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This post has been edited by fuzzy: Feb 21 2014, 06:46 PM

I have, it wasn't really that much..

What difference does it made whether its long or short term when it comes to colour?

Thanks

Nvm, la.. but that time I can bet you sure ask to upgrade one

Lazare is slightly better than Forevermark imo (though not by much), just go the DeGem Bangsar and check it out.

I think overall, Estrella was the best bang for the buck. The others, which cheaper, pale in comparison to the Estrella, Forevermark or Lazare. I went to Wah Chan and at first, the sales person tried to tell me their stone was great but after speaking to them in detail, he admitted that we can't really compare theirs to the likes of Lazare.

If you want to find out what are the differences in the cut, just ask them to show you their certificate and go use a tool like the HCA (http://www.pricescope.com/tools/hca) or the AGS (http://www.pricescope.com/tools/AGA_NAJA_Cut_Class_Grader) to gauge roughly what kind of 'shine' you can expect.

Lazare is expensive because it sits really high up the Cut scale, and all of their stones are cut to that measurement while GIA or AGS is just a grading agency, you can find great stones if you know what you are looking for.

I'd say go take a look for yourself, I didn't thought much about diamond and its differences until you look at it. Some will see it, some will not. Some cares for it, some do not. Just go look at as many as possible and pick the one you find best.

It's definitely higher than the rest, if you compare the same carat, color and clarity with another brand, it can be a few k of difference ...

Habib's Hearts on Fire is freakin ex-pen-siveeee ... But it's nice, I can't deny that..

Just to clarify, you can find Lazare's cut in other places (because its basically just angles and measurements), the advantage with Lazare is that all of their stones is within that allowed range, so it saves you time wondering / guessing.

If you have access to the GIA /AGS certs, you can plug those figure in and you might find one as good, if not better than Lazare's cut.

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This post has been edited by fuzzy: Jul 8 2019, 04:33 PM

If you want, pm me.. You can request for them to arrange a parking especially just for you

Now you know why I was surprised why he insisted so much on the diamond colour. Unless your SO enjoys putting immense pressure and heating her diamond up to about 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit, you won't see a natural change in colour.

There might be some stain to it but it is mainly superficial and you just need to send to the shop and have it cleaned.

Oh yea..

Got the Lazare with a Tiffany setting..

I download pictures of the Tiffany setting (it's quite a popular setting) and got them (DeGem) to design it according to it.

Yes, it is a platinum, the default is white gold as usual, but my SO had experience some reactions before with a white gold so I didn't want to take that chance.. They didn't exactly broke it down for me, but from our discussions of the options, I guess platinum would have been around 1-1.5k?

I've been asked not to reveal the real pricing, but I'll tell you its in the range of 10k-20k.

I think white gold is still relatively cheap. I was pushing to see if they carry palladium, but I think the jewelers are not keen due to the cheap price but stronger material.

They can't go an exact copy out of copyright infringement, I think. Tiffany's look nice, but it looks slightly weird to me when put on a larger stone. Though nicer than the 4 prongs classic setting.

No worries bro, I just went through the same experience .. First of all, you have to establish a budget and if possible, the type of ring your gf wants. Then can carry on from there.