HappyChappy
Rough_Rock
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- Nov 29, 2023
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Hello friends!
I have been looking for an engagement ring since July and am having a bit of a hard time. I am extraordinarily picky so my beautiful boyfriend has left the process up to me - he knows me well. I am set on old cut diamonds, an antique design and am in Australia so none of that helps either. I am also six months pregnant with our first and would love to be engaged before bub arrives in late February.
Our budget is roughly $12,000 AUD ($8,000 USD) but given this will be the only engagement ring for the rest of my life we are a bit flexible. BF says the most important thing is that I love it.
After months of not finding anything that tickled my fancy, I finally pulled the trigger six weeks ago and decided to have a ring made based on a picture (first one below) with a local Brisbane jeweller, Penfolds. Unfortunately, I am finding the difficulties have continued. The jeweller seems to be unable to find an old emerald cut and I am consistently following up only to find there has been no progress - sadly they don't seem to look without me having called and I have a few other priorities as well atm. He said I could have a stone cut in India, but I would need to find a picture of a stone I like and it would be more expensive than sourcing an existing stone, costing approximately $10,000 to have a 1ct stone cut there - this seems expensive to me? He also said I could try to find a centre stone myself but I am really struggling to find anything. I am now starting to doubt whether I want to go with this ring given there is no straight-on photo and I found a reproduction of it (second picture below) which inspired some nightmares about what the ring will look like finished.
So I come to you asking for advice based on your experiences.
Should I scrap the custom ring given the problems I am having? If not, do you have any ideas where could I find a loose emerald cut diamond to speed along the process? Any ideas what size stone I'm looking for? Should I work with someone else to make this happen? I am just dying to be engaged already and I don't know if it should be this time consuming/effortful to have a ring made.
I love three stone designs and also had my eye on something like this, given it is so fiery. However, I am worried that what I like may be more to do with the size of it, which is probably beyond my budget. Perhaps getting something like that made might be easier though?
I am usually a sane person but I feel like this decision has me spiralling, I am sorry for my crazy. I keep going around in circles and am feeling more emotional about it than I would like to admit.
Thank you in advance for your help - I really appreciate it!
I have been looking for an engagement ring since July and am having a bit of a hard time. I am extraordinarily picky so my beautiful boyfriend has left the process up to me - he knows me well. I am set on old cut diamonds, an antique design and am in Australia so none of that helps either. I am also six months pregnant with our first and would love to be engaged before bub arrives in late February.
Our budget is roughly $12,000 AUD ($8,000 USD) but given this will be the only engagement ring for the rest of my life we are a bit flexible. BF says the most important thing is that I love it.
After months of not finding anything that tickled my fancy, I finally pulled the trigger six weeks ago and decided to have a ring made based on a picture (first one below) with a local Brisbane jeweller, Penfolds. Unfortunately, I am finding the difficulties have continued. The jeweller seems to be unable to find an old emerald cut and I am consistently following up only to find there has been no progress - sadly they don't seem to look without me having called and I have a few other priorities as well atm. He said I could have a stone cut in India, but I would need to find a picture of a stone I like and it would be more expensive than sourcing an existing stone, costing approximately $10,000 to have a 1ct stone cut there - this seems expensive to me? He also said I could try to find a centre stone myself but I am really struggling to find anything. I am now starting to doubt whether I want to go with this ring given there is no straight-on photo and I found a reproduction of it (second picture below) which inspired some nightmares about what the ring will look like finished.
So I come to you asking for advice based on your experiences.
Should I scrap the custom ring given the problems I am having? If not, do you have any ideas where could I find a loose emerald cut diamond to speed along the process? Any ideas what size stone I'm looking for? Should I work with someone else to make this happen? I am just dying to be engaged already and I don't know if it should be this time consuming/effortful to have a ring made.
I love three stone designs and also had my eye on something like this, given it is so fiery. However, I am worried that what I like may be more to do with the size of it, which is probably beyond my budget. Perhaps getting something like that made might be easier though?
I am usually a sane person but I feel like this decision has me spiralling, I am sorry for my crazy. I keep going around in circles and am feeling more emotional about it than I would like to admit.
Thank you in advance for your help - I really appreciate it!
I have already checked out that thread and did have a look at a few of the vendors recommended. Unfortunately, I do not have instagram which limited me a bit...I really hate social media lol
It is a pretty ring, I just don't love it.
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