How do I choose a bypass or open ring that stays comfortable?
Bypass and open rings have a gap or overlap. Learn how to size them, how they flex, which edges feel comfortable and when they can snag or lose shape.
Lab Grown Diamond Rings
Lab diamond engagement rings, eternity bands and wedding rings.
How do I choose between a solitaire, halo and three-stone ring?
Compare solitaire, halo and three-stone rings by look, care, durability and cost, and learn which suits daily wear, small hands and a first ring purchase.
Engagement Ring Etiquette: Budgets, Sizes and Surprises
Most engagement ring traditions matter less than they did, and two practical questions remain: whether the ring will fit, and whether it can be exchanged.
How much of a lab-diamond ring price is the setting rather than the stone?
We could not verify a typical split between stone and setting. See which costs make up a ring price and how to ask a seller for a breakdown.
What is a signet ring, and how do I choose engraving and size?
A signet ring has a flat face for engraving. Learn how to choose a shape, what can be engraved, what size to order and how deep engraving affects wear.
Do rings fit differently with different shapes of band, such as comfort fit or flat?
Comfort-fit bands have a domed inside and slide more easily than flat bands. Learn how each feels, how size is affected and which suits daily wear.
Resizing and Maintaining a Lab Diamond Ring
Whether a diamond ring can be resized is decided by its construction, not by its stone. Full eternity bands and pave shoulders are the two that usually cannot.
Men’s Lab Grown Diamond Rings and Bands
Men’s diamond bands usually set the stones flush or in a channel rather than in claws. The reason is practical: a working hand destroys protruding settings.
Silver Engagement Rings With Lab Diamonds: Pros and Cons
Silver holds a lab diamond securely. What it does not do is hold its own surface, and on a ring worn every day that difference shows within a few years.
Eternity Band Carat Weight: What You Get at Each Size
Total carat weight tells you very little on its own. The same one carat can be forty small stones or a dozen larger ones, and the two bands look nothing alike.
Setting Styles for Engagement Rings: Solitaire, Halo, Pave and Bezel
The setting that shows the most stone is also the one most likely to lose it. Security and apparent size pull in opposite directions, and height decides the rest.
Lab Grown Diamond Wedding Bands and Eternity Rings
A full eternity band cannot be resized without rebuilding it. That single constraint decides which style suits a ring that will be worn for decades.