I’m looking to get a white gold solitaire engagement ring made for my girlfriend. I already have a diamond, so I just need the setting/mounting. Based on people’s experiences in the Los Angeles Jewelry District, what places would you recommend for buying the setting and getting the ring mounted?

Please provide any good or bad experiences with the diamond jewelers in Cupertino or surrounding area in California.

Thanks in advance,
Lucky

I’m getting married in a few months and my fiance and I are looking into buying tension set bands for wedding rings. A friend of mine was given one as an engagement ring last year and loves it. She’s never had a problem with it.
When I went to talk to jewelers about them, more than one actually said they just don’t do them because the risk of losing the stone is so high. If it snags on something it can just pop out of the setting.
I’d like to know what other people’s experiences are with these kinds of rings. I love the look of them, but I don’t want to spend hundreds of pounds and then lose the stone in a few months. Cheers!
I appreciate the concern about the conflict diamonds… we’ll actually be using heirloom diamonds from my grandmother.
A tension set band, typically made from titanium or platinum, is a ring that holds the stone with only tension or pressure. There’s no setting for the stone and it’s not held above or below with anything. There are grooves cut into the sides of the metal that hold the stone.
www.titaniumera.com

Does the bridesmaid and bride jewelry on wedding day match? Can it? Such as all the same necklaces? What do you think, what could unify everyone jewelry wise? ANy experiences?