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#TBT My 2.63 VC cushion halo!

elisekelly

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Hi everyone,

I finally got engaged in March after 5 years of dating! He proposed to me on a seaplane right as we flew over the Space Needle (We live in Seattle). I probably bugged him for 2 years about the ring and sent him hundreds of emails and photos from Pricescope. I knew that I wanted a cushion halo, and Victor Canera's work caught my eye. When we lived in LA we visited Victor in downtown LA and he was very accommodating and easy to talk to. He showed me a couple of his completed settings and they blew me away - I knew that his hand forged settings were the one.

We actually sourced the diamond from a local woman in Seattle, Grace Hwang. She owns Grace Diamonds in downtown Seattle and has know my fiance's family for over 20 years. It took her over 6 months to finally find the center stone, and I must say it is spectacular. I love the chunky facets, the squareness, and how white it is.

Enough chatter, on to the specs and the pictures!

Here's the specs:
Cut: Old Mine Brilliant
Measurements: 8.13 x 7.74 x 5.34 mm
Carat Weight: 2.63
Color: F
Clarity: VS1
Depth: 69%
Girdle: Thin to Slightly Thick
Cutlet: Slightly large
Symmetry: Very good

Thanks for looking!

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Ohhh, it's lovely! Congrats on your engagement and your gorgeous new ring!
 
Wow! It's gorgeous! I don't think I've seen an F. Congrats and enjoy your beautiful ring.
 
Absolutely beautiful!!!! :appl: :appl: :appl: Congratulations!!!
 
Stunning, congratulations!
 
It's absolutely beautiful!!
 
It's so beautiful! :love:
 
Congratulations!! What beautiful stone. Setting is perfect, of course it would be since it was done by VC. This is definitely going on my bling bucket list, but maybe wih an AVC. :). How awesome. Your fiancé did a wonderful job. Enjoy many years with your beautiful ring.
 
Congrats fellow Washingtonian!!! It is beautiful!!! And huge!!!!
 
What an absolutely stunning ring!! Congratulations on both your engagement and the ring.
 
Congratulations!! Its a beautiful ring :love:
Also loving the coloured stackers your wearing with it in the first pic - they look lovely with it! Are they sapphires?
 
Beautiful!
 
Beautiful stone!!! Congrats on the engagement, much well deserved after 5 years :)
 
Gorgeous ring!!! Congratulations!
 
Thank you everyone for your kind words! I am still getting used to wearing the ring, haha. I also forgot to add that my ring size is 4.5 - 4.75 if anyone is interested. 2.63 carats has excellent finger coverage for me! :naughty:

Alex T - the stackers are actually yellow diamond and pink sapphire/white diamond. These were made by ERD a couple of years back. I really wanted pink diamonds but that would have priced the band at over $5000 so we decided to go with pink sapphires instead. ERD did a really great job with the stackers though! I don't remember the carat weight but I know the bands are thin - somewhere around 1.8mm.
 
WHOA!!! that's AWESOME! Beautiful workmanship (OF COURSE!!) and the diamond looks amazing - so beautiful in that halo setting!! Congratulations and I think the wait was worth it ---- you must be the envy of all your gf's!! Its incredible! :love: :appl: :love:
 
+++ what everyone said, it's incredible! More pics, please? 8)
 
love it! is that a yellow diamond wedding band? if it is can you show more pictures. Victor does it again!
 
Oooh dazzling! Congrats!
 
CONGRATULATIONS!! ...another perfect piece from VC!! :love: :love:
 
Awesome cushion...congrats! Great choices.
 
Wow . . . that is spectacular!
 
Here are more photos of the yellow diamond band from ERD. I got this band over 3 years ago and don't wear it with my e-ring since I am worried about them scratching each other.

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Added some more photos of my e-ring as well... thanks for looking!

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Beautiful rings!
Do you know what mm are in your halo and your shank? I like that proportion with your center stone. Thanks
 
WoW! That center stone is definitely worth the wait! I'm guessing the fiance is as well... :wink2:

Just for my own education, is the OMB a modern cut stone, or a vintage stone?
 
Lucky lady! What a gorgeous diamond, and it's perfectly paired with a stunning setting.
 
Beautiful and it looks HUGE on you! :appl:
 
Gorgeous! Holy finger coverage!!! :appl:
 
very beautiful!
 
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