The ring on the left is my wife's platinum wedding band. The ring on the right is her engagement ring in white gold cir 1920s.

The platinum has a white look while the white gold looks slightly yellow. Both rings have been polished recently. I think the platinum may be a bit more scratched.


This is a pic of my ring in platinum. It is pretty scratched and scraped up. It also has a nice ding in it. By no means is platinum scratch resistant. Like someone else said, go for Ti if you want durability.

Of course if this were a practical decision, you would be shopping for a ring with a CZ and not a diamond. Good luck with the shopping.

 

Where did you get the idea that he's getting a diamond?

 

After looking at the prices of platinum and having a few honest conversations with jewelers, I went with white gold. It looks the same, costs less, and is still a precious metal. (I spent the extra money on the rock)

Also, isn't titanium porous? I heard that it will clog up over time and can cause skin irritations.

 

I originally wanted platinum as well, but my jewler told me white gold would cost half and basically look the same...Thats when I thought, do I really care what my ring looks like? =White Gold for me....good luck with whatever you do

 

So how well does tunsten stand up to scratches?

 

Really?
I got diamond earings from Bluenile.com. Should I be worried?
what about Amazon.com?

 

White gold starts to look yellow after awhile because gold *is* yellow. You get the different colors (pink, green, white) when you add the various metals to strengthen it.

Most white gold these days is Rhodium plated to make it whiter and hide any yellow coming through..... the rhodium will wear off after awhile but can be easily be reapplied. I think the Rhodium plating started about 15-20 years ago? Maybe some of the other posters that are/were in the business can say for sure.

 

I hope that you mean wary, not weary.

Be careful, not exhausted.

 

Aahh, you caught me in a rare lapse of grammar. It doesn't happen often. Nice!


S2020,

Don't worry. People used to bring me stuff they purchased online all the time to ask what I thought of it. From what I've seen, Blue Nile generally doesn't rip people off. But people don't get the screaming deals from there that they think they get. The color/clarity of their diamonds are good, but usually the cut (the most important, and most often overlooked of the four Cs) is not what it could be. You probably paid a price that would be considered fair, but you could find similar pricing from a local jeweler if you take the time to find a good one, and you'd probably get a diamond with better proportions AND have local customer service to boot.

The jewelry industry is fiercely competitive. It is just not realistic to find the exact same product selling at half the price somewhere else. If the prices vary that much, you aren't comparing apples with apples. Someone is cutting corners.

 

That's for sure. I bought my wife's engagement ring at Robbins 8th & Walnut, in Philly. Another jeweler in the same area offered us the 'same' diamond at about 40% less. They struck me as so shady I wouldn't take my hand off my wallet, and I found out later that the owners had been jailed for shady practices...but they were still in business.