Sparkles22
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I am a brand new member to this site, although I have been viewing for a while. I find a lot of the information to be helpful. So here is my question for the knowledgable folks out there.
I am going to be resetting my current center diamond 5/8 carat. I eventually want to get a larger stone like 1.20 ct or so colorless and at least VVS2 clarity, I want it to be at least 6 X 6 X no more than 4. However, for now my old stone is going in. I have found a setting at Shane Co the engagement ring is 0.40 ct tw princess cut 8 stones, platinum and the man assisting me said it was G color and probably VS1 quality stones ($2100). They are currently looking for the matching band in platinum as I saw one I like in white gold 0.25 ct tw, it hasn''t come in yet (probably $1500 was what I was told). I''ve been shopping around as well and went to Kay Jewelers where they had a Leo Ingwer catalog. I found a setting I liked in the catalog, but haven''t seen it in person yet. Does anyone know what kind of quality the use for their side stones? The one I am looking at is 10 stones on the eng. ring 0.50 ct tw ($1935) and the wedding band is 0.65 ct tw ($2370). I want to make sure that when I get my new center stone in a year or so it isn''t going to look yellow and neither are the side stones. Also any opinons as to which would look better with the size center stones I''m interested in, I think the first two from Shane total 5.5mm and the two from Leo Ingwer total 6.5mm, I have small fingers and they will be sized to a 4! Here is a picture of the Leo Ingwer ones http://www.leoingwer.com/Details.asp?ID=13227 I do not have any pictures for the Shane Co ones. As a side note--My current setting was purchased from Kay''s, but I am not happy with the quality of the stones in the sides, they are obvious I1 or I2, but it wasn''t from the designer. Are these fair prices as well? I am also concerned because I found a similar looking setting at Amazon.com that looks like the Shane Co one and the stones on Amazon''s wesite are marked as I2. When I looked under the jewelers 10X loupe at Shane Co I didn''t see any inclusions.
Thank you so much for your advice I''m sure it will be helpful
. I''m younger and often get overlooked or ignored in the stores (believe it or not!)
I am going to be resetting my current center diamond 5/8 carat. I eventually want to get a larger stone like 1.20 ct or so colorless and at least VVS2 clarity, I want it to be at least 6 X 6 X no more than 4. However, for now my old stone is going in. I have found a setting at Shane Co the engagement ring is 0.40 ct tw princess cut 8 stones, platinum and the man assisting me said it was G color and probably VS1 quality stones ($2100). They are currently looking for the matching band in platinum as I saw one I like in white gold 0.25 ct tw, it hasn''t come in yet (probably $1500 was what I was told). I''ve been shopping around as well and went to Kay Jewelers where they had a Leo Ingwer catalog. I found a setting I liked in the catalog, but haven''t seen it in person yet. Does anyone know what kind of quality the use for their side stones? The one I am looking at is 10 stones on the eng. ring 0.50 ct tw ($1935) and the wedding band is 0.65 ct tw ($2370). I want to make sure that when I get my new center stone in a year or so it isn''t going to look yellow and neither are the side stones. Also any opinons as to which would look better with the size center stones I''m interested in, I think the first two from Shane total 5.5mm and the two from Leo Ingwer total 6.5mm, I have small fingers and they will be sized to a 4! Here is a picture of the Leo Ingwer ones http://www.leoingwer.com/Details.asp?ID=13227 I do not have any pictures for the Shane Co ones. As a side note--My current setting was purchased from Kay''s, but I am not happy with the quality of the stones in the sides, they are obvious I1 or I2, but it wasn''t from the designer. Are these fair prices as well? I am also concerned because I found a similar looking setting at Amazon.com that looks like the Shane Co one and the stones on Amazon''s wesite are marked as I2. When I looked under the jewelers 10X loupe at Shane Co I didn''t see any inclusions.
Thank you so much for your advice I''m sure it will be helpful
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