I've decided that while waiting for my perfect pink diamond, I would order a pink lemonade ring. David has a beautiful Y-Z cushion that's 1.35 ct that I am going to purchase. Now I want your advice on settings. I was all set to order one of the new Uber settings with gold prongs for the diamond, pink gold for the pink diamonds, and platinum for the band. We would increase the pink diamond size to .015 so that halo size would increase. Since the yellow cushion measures aprox 6.5 x 5.3/4 mm this would still not be a large ring even with the halo. In addition I'm concerned that the Uber setting shows so little metal that maybe I would miss seeing the pink gold- but the workmanship on the Uber rings soooo pretty.
Or would you set it in the Hal 1 setting with the usual gold, pink, platinum setting and have the milgrain edging which I love- it looks so vintage. It makes a much larger halo, but the pink diamonds are much smaller- or even set it all in pink gold as an option,too. The Uber setting adds a couple of thousand to the price. Which would you choose- HELP me decide!!!!!

Oops- forgot one more option which would be the most expensive, but could be incredible. Setting the ring like 3177- it would then look like a yellow and pink flower!

How about a double halo.  You could do either white or pink gold.  Obviously, pink diamonds would give more of a pink effect.  With a double halo, you might be able to go with the smaller diamonds, which would make the center stone look bigger.

Oh- you're right!!  I think that would be like the setting we're talking about doing except with larger pink diamonds.

What do you think of the flower idea-3177 with the yellow center and pink petals like in 3478?

Jpup, i'll quote Trinkette for you, and more sound advice I have never received.  

She's told most of us to imagine that your jewelry box contains each of the rings you are considering.  Take each one out, admire it, try it on, , put it back in the box.  Open the box again, which one does your eye seek first?  Do this a bunch of times, change the scenario to suit, but try to get a feel for which one comes to the forefront the most often.  That's probably the one you want the most and will please you best.  

Well, I can see all sorts of pluses and minuses to both options.*

I'm crazy in love with my Hal1 setting, but still I crave an Uber ring. Does that help at all?    Trinkette's Virtual Jewel Box will help (it really does. I use it every time I'm plotting a purchase and I haven't gone wrong yet) but sadly, when I open that box in my head, I can see an uber setting as well as my gorgeous vintagey Hal1.

Now, the uber setting does show less metal, but it's still pink and it's still going to boost the colour of the pink melee. I don't think the pink metal would be lost, because although the metal work is very fine (in every sense of the word) it's also strong and pretty. The immaculate high polish makes it less obviously metal, I think, but you'll still get the colour.

On the other hand, Hal1 is a fine semi mount and you'll see more pink metal. If this is an 'extra' ring while you're waiting, it may be the more economical choice.

On balance though, if I could possibly swing an uber ring, I would be going for that. I really, really want one.    

*eta that wasn't entirely true. I can't find a minus. Sorry. I tried. 

so you're saying I need one of each, right??

we'd need someone a little better at photoshop than me.... but a little birdie told me that there is an excellent photoshop person right here....

That would be you, clgwli! 

My vote would be for a) one of each and b) the uber ring.  There. Are we helping at all?

I don't know exactly the measurement of the uber halo, but halos generally seem to add more than just the mm measurement. They just seem to make the stone look more.


I don't think there's much to choose in terms of size, but the pink diamonds will be more defined in the uber-ring, while the pink gold will be more prominent in Hal1.

Well, I probably wouldn't do the Hal 1 for the pink, so that's a good point. that may help me decide. thank you!!

I hate to make this more confusing but jpup gave me a great idea ( inadvertently)

How about setting this stone


in this setting= except, we'll use pink diamonds for the halo......


OK- actually we started the ring today, so asking for opinions makes it a little late....

Oh good, David, I'm glad you posted that. I gave the ring number to look at, but still can't seem to be able to upload photos. I was trying to say that this was another option. Since this stone is so close to mine- when is it going to be ready?