Tiffany solitare engagement ring

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First of all, may I offer my congratulation to alice and complement you on your choice of the engagement ring and I have to say you have very good taste! :laugh:

clanalois said:
Regardless of the 4C's which Tiffany excels at, they sell diamonds with what are considered the most mathematically perfect/ideal cuts in the industry.

It is true that you can buy a diamond with the same 4C's as a Tiffany for thousands less. But mathematically and subjectively speaking, it will not possess the fire and brilliance of a Tiffany/ideal diamond if it does not have the ideal proportions, and you can easily see this when comparing. An ideal diamond is expensive no matter where you go.
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Despite being a girl who wears a 1.3 carat Colour: D, Clarity: Internally Flawless Tiffany engagement ring, objectively I'm going to have to disagree because I can categorically tell you that an engagement ring with a 1 carat D/IF 'Hope Diamond' diamond is ~$25,000 equivalent. Hope Diamond is a brand for diamonds cut by De Beers and IDENTICAL to De Beers diamonds in De Beers boutique. The only difference is that it's marketed separately by each buying jewellers, not by De Beers themselves.

Let's compare this price to my exact price on a 1 D/IF Tiffany's which is $38,000. So there is a $13,000 difference (I'm not going to say markup because Tiffany's diamonds come from their own semi-permafrost mine in Canada) enough to get another decent piece of Tiffany's jewellery. But surely everyone will agree with me that De Beers-cut diamonds are in no way inferior to Tiffany's and that it possesses just as much 'fire and brilliance.' The only difference superiority of Tiffany's I imagine is the setting which is often neglected but VERY important (even this is contentious from the objective sense). Actually I'm very surprised at the very little focus is on settings; what's the use of a diamond if there is no light - the most beautifully cut diamond will lose all its lustre in a poor setting!

So I'm going to say an ideal diamond is not expensive everywhere you go and Tiffany's DO rip you off! But there is good news; Tiffany's rip you off the least. A 1 D/IF De Beers is ~$45,000 (almost 100% markup on Hope Diamonds:laugh:) and Cartier 4-prong Solitaire is even more expensive than that.

Having said all of this, do I regret having a 1.3 D/IF Tiffany's? The answer is no. If you read my first ever post on this forum, I hinted to my fiancé that I want this and that's because other makes are too opulent (esp. Cartier) and does not fit with my dress style. This is not down to the diamond itself but the setting!
 
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Bee...Bee said:
Having said all of this, do I regret having a 1.3 D/IF Tiffany's? The answer is no. If you read my first ever post on this forum, I hinted to my fiancé that I want this and that's because other makes are too opulent (esp. Cartier) and does not fit with my dress style. This is not down to the diamond itself but the setting!
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Interesting. So Tiffany rips you off the least out of all the most premium designers. :idea: It is interesting what you say about the setting -- I suppose that in my relatively short lifetime I haven't seen anything more gorgeous than the six-prong knife edge...and apparently no one else has, either. :)

Thanks~!
 
#33
I am owner of a Tiffany solitare engagement ring, as well as Tiffany diamond studs.

Although I am sure that you can probably buy rings that are equivalent to Tiffany's, I certainly don't have enough knowledge to know which ones they are...
 
#34
tiffany uses the best stones in mass marked jewellery that is a fact but when it comes to haute joaillerie they are definately not the best.
but they do have some fab styles and i love that they use platinum a lot.

but tokyogirl is right when you do not have alot of knowledge you can´t go wrong with tiffany
 
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clanalois said:
Interesting. So Tiffany rips you off the least out of all the most premium designers. :idea: It is interesting what you say about the setting -- I suppose that in my relatively short lifetime I haven't seen anything more gorgeous than the six-prong knife edge...and apparently no one else has, either. :)

Thanks~!
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You are making me sound like a 60-year-old hag (I'm only 29!!!), LOL!

But seriously I agree it's very difficult to beat Tiffany's 6-prong in the 1.x carat range but if it's smaller you want 4-prong to see as much diamonds as possible and also if you go 2+ carat like the one photographed in Tiffany's booklet, you actually want to have 4-prong as well because a diamond that size you want it to 'float in the air and 6-prongs become a burden' (according to my Cartier guy anyway:laugh: ). I've seen a 2.5 Cartier Solitaire 1895 and it beats everything because the style is very 'airy' but as I said that setting isn't my style.
 
#39
Hi everybody, I am looking to get a Tiffany & Co solitare platinum engagement ring within a budget capped at around 5700 USD or 3000 GBP. With a F-G of a clarity of VVS2-VS2 how much of a carat do you think I would be able to get within that budget? Would I get a better offer in the US than in the UK from Tiffany? Or from my native country, Canada, for that matter? In the UK my purchase would be tax-free because I am not British. So that's some help, isn't it? Your advice will be much needed!!! If you have connection and can find me a great offer, please let me know by all means!! Please please please.

Alfred
 
#40
i have a 3.1 carat (color F, cut : EX/Ex, ) tiffany solitare engagement ring. i absolutely looove it, and it gets compliments everywhere i go. however, although i love my diamond VERY VERY MUCH, i have to say that i also know pp can get quality diamonds, really ANYWHERE.

tiffany does not produce their diamonds...they only select them. whenever random strangers compliment me on my diamond, they say "oo..i love tiffany diamonds." and whenever i hear that, it always reminded me the common misconception pp have regarding tiffanys...

a gf of mine bought a loose diamond on blue nile.com...its absolutely beautiful, and it has a GIA report.
 
#41
GORGEOUS RINGS GIRLS! Makes me want to settle down just for the rock LOL.

I would love to get a Tiffany ring, but my only draw back will be that many other women would also be wearing the same kind, and I'd want mine to be unique. If Tiffany's made custom rings..:drool:
 
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Kellybag said:
I don't like when people knock Tiffanys. IF YOU HAVE THE MONEY and spending it won't hurt you...their diamonds are gorgeous. BUT, if youhave to sell things, put it on credit, and make your life miserable it is not worth it.

I have a Tiffanys 2 carat platinum cross and let me tell you...it can sparkle like mad even if it hasn't been cleaned in ages. YOu are paying for the diamond quality.
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Totally agree with Kellybag. I have a 2.5 ct engagement ring and I :love: it.
 
#43
I was looking for my cousin who works for Hope Diamond n found this, so I just stop to make some comments.
A diamond is made up of pure carbon atoms(just like graphite which is used as pencils). Each carbon atom is connected to other 4 carbons in a perfect symetric tetrahedral form.
Without light, the beuty of diamond is useless. When light enters diamond, it refracts and reflects. When light leaves the diamond, it disperses-just like when it interacts with a prism- and then it enters our eyes. So the angles of a cut diamond stone really matters. It is very possible to cut a diamond so that the light waves that leave the diamond interfere with each other, thus may lessen its beauty.
So I think there are styles of cut that were mathematically designed to allow the refraction and reflection so that a dimond can display light at its best.
However, for a pure diamond, I don't think where diamond come from matters because diamond is diamond they just can't be different- if it loses the tetrahedron's 109 degree angle between carbon bonds, then it's no longer diamond. For an impure diamond, it's more complicate and I don't know.
(^_^)
 
#44
christiegl said:
Does anyone know where Tiffany jewelry is made?
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my dad's friends cuts the tiffany LUCIDA cut in Thailand. He has the rights to it and sends it to Tiffany (if i heard correctly, im pretty sure).
off topic, some of the tiffany silver jewelry is made in Thailand, my very close indian friend makes those return to tiffanys bracelets. he said tiffanys is VERY VERY STRICT and their contract is pages and pages thick.
 
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Swanky Mama Of Three said:
I agree. . . we buy from a Broker, his family is overseas and is the mining business there. He is the middle man between his family and the retail stores.
We buy straight from him.
I can tell you we paid close to $6k less than my ring appraised for.:yes:
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Same deal here. We have a broker in the city and paid $1000s less than the appraisal. Of course, I don't know how many $1000s b/c DH keeps the actual cost of my engagement ring a secret. My wedding band is appraised at $5K and it cost us $500.

Ask around if anyone knows a wholesaler if you're interested in getting a better deal. If your heart-set on a Tiffany ring, go for it. Personally, I wouldn't want to spend extra $$ when only reeaally picky people might ever notice the difference. To each his/her own.
 
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