Your opinions on a 1.72 round brilliant

[Pearberry]

I''ve been a long time lurker on PS. I was wondering what you guys think of a 1.72 round brilliant on a size 6 finger. I went to Tiffany''s last weekend and tried on the 1.72 F VVS2 RB and the ring size (size 6) was a bit tight on my left ring finger and thought it looked small on my hand. Am I crazy to think a 1.72 looks small on me? I think I''m going out of my mind. Would getting the ring resized to a 6.5 ring size make the diamond look bigger or just plain going on a diet hoping my finger will shrink by the time BF is going to propose?

 

[AChiOAlumna]

I also have a size 6 finger and my EC stone is 1.03...I have an extra 1.23 carats on the setting for the e-ring and matching w-ring, but the EC doesn''t look small on my finger by any means...

 

[codex57]

Maybe it''s what your friends and stuff have?

My fiancee has a size 6 finger too. Her 1.37 RB looks pretty damn big on her. Do you have long fingers? I suppose that could make it looks smaller. But a 1.7 ct stone would cover most of the top surface area (across anyways) of her finger. If you look in the Show Me The Ring section, or run a search on me, I have pics of her wearing the ring in that giant thread.

 

[valeria101]

That stone you've got could not be called "small" by any account !

 

[Kaleigh]

Changing the ring size isn''t going to make the stone look any bigger on your hand. I think 1.72 is quite large, IMHO.

 

[ammayernyc]

You should get a ring size that fits you now. You can always get it resized later if you lose weight. No reason to have a ring that is tight on you.
How you think the size of the stone looks is up to interpretation. I''ve tried on 2.2 ct rings that my bf thinks look too small on me. Although, living in NYC, the rings tend to be bigger it seems.

 

[Lora]

I''ll say what others MUST be thinking. You can''t possibly be serious about losing weight to make a diamond look bigger. You''re kidding, right?

 

[rosy]

I think Tiffany''s low setting & thin, delicate prongs makes the diamond look smaller. You should visit another jewlery store for fun & you''ll notice that the basic imitation 6-prong heads have thicker prongs & are not set into the band but sit on top of it. A taller setting with thicker prongs makes a ring look larger. I have a 1.85 authentic Tiffany ring in a size 5.5 & sometimes I think it looks huge & then from other angles it doens''t look that big. If you''re already feeling that it doens''t look big enough you should either get a bigger stone now or check out other places & see if it''s the setting thats bothering you.

 

[Mara]

Don't think that losing weight is going to make the diamond look any bigger...do people really carry weight in their hands if its just a few pounds lost?

A 1.72c is pretty big, but it's not over the top huge...I think it's bigger than the norm but depends on where you live of course! Codex..you noted that a 1.7 on your fiance's size 6 finger would almost cover it? Hardly!!! I have a size 6 and a 1.60c stone and I have tons of room on either side of my finger! I'd need more like a 3c to almost entirely cover my finger...

I wish a 1.7c would almost cover my finger! HA! That would save me oodles of $$!

Pearberry...that said, for the Tiffany markup you will pay, why not do a build your own with a much bigger stone? A 1.7 F VVS2 at Tiffanys must be a huge chunk of change...maybe something like $30k? If that is the case, you could easily get a 2.5c in a $1k replica Tiffany setting ala WhiteFlash/NiceIce/Superbcert for that same $30k! Some of those Tiff settings look VERY close to the real thing, but for much less. And that 2.5c will look much bigger on your size 6! Just a thought...I love Tiffanys and all but their diamonds are just like many of the ideal stones we all covet on here, so I'd always much rather take that $$ and get a bigger stone even if it did not have the Tiffany name. My two size-lovin' cents!

 

[headlight]

I think Rosy''s suggestion in regards to going to some other jewelers who carry a wide array of designers'' lines of settings and trying a bunch on is a great one. I think that perhaps it isn''t that the diamond is too small but that the diminutive solitaire setting just doesn''t "do it" for you. Seems like perhaps you need something more "substantial".
However, if you are like me and need that larger stone to feel the "magic", then you should definitely look to jewelers other than Tiff''s because you can get a much larger stone for the same money, due to Tiff''s high mark-up.
As to the area that is covered by the diamond, my stone (3.29) is a 9.59 mm on a size 4-1/2 finger and that doesn''t cover the whole finger, either!