I am enjoying staring at it! I have to be careful at work sitting at my desk because I don’t want anyone to catch me staring at my ringWow, so beautiful! You must be having so much fun staring at it and getting to know the stone.
I was going to wait a year or two to upgrade my .81ct HPD, but the opportunity presented itself and I couldn't help myself. I wanted to go with a K color to maximize size, and since Ks go fast, @LaylaR found me one that was still on the cutting room floor. Even with it being the busy season HPD was able to get the ring completed a couple weeks before I was expecting itAs always, the HPD team was incredible and I could not be more happy with the setting from Sholdt.
And now for what you guys really want (for reference, finger is a size 7-7.5)...
Congratulations on an amazbling upgrade. Now that's the way to start the new year.
Thank you!Sooooo gorgeous!
Thanks!
Thank you! Yes, it is a wonderful way to start the New Year, AND our fourth year of marriage (it arrived the day before our three year anniversary).BEAUTIFUL! Love your gorgeous new ring.
@LaylaR and @Wink went above and beyond and found me a future diamond (I SI1) that met the size requirement of my setting. The diamond ended up coming back from AGS as a VS2, and I could not be any happier with the proportions I received the finished ring last week and I am THRILLED.
Congrats, Beautiful ring!Adding an update to this thread... unfortunately the K turned out to be too warm for me
love the proportions.
I was so excited when the AGS certificate was finally postedlove the proportions.
Very cool.Adding an update to this thread... unfortunately the K turned out to be too warm for me
No they didn’t; I didn’t think to ask for it
Do you notice any difference in performance b/t this stone and the K since the two proportions are much different?I was so excited when the AGS certificate was finally posted
Thank you! And yes, HPD is wonderful to work with
Thank you!
Thank you
Yes, I do. I've been trying to narrow down my preferred proportions for a while now because I do gravitate towards some super ideals more than others. I narrowed down the LGF I prefer about a year ago (76), but now I think I've finally figured out the other proportions too.
Thank you!Wow it's gorgeous too!
Interestingly I suspect you were struck more in person by the warmth than comes across in your pictures? Although I can see a difference in the glamour shots.
I'm so glad you're getting to the stage where you can pinpoint the proportions that your eyes find pleasing.
Yes, I've had it almost a month now and I love the diamond. I can still see warmth and if I had an extra $5k I would probably go up in color, but at this point in time the I color is my compromise and I am happy with it
Yes, I've had it almost a month now and I love the diamond. I can still see warmth and if I had an extra $5k I would probably go up in color, but at this point in time the I color is my compromise and I am happy with it
I should also add- I saw warmth in my GIA graded .9ct H with MBF... so I'm a bit color sensitive/intolerant
I think I originally interpreted my colour sensitivity as colour intolerance, but I have realised that I am more colour tolerant with CBIs.
I don’t know how much higher I would go. When the time comes I may end up having several colors brought in to the CBI retailer in my area and see what I’m drawn to.I am also very colour sensitive; I can see the colour in a G without a comparison stone. Frankly it's annoying.
My current stone is a J, and it is beautiful. It's definitely somewhat warm from the side though, and probably I will upgrade it in colour at some point. But it's still so beautiful, that like you, currently I can't justify the extra money. And if I do upgrade the colour, by how much? You went up two colour grades - but perhaps you still don't feel that's quite enough and you would prefer a colourless or closer to colourless diamond?
I recently had the pleasure of seeing a CBI H - I could see the colour in it too, but it was much less - would I be 'happy'? Or would I still need an F or a G? Maybe it would jump out less to me though. If you were going to upgrade in colour again how high would you go?
Please invite me along when you do this! Or maybe make it a DFW GTG!
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