GeorgieQ
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Hi everyone, I'd love some advice around which gold is the most suitable for some rings I'm having reset. Warning!! Potentially long winded story to follow - sorry!
So one of the rings I'm having reset is my engagement ring. Hubby and I have separated (it's all good, we're still close friends but better friends than partners!) and I want to have my avc reset into a signet/gypsy style - inspo photo to follow. I would be wearing this ring as an everyday ring, and I want it in rose gold with a satin finish.
The other ring is a 5 stone that I bought from Whiteflash a few years ago. It has 5 beautiful aca's but I find the setting, whilst lovely, just doesn't suit my lifestyle and I rarely wear it. I am going to have the 5 aca's reset into a band style with the diamonds bead set. This would also become an everyday ring, again set in rose gold with either platinum or white gold prongs. The design is similar (but different, no engraving, obviously not full eternity) to CVB's Corsica band.
So my question is this (if you haven't become bored yet and given up reading) what karat gold do I have these set into? The jeweller I am using has said nice diamonds are generally set in 18k, which I get but I'm not overly keen on the colour of 18k rose gold, it seems quite yellow to my eye, though the jeweller did say he could adjust the colour somewhat. I actually really like the colour of 9k as it's a softer pink but from what I've read putting nicer diamonds in 9k is a no-no. In Australia jewellers seem to only work with 18k or 9k, I did ask my jeweller about 14k, he said he can do it but once it's costed out you may as well have gone the 18k. From what I've read, the issue for most jewellers with 9k is that it can be brittle and have integrity issues, but I follow a number of antique jewellery dealers on instagram and they often have rings in lower karats of gold that have clearly stood the test of time. The other thing I have to consider is the cost, not surprisingly 18k is double the cost of 9k and if I'm honest, to have these rings reset in 18k would cost me more than I had budgeted for.
So what karat would you choose and why? Is it a terrible thing to have good quality diamonds set in lower karat gold and if so why?
Have you ever had integrity/structural issues with lower a karat gold ring?
Thanks so much for staying with me here and reading this! I'll attach a pic of my rings as they are now, then the signet/gypsy inspo ring for my avc. The 5 stone as I mentioned above is to be bead set into a band style sort of similar to CVB's Corsica. I want to make it clear that the CVB pic is for inspo only as it was the best example I could find that was similar to what I wanted.
So one of the rings I'm having reset is my engagement ring. Hubby and I have separated (it's all good, we're still close friends but better friends than partners!) and I want to have my avc reset into a signet/gypsy style - inspo photo to follow. I would be wearing this ring as an everyday ring, and I want it in rose gold with a satin finish.
The other ring is a 5 stone that I bought from Whiteflash a few years ago. It has 5 beautiful aca's but I find the setting, whilst lovely, just doesn't suit my lifestyle and I rarely wear it. I am going to have the 5 aca's reset into a band style with the diamonds bead set. This would also become an everyday ring, again set in rose gold with either platinum or white gold prongs. The design is similar (but different, no engraving, obviously not full eternity) to CVB's Corsica band.
So my question is this (if you haven't become bored yet and given up reading) what karat gold do I have these set into? The jeweller I am using has said nice diamonds are generally set in 18k, which I get but I'm not overly keen on the colour of 18k rose gold, it seems quite yellow to my eye, though the jeweller did say he could adjust the colour somewhat. I actually really like the colour of 9k as it's a softer pink but from what I've read putting nicer diamonds in 9k is a no-no. In Australia jewellers seem to only work with 18k or 9k, I did ask my jeweller about 14k, he said he can do it but once it's costed out you may as well have gone the 18k. From what I've read, the issue for most jewellers with 9k is that it can be brittle and have integrity issues, but I follow a number of antique jewellery dealers on instagram and they often have rings in lower karats of gold that have clearly stood the test of time. The other thing I have to consider is the cost, not surprisingly 18k is double the cost of 9k and if I'm honest, to have these rings reset in 18k would cost me more than I had budgeted for.
So what karat would you choose and why? Is it a terrible thing to have good quality diamonds set in lower karat gold and if so why?
Have you ever had integrity/structural issues with lower a karat gold ring?
Thanks so much for staying with me here and reading this! I'll attach a pic of my rings as they are now, then the signet/gypsy inspo ring for my avc. The 5 stone as I mentioned above is to be bead set into a band style sort of similar to CVB's Corsica. I want to make it clear that the CVB pic is for inspo only as it was the best example I could find that was similar to what I wanted.
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