It just has a certain ring to it.

May 15, 2008 7:32 PM

What would you call this style of engagement ring? And maybe, more importantly, can you tell who else actually makes them?

My boyfriend and I are in the process of finding THE ring. I love the kind where the band sort-of twists around the stone (like in the above linked picture), so that the band ends on either side of the stone. I don't know what exactly that's called, so it's making the process incredibly laborious. I've waded through SO many pages online.

I have seen them more common with round stones, but I'm partial to the princess cut. I did see an amazing ring in EE Robbins in Seattle, but it was in a case of specially picked rings by one of their designers and I haven't been able to extract the actual designer through them via email.

Do you know what that style is called? Do you know of some secret collection with the perfect ring, just waiting for me to find it?

His budget is in the $1500 range.

posted by messylissa to shopping (6 comments total)

I don't know exactly what that is called but it resembles a tension setting.
posted by astruc at 7:53 PM on May 15

Oh and the ring around the stone, or square in this case, is a bezel.
posted by astruc at 7:54 PM on May 15

I'm sorry to triple post, I'm really tired. It's not exactly a bezel because it doesn't totally go around. I'll stop posting now!
posted by astruc at 7:55 PM on May 15

It's what is called a twist setting. There are a lot of styles of twist settings but that should really help narrow it down - there are three on that Google results page.

Loads of people make them; you should be able to find settings like this at, for example, any mall retailer. It's a classic setting but I don't think it's been "the popular setting" for a couple of decades now.
posted by DarlingBri at 8:21 PM on May 15

That's a bypass style with a semi-bezel setting. Different designers may use different names for the style of the setting, but any decent clerk will know what you mean.
posted by jlkr at 8:25 PM on May 15

My wife's ring is the same setting that you describe, and we got it at a plain-jane mall retailer. Moreover, we had a wedding band (the second band, without the stone) custom made with the same swirly twist to it, so the two fit together.
posted by Cool Papa Bell at 9:43 PM on May 15