Thoughts on upgrading your wedding rings? - Page 5

wildcat fan · ‎03-23-2010

DH has offered, but I've decided against any upgrades. He's given me other rings which I wear on my right hand. On my left hand are the rings that started our marriage, and that's all I really need or want. My wedding band is a diamond eternity band, so I can't re-size it. I did enlarge my engagement ring a tad. I contemplated having it reset, but ultimately decided I'd regret it if I did. I guess I'm too sentimental.

blackhole99 · ‎08-22-2013

I had my original engagement diamond reset when I lost my original wedding band and that was 25 years ago. I can still wear the engagement ring and the band I bought when I had the diamond reset,but only in the winter when my hands and finders don't swell. I love jewelry and eventhough I am sentimenta,l I wear other rings all the time. I would not give up my diamond ring unless my son would find someone and she will wear that beautiful diamond ring.

tedEbear · ‎03-22-2015

@Kalli---I thought it didn't look quite right. Not fading as in clothes fading or CZ "dying". It is harder to clean and keep small stones clean and sparkly, as oppossed to a single stone. Was that a little clearer? However, a single Large stone is more valuable than small stones. I don't mean a carator like that. A quarter carat is worth more than 1 five point plus-2 ten point stones, if all is equal ie: the 4 C's-------tedEbear

Q4u · ‎03-17-2010

DH gave me a half carat 14k solitare that I love. I've had it sized up once and it needs to be sized down again. I was married using my grandmother's 18k rose gold wedding ring but found after a few years that the solitaire was rubbing off and into the soft gold, so I took it off to keep and decided on a Black Hills Band to go with the solitaire and am very happy with the look (DH is from North Dakota and BHG has been a "theme" with us).... My grandmother's ring will be handed down to one of my sons to keep....

*~"Never eat more than you can lift......" Miss Piggy~*

Kalli · ‎03-11-2010

@tedEbear wrote:
@Kalli---I thought it didn't look quite right. Not fading as in clothes fading or CZ "dying". It is harder to clean and keep small stones clean and sparkly, as oppossed to a single stone. Was that a little clearer? However, a single Large stone is more valuable than small stones. I don't mean a carator like that. A quarter carat is worth more than 1 five point plus-2 ten point stones, if all is equal ie: the 4 C's-------tedEbear

ok...it's clear!

And yes, I agree...a quarter carat is worth more than smaller stones that add up to a quarter carat.

FUTURE · ‎04-11-2010

Nope, I'll never do it. I would simply buy a simple band that would fit properly. Mine are too sentimental. And beautiful.

MarieIG · ‎03-10-2010

I wouldn't mind another set, but don't feel any pressing need for one. I would not "trade in" my old set even for a much more expensive one. The value in my rings is in the sentiment and my old ones have memories I can't replace. If I couldn't wear my rings, I would be fine with a band.

Do the math.

cater · ‎03-10-2010

I had to have mine reset only after having them 7 years. My daughter was a baby at that time and she was ill i took her temperature and was shaking the thermometer down and hit my wedding rings. The thermometer broke and the mercury went all over my rings. The same night we went to a funeral home and my husband saw my rings and asked me what I had done to my rings? I looked at them and to my shock my beautiful expensive yellow gold setting was now white gold. In the morning called our jeweler and he said take them off and get them in to him. In that 24 hour span my mountings had completely cracked all around the diamonds and base of the ring. he showed them to me and they were a complete mess. He said he would put something on them to try and stop what the mercury was still doing but they could not be fixed. so I waited a couple years and had all the diamonds put in another set. Back then around 1970 it still cost over $500.

Puzzle Piece · ‎06-29-2010

wearing or not wearing my rings isn't important after almost 34 years. The marriage has been solid and rings don't matter. That is important to me.

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151949 · ‎03-09-2010

@tedEbear wrote:
@Sue98----------You mentioned a TRADE-In? How much will they give you??????? (I don't want you to answer me). How much is the new ring? Size of diamonds, is your ring set with a large stone and some smaller stones? Does new ring have a large stone and smaller stones? There was a mention of some special shanks, large knuckles are nothing new, that IF you want to keep wearing your original, it would behoove you to check for pricing on the different shanks that would work. My MOM just had her wed set and another large diamond ring sized and fixed with what she said jeweler called "pillows. The rings do not turn and end up in her hand!!!!!!!

One thing I have noticed, so many Wedding sets have several small stones set to give the look of a much larger stone, surrounded by more small stones. A one-half carat solid stone is more valuable than 10 tiny stones set to make you THINK it is 1 full carat. The color of the stones will fade, just because they are little.

These are just a couple of things I learned from working in the jewelery business from about 14yrs old. OSMOSIS and listening and learning.-----------tedEbear

My wedding set is a 1/2 c center stone and 5 very small stones down each shoulder of the ring. They were originally from 1904 when DH's grandmother got engaged so they are 112 years old of continuous wear from his grandmother to his Mom and then to me. So far not one of them has faded or in any way does not perfectly sparkle. So what you said here is absolutely not true. Diamonds are beautiful forever as long as they are kept clean.I think your "osmosis " absorbed incorerect information.