Hi all,
This may be a bit premature as I've not seen the possible upgrade yet, but I wanted to canvass opinion amongst you helpful people here. My fiance bought me a beautiful crafted by infinity RB almost a year ago now, it's a 1.16 ct E VS2 set in a tiffany replica 6 claw knife edge ring. We got it through Dr Indira Marchant in London who was wonderful and I've had lots of compliments on the ring over the last year.
Unfortunately DSS set in very quickly, although I do love my ring. I had initially been really worried that anything over a carat would be too big but I was wrong! I ended up kicking myself that I hadn't even looked at a 1.45 ct H SI1 which was actually cheaper, as I thought it would be too big. Unsurprisingly it was snapped up very quickly by someone soon after! So anyway, my ring is due its annual service and out of curiosity I had a look at the infinity inventory and saw a 1.65 ct I colour SI1 no flourescence which immediately got my interest. So we're off to London tomorrow to drop my ring off with Indira for its service but we're also looking at the 1.65 which I'm very excited about! Link hopefully here http://www.fortrez.com/index.php?page=view-id-diamond-infinity&id=793
Now, we're in the UK where upgrades are not really the done thing and my fiance wouldn't even contemplate the idea last year. He's come around to it but is wondering if we should wait a few years. I am a little sentimental and would really like to have a ring I'm completely happy with before we're married. I can't imagine ever wanting anything much bigger than 1.65 as I think it might be too conspicuous, plus I'm a doctor so it wouldn't really suit my work to have anything much bigger.
The colour is something that concerns me but I guess I won't know how I feel about it until I see the diamond tomorrow. I've been a bit spoiled having an E although I would have been happy with G or H, but I must say I do love the icy whiteness. I wouldn't really have contemplated an I colour before and would have preferred it to have flourescence, however the amazing cut of infinitys and the fact that Tiffanys go down to I colour have swayed me! Plus Paul Sledgers, who has been very helpful and patient answering my fiance's many queries via Indira, has said it's a high I colour. He also says it's completely eye clean. The only other very minor issue is that this is a diamond that was recut from a polished stone Infinity purchased from a cutting house whereas we quite like that Infinity can usually tell you about the history of the stone, from rough to beautiful diamond. I think that's probably a silly thing to worry about though and to our knowledge it has never been preowned which was really the important thing for us.
Apologies this has become much longer than I anticipated! So in a nutshell, would you upgrade? We could wait a few years and maybe get a better colour then, but this could actually save my fiance lots of money if I end up happy with an I colour! Also, I don't know what might be available in a few years and what prices will be like. Thank you if you've read this far!
Ps my ring size is 53 which I think is about 6.5 if that has any bearing.
This may be a bit premature as I've not seen the possible upgrade yet, but I wanted to canvass opinion amongst you helpful people here. My fiance bought me a beautiful crafted by infinity RB almost a year ago now, it's a 1.16 ct E VS2 set in a tiffany replica 6 claw knife edge ring. We got it through Dr Indira Marchant in London who was wonderful and I've had lots of compliments on the ring over the last year.
Unfortunately DSS set in very quickly, although I do love my ring. I had initially been really worried that anything over a carat would be too big but I was wrong! I ended up kicking myself that I hadn't even looked at a 1.45 ct H SI1 which was actually cheaper, as I thought it would be too big. Unsurprisingly it was snapped up very quickly by someone soon after! So anyway, my ring is due its annual service and out of curiosity I had a look at the infinity inventory and saw a 1.65 ct I colour SI1 no flourescence which immediately got my interest. So we're off to London tomorrow to drop my ring off with Indira for its service but we're also looking at the 1.65 which I'm very excited about! Link hopefully here http://www.fortrez.com/index.php?page=view-id-diamond-infinity&id=793
Now, we're in the UK where upgrades are not really the done thing and my fiance wouldn't even contemplate the idea last year. He's come around to it but is wondering if we should wait a few years. I am a little sentimental and would really like to have a ring I'm completely happy with before we're married. I can't imagine ever wanting anything much bigger than 1.65 as I think it might be too conspicuous, plus I'm a doctor so it wouldn't really suit my work to have anything much bigger.
The colour is something that concerns me but I guess I won't know how I feel about it until I see the diamond tomorrow. I've been a bit spoiled having an E although I would have been happy with G or H, but I must say I do love the icy whiteness. I wouldn't really have contemplated an I colour before and would have preferred it to have flourescence, however the amazing cut of infinitys and the fact that Tiffanys go down to I colour have swayed me! Plus Paul Sledgers, who has been very helpful and patient answering my fiance's many queries via Indira, has said it's a high I colour. He also says it's completely eye clean. The only other very minor issue is that this is a diamond that was recut from a polished stone Infinity purchased from a cutting house whereas we quite like that Infinity can usually tell you about the history of the stone, from rough to beautiful diamond. I think that's probably a silly thing to worry about though and to our knowledge it has never been preowned which was really the important thing for us.
Apologies this has become much longer than I anticipated! So in a nutshell, would you upgrade? We could wait a few years and maybe get a better colour then, but this could actually save my fiance lots of money if I end up happy with an I colour! Also, I don't know what might be available in a few years and what prices will be like. Thank you if you've read this far!
Ps my ring size is 53 which I think is about 6.5 if that has any bearing.
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