Opinions and experiences wanted - resetting wedding band

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BAGWANNABE

BAGWANNABE

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Jan 18, 2011
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#1
Hi All!

Last year, after I lost my wedding band, I reset my engagement into a 6mm wide, bezel set center diamond band with a line of pave diamonds on each side. The center diamond is my original diamond and the pave setting contains 18 diamonds - symbolizing our wedding date (March 18) and a good luck number in Judaism.

Anyway, last November I found my original wedding band that started this all. The band is a size 4.5 ring that is 6mm wide. One of the reasons I loved this band was the melee. They looked perfect with my center diamond.

Unfortunately, by not wearing the ring for a year, my finger has grown to a size 5! The ring is just too small.

I went to the jeweler today to discuss my options. Same jeweler that made my new, bezel set ring.

Reminder- I'm VERY sentimental. I want to be able to wear the original melee that was with me when I got married 15 years ago.

Option 1 - Resize the original wedding band. I could wear it as a right hand ring, etc. It's too wide to wear with my new ring on the same finger. Cost: $100 ish.

Option 2 - Remove the diamonds from the original wedding band and put them in a 2-3mm band that can be worn with the new wedding band. Cost: $500 ish. Then my original wedding band gets put away for posterity.

Option 3 - Slice off the sides of the original wedding band. Leaving the center band with the diamonds intact. The center band would have to be resized. He said if all went well, I could also wear the sliced off sides of the ring. Upon inspecting the original band, the jeweler said it is put together in layers. (I could see them through the loupe!) The layers could cause some challenges, but he wouldn't know until he tried. Cost $300 to $500.

Has anyone ever sliced a ring into pieces? What would you do? Any and all thoughts welcome.

Original band:

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New band:

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#2
Interesting dilemma. If you are sentimental about the band then I say just have it resized and wear as a RHR. It's wide enough to be on its own. Why slice and dice if it holds meaning to you?

I hated my original band but waS very sentimental about my stones. When I had my e ring reset, I had all the old stones, from ering and wedding band made into a new eternity band.
Btw, your new e ring reset is beautiful!
Good luck!
 
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Thank you for your input friday13bride! I am very sentimental. But I'm feeling unsure about where my sentimentality lies. I loved when these stones were paired with my solitaire. They were such a perfect complement.
 
#5
If you slice and dice it will you still wear it as RHR or do you want to make a new band with the center diamonds to go with your ering?
I think you need to think about how you would want to wear whatever you make out of it.
 
#8
Melora24 said:
Also, have you tried your current e-ring with an eternity band? If so, could you post a pic?
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I have tried it with an eternity band and it looks gorgeous! I always pop into jewelry stores to try it on and have never taken a picture. Good excuse to head back to the jewelry store. I'll do that this weekend and post a pic. Thanks for the idea!
 
#10
friday13bride said:
If you slice and dice it will you still wear it as RHR or do you want to make a new band with the center diamonds to go with your ering?
I think you need to think about how you would want to wear whatever you make out of it.
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I think I do want to wear the center diamonds with my ering. If I sliced it, I would end up with the outer bands to wear alone - maybe on my right hand. Or use them as stacking bands.
 
#14
katkrack said:
+1 and I love all your rings. Great pics! I have a thing for rings and I look forward to seeing what you choose:smile1:
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Thank you!

I think I'm leaning away from the right hand ring and towards options 2 or 3.

I fell in love with the original wedding band 16 years ago because of the way the diamonds complemented my solitaire. I think I want them to be together again.

Now, I just have to decide if I slice and dice or create a new, thin band with the original diamonds. I was studying the closeup picture of the original band and I could totally see where slicing it into three pieces would create a very beautiful and sentimental center band! But, there's a chance that it won't work.

Still looking for opinions, so keep them coming!
 
#15
I think your ring is a beautiful work of art, and it would be a shame to slice it. Granted, its style is the opposite of your new e-ring (classic vs modern).

No offence intended, your original e-ring setting was dull (as in: so many women have a similar setting. Beautiful, but pretty common).

Your wedding band is a complete different story. I've never seen anything like that! If you slice it, you'll have an eternity band that looks like any other eternity band. You may get 2 stacking rings, but you'll probably loose the ropes, the most original parts imho.

And also, you picked this ring to go with your diamond, but your diamond was resetted with another line of diamond, so your original intent is still here!

Anyway, just wanted to let you know how I felt (with a bias: I'm not into resetting/upgrading to begin with)
 
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