The perfect diamond engagement ring…. Diamond Shoulders Having gone through the top picks of classic and not quite so classic solitaires, it’s time to move on to something a bit more eye catching. Not that a huge diamond in a simple solitaire isn’t but see below and you’ll get what I mean… It’s all about…

Well, if the three examples from celeb land are anything to go by, I would happily leave my fine jewellery buying to my man! It seems that the reasons for their good choices range from the fact that they are control freaks, creative types or romantic types..all in that order in the case of the…

Having seen that quite a number of people who visit the Diamond Ring Company site linger on the Hallmarks information, I thought it might be of interest if I did a few posts on the subject. So, to begin with, what are hallmarks? Well, hallmarking ( the act of placing an informative stamp on pieces…

Hello again, I’m back and I’ll kick off with this month’s piece. It’s the Alicia Round, part of our Classic Engagement rings set. It would appear that you rather like it. From what I can see, some of you out there have already spent quite a bit of time considering it. No surprise. Let me…

Not much of a revelation, but still, it is fun to note that this does often seem to be the case. The bigger the ‘star’ or celebrity is, in terms of media coverage and how much they like or allow it, and simply the bigger the star, the bigger their engagement rings are…more specifically, often,…

Hatton Garden really is the centre of the universe, for jewellery that is! In all sincerity, it is THE place to go in all the UK if you are looking to do research on or buy your diamond engagement ring and/ or wedding bands. There can’t be anywhere else like it (apart from the gold…

So, continuing on from my ‘Classics’ post, here are more solitaires but with a little bit more going on… or just some additional details that make these a little different from the very classic four claw or bezel solitaire. First, the Berenice Round. The mere fact that this ring has six claws makes it different.…

It’s April and time to draw your attention to one of best pieces, the Lucia Round diamond solitaire pendant necklace. This is our real ‘every girl must have’ piece. Wear every day, wear all day, day to night, night to day.. ok, ok, I’ll stop there… diamond pendant. To be honest, if there is one…

Having had my mini rant about the fact that often huge diamonds in celebrity engagement rings mean that the ring and the wearer don’t look all that great, this week I’m giving credit where it’s due and highlighting a few very nice choices… You might even get inspired by some of these… Miss Perry here…

Welcome to the new series where we highlight the top choices by our customers in each category of engagement ring, and I hazard a semi-intelligent guess at why these are the preferred pieces… I hope some of the points help you make your important choice… Let’s start with the classic solitaire… Single stone, simply and…