How many people have tension set diamond rings?
January 5th, 2007
ajf185 asked:
I’m getting married in a few months and my fiance and I are looking into buying tension set bands for wedding rings. A friend of mine was given one as an engagement ring last year and loves it. She’s never had a problem with it.
When I went to talk to jewelers about them, more than one actually said they just don’t do them because the risk of losing the stone is so high. If it snags on something it can just pop out of the setting.
I’d like to know what other people’s experiences are with these kinds of rings. I love the look of them, but I don’t want to spend hundreds of pounds and then lose the stone in a few months. Cheers!
I appreciate the concern about the conflict diamonds… we’ll actually be using heirloom diamonds from my grandmother.
A tension set band, typically made from titanium or platinum, is a ring that holds the stone with only tension or pressure. There’s no setting for the stone and it’s not held above or below with anything. There are grooves cut into the sides of the metal that hold the stone.
www.titaniumera.com
I’m getting married in a few months and my fiance and I are looking into buying tension set bands for wedding rings. A friend of mine was given one as an engagement ring last year and loves it. She’s never had a problem with it.
When I went to talk to jewelers about them, more than one actually said they just don’t do them because the risk of losing the stone is so high. If it snags on something it can just pop out of the setting.
I’d like to know what other people’s experiences are with these kinds of rings. I love the look of them, but I don’t want to spend hundreds of pounds and then lose the stone in a few months. Cheers!
I appreciate the concern about the conflict diamonds… we’ll actually be using heirloom diamonds from my grandmother.
A tension set band, typically made from titanium or platinum, is a ring that holds the stone with only tension or pressure. There’s no setting for the stone and it’s not held above or below with anything. There are grooves cut into the sides of the metal that hold the stone.
www.titaniumera.com