what do you see as a better choice? -princess cuts

[vinceisvince2]

Choice 1- gf picked a very nice setting (see attached) and if I buy this jewelry store setting and in house .41 ct stone they will knock off $500 from the $2500 setting that has .7 ct tw. There in house stone is gia, has f color, and vvs2 clarity. The cut, looks nice in light but in room light it will sparkle but have a little bit of fire. It's $1280.


Choice 2- get wf ACA stone .48 ct, $1380 but try to go with cheaper setting that I don't know if she will love as much for $1300.
Link- http://gabrielny.com/engaged/style/ER5429W44JJ

Do you guys love Gabriel and trust them? Are they good for the money? I really want my center to have fire unit and think WF can do that. Btw I looked through a handheld aset tool at the gia diamond and saw some red but not a lot of green, so more light leak? It was a flimsy tool being we didn't have a proper backlit to see it.

Also the ideal scope had a good bit of white going on towards the table. Is it good to be picky for a diamond this small?

 

[tyty333]

Can you tell us what your budget is? Gabriel does have a setting closer to what your GF picked but its about $1500.
I would rather have a known well cut stone but tout GF may be all about the setting.

Edit - check out the Gabriel settings at idjewery online. Page 4 bottom right hand side. They also have some settings on
Page 3 that look closer to what your GF picked and are a little less expensive. I cant give you links because. I'm on my
kindle. I'll try to give links later.

 

[vinceisvince2]

Thanks. I saw some Gabriel settings in person and they look fantastic to me. I wanted to do $1500 or so for the setting. $2500 is what the image below would cost, I can get $500 off if I buy THE STORE's diamond but I'm not sure if its a beauty or a common, being I don't have a WF diamond to look at.