The Movado diamond.

This thing REALLY blings, if you are in the store. Those metal halide lights are crazy.

 

Oh and one important thing, make sure you buy the diamond loose and the setting seperately. Do not buy a pre-made engagement ring.

I'll weigh in on the platinum vs. white gold here. I went with platinum for engagement and both wedding bands. I saw both and just felt platinum was the better choice for me. It DOES scuff up alot easier though. I just feel the platinum has a higher luster and better look. That's just my preference though.

And if you can afford it, don't go anything under 1 carat. It just looks too small. Forgo some of the 3c's to afford you the ability of going with at least a 1 carat rock.

 

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now its just bank account vs. diamond

 

Depending on what you are looking for, and budget.

But it all depends on Budget and preferences. There are many great "pre-made" engagment rings. But again, if you want a certain style ring, and a certain type of diamond, you can't go wrong with getting them separate. But, make sure to have a trusted bench jeweler work on the setting. There are TOOOOO many horror stories out there with incompetent jewelers who don't know how to set stones correctly, resulting in the loss of a diamond. If you can't get a good referral, at least try to find a certified master bench jeweler from GIA, thats a good start.

 

The 1 carat thing, it preference. But yeah, I'd agree most woman do want to say that have at LEAST a 1 carat ring. But don't take the other 3 C's tooo lightly. Woman who know inform them once they see the ring, and trust me, they DO ask. But usually the most important thing is Carat, then I'd say clarity, then color, and cut. But again. All 4 are almost equally important, as they visually add something to the diamond. A great cut 3/4 carat with excellent clarity and color, will blow away a crappy cut, 1 1/4 ct, cloudy yellowish. But preferences preferences preferences...

 

My buddy was a jewler, so we bought this g color traditional cut diamond VS whatever, 3/4 carat. Great stone i could really see the difference after i looked at it. Ignore that crap get the biggest one that isn't yellow. Note the Marque cut is good for making a smaller diamond seem bigger. Some woman hate that cut and it'll get snaged on about anything so you need to get the prongs inspected every 6 months or so because they will get bent, also if she backhands you it'll cut your ass open like a knife

 

found this page, its a start.

Diamonds

Use the web, you'll find TONS of info.

I wouldn't recommend anything past G-H in color, anything past that and you WILL notice yellowing

 

Almost any diamond can do that. haha. But yea, watch out for the pointy ones.

 

Any jewelry shop without a scope, and/or willing to show you a prosepective diamond in it, is not worth a damn.

loops are fine if you know EXCATLY what you are looking for and to see inclusions but a scope is needed to see cut quality and other possible issues like fine fractures. Out of all the mall jewelers, I found Helzberg Diamonds to be the most helpful and upfront and proud to show you the scope on any stone.

 

This is really the only way of going abt getting a good engagement ring UNLESS, you're loaded and can afford a H.Winston, Tiffany, etc. If you're going to a normal jewelry store the smart advice is buy diamond and setting seperately. Otherwise, the jeweler can get very creative in how they hide flaws in pre-set rings.