Princess Cut Ring - 4C's

To calculate a diamonds value, experts refer to what they call the four Cs--Colour, Clarity, Cut and Carat. All of these factors will influence the true, eventual value of your diamond.

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Princess Cut Ring - Buying Guide

When you buy your Princess cut ring you can choose your metal and of course we make it to your desired size.

Every Princess cut ring is hand-crafted and individually made by our in house craftsmen.

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The Princess Cut Ring - Classic Beauty With A Modern Edge

If you are on the market for a new diamond ring, it helps to know which cuts are currently the most popular. A princess cut ring, for example, would give you the chance to own the second most popular diamond shape on the market. Second only to the round brilliant cut, this particular cut gives you the styling of classical beauty with a slight modern edge.

The basics of a princess cut ring are its unique four cornered shape. While most diamond cuts tend to rely on smooth flowing shapes, the princess cut ring goes for just the opposite effect. A princess cut ring bears a stone resembling either a square or rectangle, each corner bearing a sharp angle. When seen from the underside, the stone will resemble a pyramid, with its four sides meeting at a point on the center of the underside.

The stones in a princess cut ring are currently only graded on cut quality by three major diamond labs, Accredited Gem Appraisers, American Gem Society, and European Gem Laboratories. This is due, in part, to the difficulty that can be involved in correctly grading this particular shape of stone. The cut itself has been derived from a number of older cuts. A princess cut ring is believed to resemble a classic French cut ring by most jewellers. The particular name of the cut was originally used to refer to the Profile cut, created by Arpad Nagy in 1961. It was later used in 1979 by three prominent Israeli jewellers, Betzalel Ambar, Ygal Perlman, and Israel Itzkowitz. The quadrillion cut is also often compared to the princess cut. This name was given to the square stones marketed by Ambar Diamonds in the United States. This cut bore just under fifty facets, while the modern princess cut ring will typically bear up to sixty facets.

If you are trying to get the most diamond for your money, a princess cut ring can help in that aspect as well. Unlike a round stone, typically cut to the point where only fifty percent of the rough stone remains, a princess cut ring carries a stone which often uses nearly eighty percent of the original rough stone. The labour involved with cutting the stone for a princess cut ring is also less time consuming than a round cut. These two factors combine to give a princess cut ring the ability to carry a larger diamond at a lower cost.

The princess cut ring is also the style of choice in eternity ring or three stone ring designs. The flat edges offered by the cut allow the stones to rest flush against one another. A princess cut ring in the eternity ring style allows more stones to be set in the band, leaving no gaps or openings where the stones meet one another. The three stone style gives the opportunity to set one larger stone with two shoulder stones, once again offering a flush fit for the stones, creating a beautiful princess cut ring. Even a solitaire princess cut ring presents a very clean style with sharp edges, offering a slightly modern edge to a very classic cut.