Upgrade: classic 6 prong or cathedral setting, platinum or gold

[tulleskirt]

hi guys, thanks to price scope and the wonderful ladies/diamond pros on here, I found high performance diamond and will be getting a 1.53 ct g color vs2 diamond for the first step of my upgrade. They have a great great life time upgrade program so I plan to do another upgrade in 2 years for a bigger stone.

Here is the stone: https://www.hpdiamonds.com/en-us/diamonddetail/HPD7759

Now, as for settings, I’m debating between yellow gold or platinum, I always thought with yellow gold the diamond stands out more...

For setting, I like a simple style with no diamond on the band, I’m debating between these three styles:

I also really really like cflutist’s breathtaking piece symphony style but feel bad to copy it lol...

 

[cflutist]

They are all pretty but if you definitely plan to upgrade in two years I would pick the first one because 1- it is probably the least expensive, 2 it is a classic design, and 3 the diamond would be easier to clean. Platinum or yellow gold is a personal choice but if you go with yellow gold, then I would pick a platinum head since you have a very nice G color.

The 2nd mounting has a very pretty head but the diamond would be more difficult to clean.

I would save the third mounting or HPD Symphonie for your near final or final upgrade. Just being practical here.

 

[diamondseeker2006]

I agree 100% with every word @cflutist said!

 

[tulleskirt]

They are all pretty but if you definitely plan to upgrade in two years I would pick the first one because 1- it is probably the least expensive, 2 it is a classic design, and 3 the diamond would be easier to clean. Platinum or yellow gold is a personal choice but if you go with yellow gold, then I would pick a platinum head since you have a very nice G color.

The 2nd mounting has a very pretty head but the diamond would be more difficult to clean.

I would save the third mounting or HPD Symphonie for your near final or final upgrade. Just being practical here.

Thank you! That was my first choice as well... I was wondering if the classic setting sets the diamond slightly lower than the other cetheral design?

 

[Tophat1]

Have you tried them on? For me, a six prong Tiffany style just does not look good on my finger but I rock a cathedral

 

[cflutist]

Thank you! That was my first choice as well... I was wondering if the classic setting sets the diamond slightly lower than the other cetheral design?

If you have HPD's custom bench make the ring, you can set it any height you want and the prong work will be superior. If you go with a stock setting such as Stuller, they come in low, medium, and high, but will not have the refined look and finish of the custom settings.

 

[CareBear]

@cflutist gave you excellent advice there! The side profile of the Symphonie is beyond words!