Tag: rings

The first shop I visited, when I started looking for an engagement ring was Suarez. I was impressed and they even come highly recommended by Edong. Somehow I ended up not doing business with them. But after a bit of a disappointment with the engagement ring, Michell and I thought we’d play it safe and go to Suarez for the wedding rings.

Almost the whole transaction was done online. I made an inquiry, showed them photos, discussed a bit via email and phone, and made my deposit at a bank.

After a month, the rings were ready for pick up at their branch of our choosing. And we were not disappointed. Heck, we were happy! The rings were just as I envisioned them to be: A band with channel-set 12-diamond accent for Michelle and a simple band for me. And both were excellently made and polished. Even the engraving was detailed and neat.

If we were to choose wedding rings all over again, we’d choose them. In fact, we’re planning to have them remount the engagement ring one of these days. Now that’s saying something.

Cost: Varies greatly with design so this won’t be helpful even if posted
Rating: 4/5

We first encountered Matus at a Wedding Fair at Mega Mall(?) while Michelle and I were shopping for an engagement ring (yes, it was a couple thing :P). They were nice and helpful, their products on display were good, they have good rep, and they had this small but very nice loose, i.e. unmounted, stone.

After checking out other suppliers and comparing with the other ones we’ve found, we decided on getting the engagement ring from them. So on the next wedding fair, we gave them a visit. We wanted the classic Tiffany solitaire setting but it’s not one of their standard designs. However, the assure us that can custom-make it for us.

And I guess that’s the problem. After several visits and discussions aided by sketches and photos, they still couldn’t get it right. You would expect jewelsmiths to at least know how to do the Tiffany solitaire setting no matter how cliché it is, right?

But no. Somehow, they just kept doing it wrong. Maybe it was a case of getting assigned to a novice jewelsmith. Whatever it was, we had to rework and even the final product still had shoddy workmanship.

Perhaps, I’m a tough customer, but I’m paying good money so I expect what I get to be good. What I got isn’t bad. But it isn’t that good either.

Cost: Varies greatly with design so this won’t be helpful even if posted
Rating: 2/5