astray after falling out of love with a few halos. The Tacori 2620 was mentioned by her by name, and I think she loved the fact that the halo was so delicate and not overpowering. The problem is the 2620 is very thin and looks tiny on her finger (we were crushed). It's also $3500 for just the e-ring. Way out of our logical budget.
So I found this setting from Whiteflash along with a gorgeous (but back down to earth) Ideal Cut .60ct I VS2. http://www.whiteflash.com/engagement-rings/diamond-settings/three-side-pave-diamond-engagement-ring-1018.htm
18k White Gold /w Platinum Head Three Sided Pave with millgrain details. It's a very nice combination of things me and my girlfriend have talked about. Having almost 4mm of width, it won't look tiny on her finger, she loves pave down the side of her ring, and this has it on 3 sides (along with the detail on the sides that she really liked in the Tacori). It's white gold, it's beautiful, it's detailed, it's something different that not everyone is getting (ie: the current trends in the Halo-a-thon). Getting everything from whiteflash will afford us the opportunity to move up in size at a later date. Being just a solitare set diamond, the ring isn't going to be limited by the proportions of a halo.
I am going to get some input from her, but I have selected a few potential wedding bands to go with it. The ring I selected has a designed to match wedding band here:
http://www.whiteflash.com/wedding-bands/three-side-pave-diamond-wedding-band-737.htm
(sold as a set to see pics together http://www.whiteflash.com/engagement-rings/wedding-sets/three-side-pave-diamond-wedding-set-1475.htm)
I am not entirely sure I like the matchy-matchy of this, and I think it's a bit overwhelming putting 2 3-side pave's up against each other.
The ring I am leaning towards is:
http://www.whiteflash.com/wedding-bands/beaded-jazz-bezel-diamond-wedding-ring-2401.htm
Love the detail, but it can only be sized up to 6 (might be able to special order larger ... haven't inquired yet)
There's a little less detailed version without the millgrain around the bezel seen here that I also really like. http://www.whiteflash.com/right-hand-rings/danielle-jazz-bezel-diamond-right-hand-ring-174.htm
What do you guys think? You've been a fantastic help thus far and I treasure all the advice I've been afforded.
I posted another thread about it, but to summarize, I had it appraised and it was worth a good bit. The diamond did have a questionable inclusion that could affect the structural integrity. It was huge (1.5ct aprox), but too fragile to reset, let alone recut.
As-is the ring just wasn't for my girlfriend. She has different taste from what was gifted, and I knew this, so I ended up trading it in, and using the trade-in towards a dream setting for her. Don't fret, the ring was no heirloom, but rather an estate sale purchase that was collecting dust in the jewelry box of my grandma. She gave me specific instructions to do whatever I wanted with it
I ended up going a little astray after falling out of love with a few halos. The Tacori 2620 was mentioned by her by name, and I think she loved the fact that the halo was so delicate and not overpowering. The problem is the 2620 is very thin and looks tiny on her finger (we were crushed). It's also $3500 for just the e-ring. Way out of our logical budget.
So I found this setting from Whiteflash along with a gorgeous (but back down to earth) Ideal Cut .60ct I VS2. http://www.whiteflash.com/engagement-rings/diamond-settings/three-side-pave-diamond-engagement-ring-1018.htm
18k White Gold /w Platinum Head Three Sided Pave with millgrain details. It's a very nice combination of things me and my girlfriend have talked about. Having almost 4mm of width, it won't look tiny on her finger, she loves pave down the side of her ring, and this has it on 3 sides (along with the detail on the sides that she really liked in the Tacori). It's white gold, it's beautiful, it's detailed, it's something different that not everyone is getting (ie: the current trends in the Halo-a-thon). Getting everything from whiteflash will afford us the opportunity to move up in size at a later date. Being just a solitare set diamond, the ring isn't going to be limited by the proportions of a halo.
I am going to get some input from her, but I have selected a few potential wedding bands to go with it. The ring I selected has a designed to match wedding band here:
http://www.whiteflash.com/wedding-bands/three-side-pave-diamond-wedding-band-737.htm
(sold as a set to see pics together http://www.whiteflash.com/engagement-rings/wedding-sets/three-side-pave-diamond-wedding-set-1475.htm)
I am not entirely sure I like the matchy-matchy of this, and I think it's a bit overwhelming putting 2 3-side pave's up against each other.
The ring I am leaning towards is:
http://www.whiteflash.com/wedding-bands/beaded-jazz-bezel-diamond-wedding-ring-2401.htm
Love the detail, but it can only be sized up to 6 (might be able to special order larger ... haven't inquired yet)
There's a little less detailed version without the millgrain around the bezel seen here that I also really like. http://www.whiteflash.com/right-hand-rings/danielle-jazz-bezel-diamond-right-hand-ring-174.htm
What do you guys think? You've been a fantastic help thus far and I treasure all the advice I've been afforded.
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