Picking a classic engagement ring from Blue Nile – opinions/show me your pics

pinkteapot

LilElvis wrote: »

I like the demi-bezel too pinkteapot (posted another example earlier) as the setting doesn't impinge on the stone. Yours is gorgeous!

Edit - looks bigger than ·5ct too! The right setting combined with the width of the band can make a lot of difference as to the overall "look".

Thanks! All the ones we looked at were 0.5ct but the stone did look bigger in this setting. Think it's also because the band is yellow gold but the setting is white, so it kind of looks like an extension of the stone.

Buzzybee90

Turtle wrote: »

Mine is a 0.5 carat 6 claw setting in white gold. The claws are tiny, I've looked closely at it whilst reading this thread and they don't impact on the stone in any way. I've been wearing it 12 years and it doesn't catch on anything, I've never had any problem.

I don't like those bezel set at all.

My and hubby chose the ring together, as it happened we picked the same one but I'd hate to wear a ring I didn't like. Regardless of how much you love the person, you want to love the ring as well. You don't want to have to wear a ring you don't really want people to see! I love mine, I'd still pick the same today.

Me neither, I think 6 claws look the best.

pinkteapot

OP - by all means buy online but please go to some high street jewellers just to see some rings in the flesh. Take a look at different numbers of claws and just see what you like. It will also give you a much better idea of the actual size of the stone that will arrive. Online photos really can only go so far.

And what this thread shows is that it's in large part simply personal taste. Don't get confused by all the advice and buy one that doesn't feel right for your girlfriend.

BargainJunky

Its totally personal choice what you pick.

I chose a rub over setting for my engagement ring - its .38 of a carat. I was given two briefcases of rings to look at courtesy of a family friend and after trying loads on my tiny finger that is what I chose. Intended to pick a ring with three stones but they looked silly. Hubby did go very white when I was shown the cluster rings as he thought they looked more expensive!

Does your girlfriend like surprises? Does she likes things you choose for her?

My advise would be go and choose the ring together you could use a haribo ring sweet for the proposal.

bluelass

My engagement ring is a one carat round diamond with six claws, the claws being white gold to contrast the yellow gold. After 16 years im a bit bored and am doing a trade in with Chisholm Hunter (see their site) and I am getting a 75 point marquise in white gold to replace it (with hubbys approval). The marquise although lower in points looks much bigger than a round 1 carat and we are getting £300 cashback because my existing one is a one carat round thus the marquise costs slighty less. Its your decision of course but I think they are a bit boring now and a lot of ladies are going for more unusual cuts.

Pollycat

dirty_magic wrote: »

Is it just me that thinks it's what the ring means that's important and not what it looks like? I think it's nice that he's surprising her. I can't help thinking that complaining about your partners choice of ring implies that you care more about the ring than what it symbolises!

OP if it were me I'd be pleased with any of them, I'd just be happy he'd asked!

I doubt many women would actually complain about a ring they were given but they just might think 'Oh, I do wish it were bigger/smaller, different stone, 4 claw, 6 claw, rub-over' etc.

I don't think that implies that you care more about the ring than the partner.
You could actually turn that on its head and say the guy who decides to buy a ring because he wants it to be a surprise cares more about the actual proposal than buying something that his (hopefully) life-long partner will love.

I know I'm in a minority but - 30 years into a relationship I don't look at my wedding ring and think about what it 'symbolises'.
I know I'm married, I don't need a band of gold to show me (or anyone else) that.

I mix and match the rings I wear on the 3rd finger of my left hand.
Sometimes I wear my original wedding ring with my original diamond solitaire, sometimes with a different gemstone.
Sometimes I wear a diamond set wedding-style band, I have 3 different ones.
When I'm not out, I don't wear any rings at all.
I wear 'engagement' rings before I put on my wedding ring so they all come off when I come in from an evening out.
It doesn't mean I'm any less married. :rotfl:

Goldiegirl

I agree with Pollycat.

I very rarely wear my wedding ring or engagement ring after nearly 34 years of marriage.

One reason is that I get eczema, and wearing rings aggravates the rash. The other reason is that my fingers are a bit bigger now, and the rings are getting too small.

I intend to see if I can get the rings stretched, so I can wear them from time to time.

But the fact that I rarely wear a ring doesn't mean my marriage is in a bad way - in fact our relationship deepens every year.

As I said a few posts ago, the relationship is the most important thing, the ring is a nice thing to have, so it's probably best to choose it together, so you can enjoy wearing it when you want to.

meer53

In the depths of the night when i can't sleep, i watch QVC. Those Diamonique and Moissanite rings are fabulous. If i were ever to get engaged again (highly unlikely) i would go for one of those and spend the rest on a fantastic holiday !

I currently wear a 12 stone diamond and white gold band which i bought myself when my ex !!!!ed off with a floozie. Along with a Rolex which i used his credit card to pay for.

I also wear a yellow and white gold 2 stone diamond ring with a very unusual high setting. My Mum bought it for me for my 21st birthday whilst we were in South Africa. It has claw set stones, (4 on each stone) and i've worn it every day since my birthday. I'm 58 now and i've only ever had to have the claws retipped once in all that time. I never wear my rings in bed though.

martinsurrey

I bought my, now wifes, engagement ring from Blue Nile

I cannot fault them from start to finish, from ordering to delivery.

We had to get it resized as the ring I used for guidance was a bit wider (and little did I know that the narrower the band the smaller the size you need).

The resize was fast and free.

I went for

http://www.bluenile.com/uk/build-your-own-ring/diamond-engagement-ring-platinum_16480?elem=img&track=product

and the real life one I got is

http://s23.postimg.org/4grgvxywr/one_ring.jpg

Thats with a .6 stone in it.

I wouldnt hesitate to use them again, but I did a huge amount of research before I bought it, so I knew what a 0.6 VVS1 H ideal stone would be like.

good luck!

dirty_magic

GoldenShadow wrote: »

See, normally, I am not a huge jewellery fan. Not because I don't think its pretty, but because I really don't like my hands so bracelets/watches/rings are not something I wear very much. As a result, I'd really rather a ring that I adore else I think I would be less keen to wear that, too. I like the thought of having a ring for something such as being engaged, but if I didn't really really really like it I think it would be inclined to stay in the box.

And I'm a control freak. I don't like other people making decisions for me and thinking they know what's best. I prefer to be asked.

I'm not a jewellery fan either and I thought this might be why I wouldn't insist on choosing! I thought maybe if you did love jewellery it would be more important to you what it looks like.

I know you wouldn't think of the symbolism after a few years but at the actual time of the proposal I'd be so pleased that he'd asked that I'd barely even look at the ring! I wouldn't care if I didn't get an expensive ring at all, I'd just like the proposal. A 1k ring would be wasted on me, I can't tell the difference between a diamond and a cubic zirconia. Maybe that's why I don't want to pick!