No. Toothpaste has no business cleaning an engagement ring, and if a jeweler ever told you to use it, that jeweler owes you an apology, because toothpaste...
Every three years, unless something changes. That’s how often I tell clients to get a natural diamond engagement ring reappraised for insurance. If the...
If you’re buying an engagement ring for a man, forget everything the women’s engagement ring market taught you. Most men are not waiting for a 1.5 carat...
You can use a family diamond in a new engagement ring setting. Yes, that's the short answer. It's also the right answer for most people who inherit a stone,...
The biggest risk of buying an engagement ring sight unseen online isn't fraud. It's that the stone you get is exactly the stone they photographed, and the...
The first hidden halo I built was for Priya, back in 2019. She came in with a 1.08 carat old European cut diamond, GIA graded, H color, VS2, and a clear...
In twelve years of watching engagement ring buyers walk in, the most common mistakes guys make when buying an engagement ring are rarely about money....
Yes. Wear it. You can wear an engagement ring before the proposal, and I've seen enough clients do it to stop treating the question like a moral issue. Last...
A ring that clears the knuckle but spins at the base is the most common ring sizing mistake I see. If she has knobby knuckles, the key to getting the ring...
Yes, you can. But I'll spend the first fifteen minutes of any consultation trying to talk you out of it. Designing an engagement ring that also functions as...
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