Author Topic: Re: Anyone know about rings? update!!! (Read 6210 times)

danny_p · « **Reply #20 on:** 20 June 2012, 22:36 »

take a magpie with you, i'll pick the same ring she will ( but that way she wont have seen the one with the really really big sparkel you didn't buy )

clipperjay · « **Reply #21 on:** 20 June 2012, 22:37 »

TBF no point in having a massive diamond if its got flaws in it!
Can be half the size but worth 10x more, clarity is the key!
Tradition dictates first engagement rings should be at least four times your monthly salary

Toby · « **Reply #22 on:** 20 June 2012, 22:40 »

Quote from: clipperjay on 20 June 2012, 22:37

TBF no point in having a massive diamond if its got flaws in it!
Can be half the size but worth 10x more, clarity is the key!
Tradition dictates first engagement rings should be at least four times your monthly salary

Expensive ring then ehh Alex!! Your minted

Jimble · « **Reply #23 on:** 20 June 2012, 22:52 »

I really wish i could've afforded a big Tiffany ring, we went to New York for our honeymoon and went in Tiffany's, the diamond floor is something else! I'm not into rings and sparkly stuff but there really are some beautiful diamonds in that shop!

I still ended up spending £400 on a silver bracelet though, they've got a Patek Phillipe watch department too!

MrBounce · « **Reply #24 on:** 20 June 2012, 23:36 »

Before splashing out on ridiculous sized diamonds, ask your good lady what SHE wants. You may find that something slightly more discreet is a better plan. Mrs B surprised me - I had expected to be getting a small but perfectly formed diamond - I ended up getting her a beautiful white gold ring with no stone at all!

stfc_gti · « **Reply #25 on:** 21 June 2012, 08:20 »

recently did this myself just before christmas and after some research i found that thet canadian ice range in goldsmiths are mined by the same company (Harry Winston Diamond Corp )that supply to Tiffany's so theoreticaly you are getting the same diamonds, tiffanys will just charge you an arm and a leg for it because of the name.
And goldsmiths to 0% finance which was the deal breaker for me :-)

clipperjay · « **Reply #26 on:** 21 June 2012, 08:39 »

Quote from: stfc_gti on 21 June 2012, 08:20

recently did this myself just before christmas and after some research i found that thet canadian ice range in goldsmiths are mined by the same company (Harry Winston Diamond Corp )that supply to Tiffany's so theoreticaly you are getting the same diamonds, tiffanys will just charge you an arm and a leg for it because of the name.
And goldsmiths to 0% finance which was the deal breaker for me :-)

True you find most diamonds are qouted for in one region some cheper ones that are mined hence blood diamonds!

By the way congrats to Alex for taking the big plunge!

justalex81 · « **Reply #27 on:** 21 June 2012, 08:55 »

have found a 0.5ct diamond ring. colour is F and clarity is VS1 which i think is a good rock?

it's set in platinum.

Thanks Jay for your support!

golf-sib · « **Reply #28 on:** 21 June 2012, 09:19 »

Should of went UCL by Houston, they always growing flawless diamonds artificially for diamond electronics research, now the clarity on them makes tiffanys look cheap due to being flawless. But because they are artificial they are not worth much... A flawless 1carat naturally made and one artificially made will be millions apart in price.

On second thought you could go and steal de beer millennium star (think that's what it is called).

AlanD · « **Reply #29 on:** 21 June 2012, 10:58 »

http://www.tiffany.co.uk/Engagement/Browse.aspx?mcat=148203

Sorted.