Tiffany-inspired setting prongs rubbing against wedding band

[goodys4me]

I purchased the Tiffany-inspired Channel-set Engagement ring from Excel Diamonds. I love the diamond itself (a 2.01 round brilliant F/VS2 center stone) with 4 round stones on either side of .10 carats each. The problem is that the setting is so low that the prongs rub against my wedding band. The wedding band is a plain 2mm platinum band which has significant scratch marks and even little gouges caused by the ER prongs. I''ve brought ER to several jewelry stores, including Tiffany, and none of them cared for the setting. One person told me that there''s way too much going on and so much metal that it doesn''t show off the diamond well. I think a F/VS2 brilliant cut stone is pretty good, but I''ve gone into jewelry stores where the stone looks awful in their lighting and I truly believe it''s the setting that isn''t doing it justice.

When I first received the ring, I did bring it to a Master Gemologist Appraiser in CT and he thought the diamond was beautiful, but he said the setting was not very good.

I have 2 questions: 1) Has anyone ever experienced this with their prongs scratching their wedding band? 2) What would you do at this point; would it make sense to have the stone reset? I''m looking to purchase a channel-set diamond band to match, but I''m concerned about it being damaged by the prongs. Maybe, I''ll just keep the 2mm platinum band in between the two as a barrier.

 

[tyty333]

Do you have any close up pictures? Are you sure its the prongs scratching or is it the diamonds in
your ering scratching your wedding band? We have seen this before depending on how the small
diamonds are set (do they have exposed sides?) A picture would be very helpful.

 

[goodys4me]

I''ll try to get a photo up, but the diamonds are definitely not touching the wedding band because they are channel set. The wedding band is flush against the ER band which is enclosing the diamonds. The prongs of the setting are definitely what''s rubbing up against the wedding band.

 

[oldminer]

If yuou would get both rings polished up professionally and then have them tack soldered together just at the very bottom of the two rings, there would not be any further rubbing of one ring against the other. Of course, over an extended period of time, the outer surfaces would wear faster than the protected surfaces facing eachother and the prong wires might rub in a bit to the wedding ring, but you would not see it. After 10 or 12 years, have the two rings unsoldered and reverse them so that the outer surfaces become the inner ones. Have them re-finished and then soldered together to let the previously unworn surfaces take the next decade of wear and tear. This really oguht to solve the problem unless you wear only one of the two rings by itself. Making them into a single unit really will slow down the rubbing wear bit.

 

[lowphat]

Date: 8/5/2009 1:07:20 PM
Author:goodys4me
I purchased the Tiffany-inspired Channel-set Engagement ring from Excel Diamonds. I love the diamond itself (a 2.01 round brilliant F/VS2 center stone) with 4 round stones on either side of .10 carats each. The problem is that the setting is so low that the prongs rub against my wedding band. The wedding band is a plain 2mm platinum band which has significant scratch marks and even little gouges caused by the ER prongs. I''ve brought ER to several jewelry stores, including Tiffany, and none of them cared for the setting. One person told me that there''s way too much going on and so much metal that it doesn''t show off the diamond well. I think a F/VS2 brilliant cut stone is pretty good, but I''ve gone into jewelry stores where the stone looks awful in their lighting and I truly believe it''s the setting that isn''t doing it justice.

When I first received the ring, I did bring it to a Master Gemologist Appraiser in CT and he thought the diamond was beautiful, but he said the setting was not very good.

I have 2 questions: 1) Has anyone ever experienced this with their prongs scratching their wedding band? 2) What would you do at this point; would it make sense to have the stone reset? I''m looking to purchase a channel-set diamond band to match, but I''m concerned about it being damaged by the prongs. Maybe, I''ll just keep the 2mm platinum band in between the two as a barrier.

Tiffany''s has a variety of different settings. Tiffany-inspired doesn''t really give enough information to be able to tell what part of the ring is rubbing against another ring.

You should also keep in mind that many rings out there, regardless of who makes them or what-inspired they are, that will scratch and wear another ring if worn next to each other.

 

[goodys4me]

 

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last one

 

[goodys4me]

The wedding band is only 3 months old and used to be nice & shiny But, now it''s pretty dull and scratched up. I guess if I got a really thin band, I wouldn''t have as much rubbing, but I''d really like to purchase the matching channel-set diamond wedding band which is going to be as thick, if not thicker, than my existing plain platinum band.

 

[goodys4me]

Date: 8/5/2009 3:01:37 PM
Author: lowphat

Date: 8/5/2009 1:07:20 PM

Author:goodys4me

I purchased the Tiffany-inspired Channel-set Engagement ring from Excel Diamonds. I love the diamond itself (a 2.01 round brilliant F/VS2 center stone) with 4 round stones on either side of .10 carats each. The problem is that the setting is so low that the prongs rub against my wedding band. The wedding band is a plain 2mm platinum band which has significant scratch marks and even little gouges caused by the ER prongs. I''ve brought ER to several jewelry stores, including Tiffany, and none of them cared for the setting. One person told me that there''s way too much going on and so much metal that it doesn''t show off the diamond well. I think a F/VS2 brilliant cut stone is pretty good, but I''ve gone into jewelry stores where the stone looks awful in their lighting and I truly believe it''s the setting that isn''t doing it justice.


When I first received the ring, I did bring it to a Master Gemologist Appraiser in CT and he thought the diamond was beautiful, but he said the setting was not very good.


I have 2 questions: 1) Has anyone ever experienced this with their prongs scratching their wedding band? 2) What would you do at this point; would it make sense to have the stone reset? I''m looking to purchase a channel-set diamond band to match, but I''m concerned about it being damaged by the prongs. Maybe, I''ll just keep the 2mm platinum band in between the two as a barrier.

Tiffany''s has a variety of different settings. Tiffany-inspired doesn''t really give enough information to be able to tell what part of the ring is rubbing against another ring.


You should also keep in mind that many rings out there, regardless of who makes them or what-inspired they are, that will scratch and wear another ring if worn next to each other.

I''ve posted photo''s to clarify the issue.

 

[oldminer]

Here is what will happen over years of wear. The bottom of the two outer solitaire prongs will gradually wear away as the wedding ring rubs them. Since you will occasionally switch sides, both outer side prong bases will wear. The normal scratching of daily wear is nothing any one can do much about except for occasional re-polishing. You can save a lot of wear by tack soldring them, however. This Tiffany style is an old one and has proved itself as highly wearable over the years, but it is very subtle, not a flashy, modern style. You are the best one to choose what suits your needs in this regard.

 

[onvacation]

Are the prongs/shank of your e-ring white gold? That might be the problem. (I have the opposite problem, where the e-ring is platinum and my band is flanked by gold on the outside. The gold eats away the platinum.)

Even if it looks like they don''t touch when you put them side by side, they will rub during wear. Try bending your fingers slowly with the two rings on while observing them from the side. You''ll see that the height of the rings become uneven when you do this. It also happens when you push the e-ring back towards the band, when you rearrange the two rings during the day.

If it''s the case that your e-ring is white gold, then you should have less rubbing if you get your channel-set diamond band set in white gold. They will still get scratched up from one another, but a bit less than with the plat. band. You could also get a cheap silver spacer band to take the wear if you want to keep your original wedding band.