Hello all,
I've been lurking for a bit trying to absorb all of the information I can. While overwhelming, it has been very helpful. Please forgive any breaches of protocol in my first post or for somehow missing something I should have seen.
Unfortunately, my wife lost her engagement and wedding ring not long ago. Insurance is thankfully making us whole and for the first time in well over a decade, we find ourselves looking for rings. We went to a few local jewelers yesterday to try things on and my wife kept coming back to these two (engagement and matching band):
Based on my reading, it doesn't seem like this site views Shane Co favorably and I wouldn't buy the center stone there regardless as they seem overpriced. However, I'm not seeing anything like this setting when I look online for alternative sources.
Additionally, I am also worried about the durability of such a ring. She'd be going from a channel set before to this pave type and she wears her ring for everything (cleaning, cooking, dealing with two children, three children if you include me).
I suppose I'm looking for help with two questions:
My budget for the setting plus center stone is somewhere around $7500. With that, I was hoping to get at least an eye-clean and nice 1 carat center stone, but I'm not that far yet.
Really appreciate any guidance for this older fellow dipping his toes back into the world of settings/diamonds and wanting to get his wife something special that will last.
I've been lurking for a bit trying to absorb all of the information I can. While overwhelming, it has been very helpful. Please forgive any breaches of protocol in my first post or for somehow missing something I should have seen.
Unfortunately, my wife lost her engagement and wedding ring not long ago. Insurance is thankfully making us whole and for the first time in well over a decade, we find ourselves looking for rings. We went to a few local jewelers yesterday to try things on and my wife kept coming back to these two (engagement and matching band):
- http://www.shaneco.com/detail/cathe...nd-engagement-ring-with-pave-setting/41054338
- http://www.shaneco.com/detail/diamond-vintage-wedding-band/41054234
Based on my reading, it doesn't seem like this site views Shane Co favorably and I wouldn't buy the center stone there regardless as they seem overpriced. However, I'm not seeing anything like this setting when I look online for alternative sources.
Additionally, I am also worried about the durability of such a ring. She'd be going from a channel set before to this pave type and she wears her ring for everything (cleaning, cooking, dealing with two children, three children if you include me).
I suppose I'm looking for help with two questions:
- What are the thoughts on how well something like this would hold up? I'm nervous she'd lose one of the pave diamonds at some point.
- If it is durable, does anyone have any recommendations for something similar outside of Shane Co? (looked through the search feature but was overwhelmed)
My budget for the setting plus center stone is somewhere around $7500. With that, I was hoping to get at least an eye-clean and nice 1 carat center stone, but I'm not that far yet.
Really appreciate any guidance for this older fellow dipping his toes back into the world of settings/diamonds and wanting to get his wife something special that will last.