Countless diamond engagement ring styles are available, making choosing the ideal ring challenging. Where do you start? Well, here are our top 10 engagement ring designs to help get you inspired from the experts at Occasions Fine Jewelry.
The Classic Solitaire
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First, we have the timeless classic solitaire. It is known for its beauty and simplicity. A solitaire is a great option for an engagement ring that will never go out of style—the least expensive of setting designs since they don’t have any pavé or channel-set diamonds.
The Pave
The pavé engagement ring has one or more rows of pavé diamonds, which are tiny diamonds placed on the ring’s shank. These little diamonds can draw attention to the central diamond, adding to the diamond and the ring’s attractive, timeless look. A pavé engagement ring is a fantastic choice if you prefer something a little more elaborate and striking than a solitaire setting. A pavé engagement ring is a beautiful choice.
Side Stone Engagement Ring
Similar to the pave engagement rings, side stone engagement bands have one or more tiny diamonds on either side of the main stone. These accent stones give a ring a striking, distinctive look and enhance the attractiveness of the central stone. If you want something delicate, graceful, and feminine, side stone engagement rings are a fantastic choice.
The Halo
Another popular engagement ring design is the ever-popular halo ring. The halo ring consists of a circle of tiny, generally round diamonds that encircle the central stone, which draws attention to it and makes it seem more extensive and more brilliant. Like the solitaire, the halo appears to never go out of style.
The Vintage
Vintage engagement rings are another popular engagement ring design. Many have accents, braid designs, and other distinctive elements less typically found in your contemporary style engagement ring settings.
The Tension Engagement Rings
Tension engagement rings do not use prongs or bezels to secure the center stone in place. Instead, it is held in place by the metal bands’ tension. Ideal if your fiancé prefers something a little out of the ordinary. Tension engagement rings are modern, incredibly distinctive, and unique.
The Bezels
Bezel engagement rings employ a bezel that encircles the main stone rather than prongs to hold a diamond or gemstone in place. Surrounded by bar-set baguette diamonds, its bezels host a modern yet vintage-inspired look. This design style is great if your fiancé has an active lifestyle as the stone is better protected, giving it less risk of falling out.
The Channel-Set
A channel-set style engagement ring is designed where small diamonds are put inside the channels along the shank of engagement rings. This channel keeps the diamonds safe while providing the band a pavé engagement ring-like appearance. This engagement ring is a fantastic choice if you want something that looks striking but is also modest and elegant.
The Eternity
Beautiful pavé-set diamonds adorn the total circumference of eternity engagement rings. An eternity engagement ring is a terrific option if you and your future spouse want something that offers lots of sparkles. It’s elegant, classic, and unquestionably gorgeous.
Gemstones
Bypass traditional diamonds and opt for a stunning gemstone to give a first or new engagement ring a special charm. Try going for a blue sapphire center stone surrounded by a halo of round diamonds. You can also go for a line of pavé-set diamonds along the ring’s shank, drawing attention to the center gemstone and giving it an elegant appearance.
Precious Metals
Of course, each of these 10 engagement ring designs can come in the four metals that are most frequently used to create engagement rings, which are:
- White Gold: White metals like silver, palladium, and nickel are combined with pure gold to create white gold. Rhodium is frequently used as a coating to increase corrosion resistance and durability.
- Yellow Gold: Yellow gold combines zinc, copper, and pure gold alloy metals. It has the most pristine color of all the gold types. Its pure gold tone makes it a well-liked, enduring option. It also means that diamonds with lesser color grades, like K or J, can be combined.
- Rose Gold: Rose gold has a pinkish-red hue that gives it a classier, more understated appearance than yellow gold while maintaining its warmth. Warm skin tones benefit significantly from it, and engagement rings and other jewelry are starting to use rose gold more frequently.
- Platinum: Platinum, a white metal, is frequently used to create engagement rings and other exquisite jewelry. It is a strong metal that doesn’t irritate the skin in persons with metal allergies. It is also hypoallergenic.
Don’t Forget Your Jeweler
While yes, it is all about the ring, what about the jeweler who makes it? Diamonds are forever, but you want the ring the diamond is set in to last forever too. That is why choosing the right jeweler is just as important as the style and design.
