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After the Proposal: What to Do With Your Engagement Ring in the First Week

The proposal happened. The ring is on the finger. What comes next? Most guides focus entirely on the proposal moment and nothing after it. But the first week after getting engaged involves several ...

Anniversary Ring & Ring Upgrade Guide Singapore: When and How to Do It

The engagement ring is not always the final word. For many couples, the years after marriage bring a desire to mark significant milestones — a first anniversary, a fifth, a tenth — with a piece of ...

The Proposal Ring and the Engagement Ring: Do They Have to Be the Same?

The conventional expectation is that the ring presented at the proposal is the engagement ring that will be worn from that moment onward. This works well when you know exactly what your partner wan...

Buying an Engagement Ring as a Surprise: How to Get It Right

Buying an engagement ring without your partner’s input is one of the more logistically involved things a person undertakes. You are making design decisions on behalf of someone else, guessing a siz...

East-West Ring Settings: The Case for a Horizontal Diamond

The east-west setting orients the centre stone horizontally across the finger rather than vertically along it. Where a traditional engagement ring points the length of an oval or pear toward the na...

Salt and Pepper Diamonds: What They Are and Who They Are For

A salt and pepper diamond is one that contains visible inclusions — the “salt” being white or light reflective inclusions, and the “pepper” being dark carbon inclusions — distributed throughout the...

The Best Diamond Shape for Your Hand: A Practical Guide

The relationship between a diamond shape and the hand it sits on is one of the most practically useful things to understand before buying an engagement ring. Jewellery that photographs beautifully ...

How Big Is a 1 Carat Diamond? A Practical Size Guide by Shape

Carat is a measure of weight, not size. One carat equals 0.2 grams. But what buyers really want to know is: how large will this diamond look on my finger? The answer depends on the shape of the sto...

Solitaire Engagement Rings: Why Simple Usually Wins

The solitaire engagement ring — one diamond, minimal metal — is the most enduring design in fine jewellery. It has remained continuously in fashion since the late nineteenth century and shows no si...

How to Resize a Ring: What Is Possible and What to Expect

Ring sizing is one of the most common after-purchase services in fine jewellery, and one that is frequently misunderstood. Some rings are straightforward to resize; others are difficult or impracti...