Time to start shopping for an engagement ring? Congratulations! We’re thrilled for you and so excited you’re taking this huge step in your relationship. If you’re reading this post, you’re doing everything you can to ensure you choose the perfect engagement ring. We don’t blame you for doing your homework – in fact, it makes…
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Who doesn’t love a good halo? At this point, the design is more than a trend – it’s a bridal staple. Like a pear shape, or a cathedral setting, or white gold. The halo has simply been accepted into the canon of bridal and engagement ring styles. And each jeweler or designer puts their own…
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When it comes to engagement rings it can sometimes seem like what’s old is new again. Before Diamonds by Raymond Lee came along, Raymond Lee Jewelers focused exclusively on estate jewelry – especially vintage and antique. And while we specialize in estate designer jewelry like Tiffany, David Yurman, Cartier and Bulgari, our estate and antique…
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Today’s countdown to 2016 includes a very colorful top 10 – our fancy colored diamonds! These gorgeous confections are perfect for brides who want something different, but still luxurious. We can customize any of our designer settings with fancy colored diamond center stones (and most of them with fancy accents too.) But a lot of…
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How a Diamond is Cut and Polished When it is taken from the mine, a diamond is not the sparkly gem you imagine. There is a complex process that a diamond goes through before it is used in a ring, necklace or set of earrings. When you hear about the latest massive diamond discovered –…
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The holidays are a perfect time to talk wedding bands. If you’re planning a wedding, you may have agreed to keep this Christmas small – little, meaningful gifts to each other to set aside more money for the wedding budget. And a great way to commemorate your first (and likely only!) engaged Christmas is by…
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And we’re not talking your average diamond here. Joseph Lau, of property firm Chinese Estates Holdings, snapped up two diamonds headlining major Geneva auctions at Sotheby’s and Christie’s last week. Lau, who is a Hong Kong real estate maven and “fugitive from justice” (for evading a 5 year jail sentence for bribery and money laundering…
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It’s no secret we have a huge crush on our Verragio rings. Verragio was the first premium designer line we added to our showroom, which led to the boom in bridal demand at Raymond Lee Jewelers, and of course the creation of Diamonds by Raymond Lee. So our love story with this particular brand continues, and it’s clear…
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We love diamonds, have we ever mentioned that? We love our large diamonds, our important diamonds, our GIA diamonds, our antique diamonds and vintage diamonds. We especially love fancy colored diamonds. When we buy fancy colored diamonds at a show, or people sell fancy colored diamonds in our Boca showroom, it’s always exciting. When it…
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Halo engagement rings. They’re here, they’re flashy, and they’re unapologetic. They’re also not going anywhere any time soon. While we have noticed a slight backlash with first time brides opting out of the halo effect (the style du jour is a solitaire round or cushion – a big one – on a thin and delicate…
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Antique engagement rings are where it all began. Not only for the actual concept of engagement rings (given that they’re all 100 years or older) but for Raymond Lee Jewelers. Before the designer engagement rings, before our own specialty creations, we began as an estate jeweler. And just because we’ve turned into Boca Raton’s best…
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The round brilliant diamond is by far and away the most popular diamond shape. This shape defines “classic.” When people think of an engagement ring, so often the first image that pops into their head is of the round brilliant solitaire. The beauty and timelessness of this particular shape secures it the number one spot, with…
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When it comes to the 4 C’s of diamonds, we’re quick to add a 5th C to your vocabulary list – certificate. It’s a factor in diamond shopping (and, of course, grading) that warrants discussion, but often gets passed over to focus on the nitty gritty of the traditional 4 C’s. This is because not…
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A Fabled History While many precious stones and jewels have captured the fancy of kings, queens, and wealthy patrons, few, if any, have ever reached the stature of worldwide fame approaching that of the Hope Diamond. Certainly, none have had the number of books and articles written about them in numbers such as those regaling…
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Starting your hunt for the perfect engagement ring? Do yourself (and your intended) a favor and skip the big box store. They might be great for buying electronics, but the same principles do not apply when shopping for an engagement ring. What is a big box store? Think about the jewelry commercials you’ve seen during…
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