cavanherk

Yeah, weird, huh? lmao

someonecompletelyrandom

Judging by your music I can see why she digs you

cavanherk

Yeah, a lot of the songs on that album sound too Jackish. Narrowing down my own style...can't help if it falls in an existing niche though.

someonecompletelyrandom

I'm not a fan of that kind of music but I know plenty of people who'd really like it, and it's well produced!

cavanherk

thx and Jimi H was a huge inspriation for J.J. btw.

Barnard17

Far right is by far the most popular style. For an engagement ring it's less common to see stone set shoulders and can detract if you go on to buy a wedding right with stones, or if you get an eternity ring later in life. Also consider that it'll be much easier to buy a wedding ring to fit if the basket for the stone is slim where it meets the shank and doesn't stick out, which you can't tell from the picture. I'd advise not shopping for such an investment online but going into an actual jewellery shop and looking at them there if they have a store near you.

What sort of jewellery does she wear? If it's mostly yellow gold, go for a yellow ring. If it's mostly white gold, silver, steel then go for white gold. If she doesn't wear much jewellery the safer bet is with the white gold.

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cavanherk

The stone is in a raised platinum mount, the base of which is actually less than flush with the actual ring, which allows a matching band.

I agree with the popularity comment, and it will be in platinum because white gold needs re-plated every so often. Platinum is also whiter and supposedly allows for the diamond's sparkle to be magnified, as opposed to gold, which would make the diamond appear slightly discolored.

I'm thinking about buying her a good used car instead.

Barnard17

Platinum is definitely a harder metal and more durable than gold. The advantages over white gold come with negatives. It will get scratched and the only way to get those scratches out is to buff it (ie, take off layer by layer until it's down to the level of the scratch which, if she's a stickler for the perfect look, could make her ring very slender before she dies which would mean a replacement shank ... guess how much out of pocket you'd be then - hint, it's lots) whereas with white gold when you have the rhodium replated the shallow scratches (not the big ones) will tend to get plugged a little and become less noticeable. Plate wearing also happens more quickly dependent on skin acidity and whether or not she takes them off when she washes her hands or uses chemicals. If you were to go for 18 carat white gold instead it would probably still wear in a couple of decades time and need the shank replaced (because it's soft and will rub against the wedding ring, but this will happen with all rings whatever the case) and if you go for 9ct she'll haet u for being what she'll see as cheap (although invariably it doesn't make that much difference once she has the thing on her finger).

As for platinum being whiter, yes it is a lighter shade of silver. You'll only really notice a difference between the two if the stone is set into a yellow gold basket which, you'll notice from the website, the vast vast majority of rings will have the basket made out of a white metal (I forget if it'll be white gold or platinum, though obviously if it's a platinum ring it'll definitely be a platinum basket) which means the difference is largely negligible. The main of the sparkle will come from the amount of light you can get around the stone - it looks like all the rings on that website have a similar, very attractive floating setting which will get loads of light in to show it off. If you want more light go for a four claw setting, if you want more safety go for a six claw. It'll only make a difference if a claw gets caught (usually when putting clothes on or something silly like that) and given a good yank and pull out of place or snapped off. Which is very, very unlikely to happen. For obvious reasons the more claws you have the less jeopardy the stone will be in if something like this happens. Personally, if I were buying a ring with the sort of money you're looking at spending I'd probably go for a four claw because the risk is really low.

To sum it up, if you have the money to sink into platinum then go for it. If it's on the border of your budget don't be ashamed of choosing 18ct gold instead. Whatever you do go for, divorce her before it needs maintenance.

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6underground

Simple. White gold.
It's classic, and you can't go wrong.

Scarlett O'Hara

I think if she is relaxed and simple styled, by her the middle one. Personally I am a crazy over the top person who wants a huge big diamond ring like this:

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