How To Pick The Perfect Engagement Ring

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Determining what is "best" for you is the challenge in purchasing a diamond engagement ring. Do you want the highest quality, the most dazzling, the largest, a diamond of a certain color? Each of these can make a difference in the choice of engagement ring you purchase.

You may want to start with the setting. There are only two valid ways you can do about getting there. You can pick any of a wide range of previously designed settings available through a range of professional jewelers. These are often classic styles in which manufacturers vary only in the details.

These are classic looks that that everyone will appreciate. Whether you go with the understated elegance of a raised prong setting without further embellishment This type of setting is known as a Tiffany setting to jewelers. You can shop for the perfect ring from our selection of designs online, including 3-stone settings with a large stone and two side stones for a more dramatic piece.

If you want a more original piece you need to consider jewelry designers, rather than just jewelers. The yellow pages, online, high end craft events, high bracket jewelry store or recommendation from friends is where you can find them.

A jeweler who is classically trained will know more then a mere counter person or repairman. He or she will know materials, strength of metals, safety features to protect your stone using design to augment the strength of the stone itself — these elements are seldom considered by a run of the mill jewelry counter person, but are the very heart of true jewelry design.

After you choose your setting, you can begin looking at stones. The two purchases need not be the same. A common example is the use of a fine old stone from a family piece that has become worn or outdated: the combined sentiment of using a piece with family history while updating the style and strength of the setting can be the best of both worlds for many couples — Grandmother's diamond blessing a new marriage.

If you want or need a new diamond, though, you should work with a good jeweler. Compared to all the parts of buying an engagement ring, this is what is most likely to trouble the inexperienced buyer. Matters of preference regarding cut, clarity and carat often arise: is an unmarred, but less sparkling, stone more important than a bigger one with a few imperfections or would you prefer a more diminutive, yet flawless, stone? Would you be wiser to select a stone that has some color to it? What cut is best?

This is an instance for finding a serious, trained jeweler who deals in diamonds on a regular basis. Call and ask for an appointment to see stones, and indicate that you need to be educated in the choices you make. Alert the jeweler that you will have questions and request to view a range of choices.

If he is a skilled jeweler, he will only welcome your approach. Indeed, a good jeweler should approve of your understanding of your own limits. Before purchasing a diamond you should have a jeweler assess the value of it just as you would with a building.

If a good diamond is currently out of your price range, consider buying a more affordable stone for now, and then upgrading at an anniversary in the future; it will be easier to navigate the complexities of buying a great diamond for your twenty-fifth anniversary, for example, when you have more time, money, and experience in your relationship.

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