Hi all,
Like most new posters, I've been lurking around trying to fill my brain with your knowledge, and have hit a bit of a roadblock. I'll try to keep this short.
I need help determining how to proceed with figuring out where to get a setting made (or where to get one from).
This is what I have narrowed down: my gf likes halos, she prefers round to square (she doesn't like cushion as much as a regular round), a combo of rose gold and white gold would be nice (I personally want to go with a rose gold halo with a white gold band), she's not picky about having a brand name designer, and she's a quality over quantity type girl (let's all make the joke in our heads and not type out the obvious one I left dangling there!). She's also nuts about vintage style bands.
She has been out looking at rings with her gfs a few times, and has kind of decided she likes elements of a bunch of different rings. She likes the Tacori 2639 basket, she likes the simon g MR2133 halo itself (she saw this one in store and liked that simon g uses a more 'pink' rose gold than copper rose gold she has seen in the past) and then she's found a bunch of vintage style bands online she likes. I get the sense that if I could have something made that combines all these elements, she'd be over the moon.
I'll post some pics for reference of the vintage style bands she likes (note- ignore the fact they are varying styles of rings, the pics I'm posting is purely to show the detail work that she likes on the bands. I don't know what it is called other than 'vintage'. Also, I stole these off her phone, so if you know their source for me to look at, that'd be appreciated!). The Simon G (showing type of halo) can be seen at http://www.wherethediamondsare.com/images/products/larger/MR2133.jpg
So, what I'm hoping to get is some ideas on whether there are any designers out there who do bands in this style.
I've been to a few local jewlery places in Calgary, but everything I've heard leads me to believe the premium I will pay for buying a diamond+setting locally is too much to offset the supposed benefits of buying local (getting to see ring while its in progress, having in person discussions regarding style, etc). That said, I know nothing about importing a diamond ring, dealing with American diamond co's while I'm in Canada, etc.
Budget is $10-15k. Once I get the idea of where I should be looking to have this setting done nailed down, I will start looking at actual diamonds, unless you guys have advice on the actual process that you think would work better for me.
Thanks in advance!
Like most new posters, I've been lurking around trying to fill my brain with your knowledge, and have hit a bit of a roadblock. I'll try to keep this short.
I need help determining how to proceed with figuring out where to get a setting made (or where to get one from).
This is what I have narrowed down: my gf likes halos, she prefers round to square (she doesn't like cushion as much as a regular round), a combo of rose gold and white gold would be nice (I personally want to go with a rose gold halo with a white gold band), she's not picky about having a brand name designer, and she's a quality over quantity type girl (let's all make the joke in our heads and not type out the obvious one I left dangling there!). She's also nuts about vintage style bands.
She has been out looking at rings with her gfs a few times, and has kind of decided she likes elements of a bunch of different rings. She likes the Tacori 2639 basket, she likes the simon g MR2133 halo itself (she saw this one in store and liked that simon g uses a more 'pink' rose gold than copper rose gold she has seen in the past) and then she's found a bunch of vintage style bands online she likes. I get the sense that if I could have something made that combines all these elements, she'd be over the moon.
I'll post some pics for reference of the vintage style bands she likes (note- ignore the fact they are varying styles of rings, the pics I'm posting is purely to show the detail work that she likes on the bands. I don't know what it is called other than 'vintage'. Also, I stole these off her phone, so if you know their source for me to look at, that'd be appreciated!). The Simon G (showing type of halo) can be seen at http://www.wherethediamondsare.com/images/products/larger/MR2133.jpg
So, what I'm hoping to get is some ideas on whether there are any designers out there who do bands in this style.
I've been to a few local jewlery places in Calgary, but everything I've heard leads me to believe the premium I will pay for buying a diamond+setting locally is too much to offset the supposed benefits of buying local (getting to see ring while its in progress, having in person discussions regarding style, etc). That said, I know nothing about importing a diamond ring, dealing with American diamond co's while I'm in Canada, etc.
Budget is $10-15k. Once I get the idea of where I should be looking to have this setting done nailed down, I will start looking at actual diamonds, unless you guys have advice on the actual process that you think would work better for me.
Thanks in advance!
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