Final Choice of Diamond

After a hectic search over the weekend, I decided on getting Destinee for my proposal ring. Of the so many diamonds seen, why did I pick Destinee?

Frankly speaking, if I made an option to purchase a less branded diamond from jewellers such as Poh Heng Jewellery, it would have passed off just as fine since both my girl and I are not that into diamonds and will mostly likely not notice the difference. A set of comparable specifications may be had for lower prices and she will have been fine with it since she is not expecting an expensive ring from me.

Cut, clarity, colour and carat are the traditional 4Cs by which diamonds are selected. Destinee diamonds make my life simple since they are AGS certified as triple ideal. Having an ideal cut, I got a good VS1 clarity, the colourless range of F colour and 0.4 carat for slightly over S$4K.

Brilliant Rose was ok but I could only get those below 0.4 carats with my budget. While 0.34 and 0.4 is technically only a difference of 0.06, I believe that there is a pyschological effect when she is asked how many carats the diamond is. Being able to respond 0.4 carats instead of 0.3+ will create a different sort of impact. Furthermore, regardless of how detached we are from the materialistic displays in our society, I want my girl to feel proud wearing a ring from me, me to feel good being able to provide her this little luxury and for the other women who see her wearing it to envy her for owning a nice stunning diamond ring.

As for the True Love and Hearts on Fire ranges, I will not bother to comment more since I have already excluded them from consideration as in my previous posts.

The Destinee ring purchased is too small for my girl and the customer service executive had kindly helped to try expediating the alterations so that it can be ready in the right size in 3 days. Wednesday. The day I will get the proposal ring all ready to be presented.

Wish me luck!