Engagement ring advice needed pls!

[Wonderbug81]

I've just got engaged and we're going ring shopping!

I'd love some advice on my ring. Definitely want an asscher cut ring.

I love the style of tapered side baguettes but also want some sparkle (which asscher isn't known for) so thinking of pave band instead.

A lot of the settings like prong hide the beautiful octagon shape and I really want a setting that doesn't hide the stone (so not a bezel). Considered a tab/squared prong instead.

Any help on this as well as anything else I need to consider e.g. how much cleaning etc would be really helpful.

Would you be able to spend a day in Hatton Garden, OP?

That would give you the opportunity to look at a range of engagement rings with that particular cut.

I've had to google asscher cut ring as wasn't sure what it was. One thing to think about is how high does the ring project out/up from your finger and what job you do? A friend works in healthcare and although she can't wear her engagement ring during patient care, it was something she considered.

Thank you, we're actually going to Hatton Garden tmrw. Wanted to do some research, particularly re practicalities.

I think it is a more unusual cut, hard to get good clarity.

Thank you, useful to know, I'm office based but I am also quite clumsy. 😁

My advice is be very very careful to not overpay for a stone which you could buy for a third of the price somewhere else. There is a weird thing happening with the diamond market after it has been flooded by lab diamonds. Mined diamonds are losing value rapidly as their prices were hiked up artificially for years by DeBeers. They were never worth what jewellers were charging for them, they’re not that rare. Make sure you learn about stone characteristics (clarity etc) so that you can compare them and pay what they’re actually worth at the moment. The pricing between different jewellers for the same stone can be very very different

I've name changed. I got an Asscher cut engagement right earlier this year. I absolutely love it. I think it's more sparkly than I'd expected, I do have a pave band and it is bezel set but I think that shows the shape off really well. Its very art deco in style which really appealed to me and I like the fact that its a bit unusual.