My fiancee took me by Grafs when we were in Las Vegas a couple of months ago. It was a ploy. After looking at $600,000 rings and watching her ooh and aah for about half an hour, spending a small fortune on a "build-your-own" ring at less than a quarter of that cost didn't seem like such a bad idea. So I moved out of my house and into a small apartment and bought a 10 carat radiant cut stone from B2C jewels. The price appeared very good, but the clarity is SI2. I have 10 days to return after it arrives next week and will take it by an appraiser in Houston or Dallas first thing. It will be interesting to see how that turns out.
Anyway, I'm getting off the subject. I don't know beans about jewelry. Assuming I keep the stone, I'm trying to figure out what to do about a setting. I've looked at posts here and was thinking about using someone like BGD. But will they sell you the setting and mount the stone if they didn't sell you the diamond? Anyone else you'd recommend for a setting? Or maybe I should try to find someone locally in Houston or Dallas? Could my fiancee potentially take a look at settings in jewelry stores, and if she sees one she likes, would they likely mount my stone in their setting?
Well, if you've gotten this far, you know I'm incredibly naive, so any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jethro
Anyway, I'm getting off the subject. I don't know beans about jewelry. Assuming I keep the stone, I'm trying to figure out what to do about a setting. I've looked at posts here and was thinking about using someone like BGD. But will they sell you the setting and mount the stone if they didn't sell you the diamond? Anyone else you'd recommend for a setting? Or maybe I should try to find someone locally in Houston or Dallas? Could my fiancee potentially take a look at settings in jewelry stores, and if she sees one she likes, would they likely mount my stone in their setting?
Well, if you've gotten this far, you know I'm incredibly naive, so any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jethro