Three Stone Engagement Rings

Three stones are usually explained as past, present and future. The practical reason they endure is simpler: three diamonds spread further across the finger than one, and three stones totalling two carats cost considerably less than a single two-carat stone. If you want presence rather than a single large certificate number, this is where the money goes furthest.

What separates our eleven three-stone settings is where the weight sits. At one end the Cristina carries 0.31 ct of pave confined to the shoulders, leaving the centre stone clearly dominant. At the other the Olivia flanks the centre with two 0.70 ct ovals — 1.40 ct of side stone, each one the size of a centre diamond in many rings, so the three read closer to equal. The Lucia sits between them at 0.89 ct across twelve stones.

That range is worth understanding before you choose, because it changes what the ring is rather than just how much it sparkles. The Rosa, Alba and Giulia all carry around 0.77 ct but distribute it across sixteen, twenty-four and thirty stones respectively, which produces three visibly different rings at nearly the same weight.

Made and hallmarked in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, in 9k to 18k gold or 950 platinum.