Most people pick the wrong moment. They upgrade when a chain store runs a promotion, when a friend gets a bigger stone, or when they've been married ten...
Most of the time, no. Wearing an engagement ring on a chain around your neck is less safe than wearing it on your finger, and the failure points are...
No. I don't care if it's a chlorine pool, a saltwater pool, or a hotel hot tub. An engagement ring in the pool is a risk I ask every client not to take....
Yes. Remove it before you garden. A diamond won't scratch from soil, but the mounting will. A prong-set engagement ring is a small machine for catching on...
About once a month, a client comes in with a bent prong or a missing pavé stone and tells me she never takes her ring off, not even to sleep. I get it. The...
The best way to travel with an engagement ring without losing it isn't a clever trick. It's a habit. The ring has exactly two places it is allowed to be: on...
Three clean resizes, maybe four. That's my working answer for how many times an engagement ring can be resized without weakening it, and I'd rather tell you...
The best inside-band engraving I've ever cut was eleven characters long. It wouldn't show up on most lists of romantic engraving ideas, because it was just...
Prongs are the enemy if you work with your hands. I'll say that to anyone who asks, usually before they've finished the sentence. The best engagement ring...
Most of the gold in a typical engagement ring has been through a refinery, a dealer, a caster, and a bench before it gets to your finger. That doesn't make...
One essay, one object, one quiet recommendation — delivered slowly, the way these things ought to be.