Congratulations on your engagement! This is a thrilling time for both you and your fiancé. Looking for an engagement ring might seem an issue, but the fact is that nowadays ‘anything goes’. There is no ‘do or don’t’ anymore. So enjoy trying as many rings as possible. Listen to your instincts in terms of look and feel but think practical too! Don’t be afraid to make ‘unusual’ choices. So what are the options?

How to Choose the Perfect Engagement Ring?

Every girl dreams about the perfect engagement and most guys do as well, only they just won’t admit to it. Where is the best place to look for the right choice, what to wear, and most important, how to choose the perfect ring! For ages, other than royalty or the famous people, owned colorless stones. However, over the past few years fancy colored diamonds have been gaining a lot of popularity. As symbols of the earth’s rarest treasures, fancy colors are beginning to dominate the engagement market. Men want their "soon-to-be" wives, to know just how special and unique they are. Presenting an engagement ring with diamonds so rare and beautiful such as a blue or a purple stone, is sure to make her know what she means to you. One of the stages people reach rather quickly, is that finding the perfect diamond ring, isn’t as easy as one might think. Since us, "Goldiam" are in the business, we decided to put together a few tips towards helping you find the perfect ring with a stone to match.

There are a few points which are a must when it comes to finding what you are looking for, and keeping your expenses to a minimum.

 

Solitaires are generally diamond-set. Solitaires normally refer to the one stone being set in a plain band but solitaire rings have come to include also the one stone with smaller stones set in the band or around the one stone, surrounding a round brilliant stone.

3 or 5-stone rings can involve stones of the same shape and same size as well as different shapes and sizes, round brilliant in the center with two smaller pear-shaped stones on either side. Cluster rings are a center stone of any given shape surrounded by smaller stones in a ‘cluster’ shape. Stones can be set also on the band.

‘Band-like’ ring sitting low on the finger. Can be diamonds or colored stones. Stones can be all the same size or graduated in size, or can be different.

Colored gemstone rings are usually paired with diamonds to offer contrast with the color of the main stone.

 

 

 

About thousand years ago diamonds started being used in jewelry for the first time. Four hundred years later, the first man proposed with a diamond ring. This was Archduke Maximilian of Austria who asked Mary of Burgundy to be his wife. Thus began a custom of proposing with diamond rings, although it was mainly reserved for the upper class. While this was the first proof of a diamond engagement ring, it is by no means, the first engagement ring. The ring finger was chosen because it was believed there was a vein in that finger that was connected directly to the heart, symbolizing love.

 

 

The first engagement rings were far less romantic than they are today. In the past, they were actually a symbol of ownership. Women were given gold rings by their husbands, and metal ones to wear at home, to show that they belonged to their husbands. Over time this tradition has changed and is now it is a synonym to love and mutual commitment. Diamonds were the original gemstone used in an engagements ring, and once they were discovered in South Africa, they were marketed by the diamond company as “The” engagement stone one should have. The Great Depression, in 1929, slowed things down, but it picked right back up once the economy strengthened.

Engagement rings today

Today diamond engagement rings can be seen in practically every culture. However, as times change, people are moving further away from the traditions of the past and embracing a new world of individuality. While engagement rings once symbolized ownership, today they symbolize partnership and commitment. In a society where every kind of love is celebrated, it makes sense that tradition evolves. Fancy color diamonds are the perfect alternative for the traditional white diamond engagement ring. With a plethora of colors, shapes, and sizes, it is no surprise that we are seeing more and more couples that choose color as a way to celebrate their love.

Don’t stress!

Purchasing a diamond ring is a happy occasion. Selecting the perfect ring should be done with care.  Make sure to choose the right company/ store, to look for the right ring. We, in "Goldiam", can help you, we are situated in the Israeli Bourse of Diamantes! Take your time, be relaxed, and keep cool!