Help me set my sapphire for e-ring!

[chinadoll724]

So . . . after almost 3 years of looking at e-rings- first casually and then seriously this year, we suddenly changed directions when we found an amazing deal on a sapphire and diamond wedding band in platinum. It made me want a sapphire e-ring and while it took me forever to convince my bf to consider anything other than diamond . . . he ordered a sapphire from angara last night!

The sapphire is a slightly included, high brilliance, blue sapphire thats . . . 4.79 carats . . . He says if we're going to go colored, we're going all the way. The diamonds we were considering were all around 1-1.2 carats so this is way bigger and making me a little nervous. None of the settings that would fit something that size catch my eye so I thought I could enlist your help in helping me find one. I'd also appreciate how much something like that would be to set. I'd consider 18k white gold, plat, or palladium- and I'm thinking a pave band, maybe with a little flair like this:
http://www.bluenile.com/diamond-enga...es=1&set_shape=


Here's a picture of the actual sapphire from their site. I'm still a bit scared of the size . . . I wanted a sapphire with a diamond halo, but this is way too big to add a halo to.


Thank you!

[barcreperie]

I agree that the stone is a little too big to add a halo to. The setting you chose is absolutely perfect for this beautiful stone. This will make a breathtaking engagement ring!

[elle tee]

Chinadoll, I love the setting you chose! I think it will go great with your sapphire.

[candypants1100]

yeah i was going to suggest halo but the sapphire is HUGE. i love the setting you chose though

[to_the_nines]

I think that setting will be stunning with that huge and beautiful stone! congrats on going outside the box, one of my e-rings is a sapphire. whenever i wear my sapphire e-ring i get so many compliments.

[rainrowan]

I wonder if the setting might be too "delicate" for such a bold center stone? Do you like 3-stone Tiffany-style rings? With the side diamond stones slightly smaller than center stone, but not too much. I have a modest carat wt ring like the one below, all in rounds.

[smalls]

I also think the setting you have above is beautiful and it would look great with a sapphire center. I also love halo settings, but I agree a stone as large as you are getting would probably be too big for a halo. Here is my halo sapphire, but I think my sapphire is about 3 carats. I guess it depends on how many mm across the top your stone is. If it is a deeper cut it may not appear as huge as it sounds when you look at it and open up more doors for you setting wise.

[sinniebunnie]

4.79 would be too big for a halo, i think 3ct would be max. This also depends on your ring size. if i were to do a diamond halo i would max out at 1.5. but thats my personal preference. and i wear a 5.25 ring. i tried on a 1ct with a halo and it looked perfect to me.. its attached.. sorry my hands are ugly lol..

[Lola]

I think you can add a very narrow halo as long as you specify to your jeweler how wide you want the halo to be--no more than 2 mm I would suggest. I think the blue rimmed in icy white diamonds would be stunning!

[Calya]

I think the setting you chose will look beautiful!

[c*jo*c]

Originally Posted by Lola

I think you can add a very narrow halo as long as you specify to your jeweler how wide you want the halo to be--no more than 2 mm I would suggest. I think the blue rimmed in icy white diamonds would be stunning!

I agree the white rim would be gorgeous & really set the blue off! maybe a bezel setting.

[sputnik]

i love these. all leon megé



i think this one has kind of a halo but i think most of it is on the side of the stone, not next to it, so it probably won't make the stone look too big.

[lizard]

Congrats chinadoll724 on choosing a sapphire for your engagement (btw, I love round too). I have one as well and love it to pieces. I think a halo would look great. I have considered resetting mine into a halo as I have knocked my sapphire several times putting tiny chips around the top. My sapphire is 4.36 cts set in platinum and I wear a size 6 ring. I just think the halo would really make the stone stand out even more. I can't wait to see what you choose. Keep us posted

[chinadoll724]

I love everyone's ideas! Keep them coming- I like the setting I picked out, but it looked really strange on the blue nile site with a 4ct diamond so I'd have to have it modified to have a bigger "fork". I'm also keeping the halo in mind until I see the actual stone, maybe it won't be too big after all.

Rainrowan- I considered 3 stone, too, but I feel like a 4.8 carat center would be too much. It's already almost the width of my finger, there's no where for the side stones to go. I never though I'd ever have a problem of a "too big" stone until I considered sapphires.

I tried putting 4.5 carat diamonds into settings at blue nile just to see how the sizes would look and the diamonds were all in the hundreds of thousands!

[burberryprncess]

Originally Posted by sputnik

i love these. all leon megé i think this one has kind of a halo but i think most of it is on the side of the stone, not next to it, so it probably won't make the stone look too big.

Love these styles.