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3.08 ct lab grown oval diamond ring, D VS1, halo and pavé in 18K white gold
A 3.08 ct oval lab grown diamond, colour D, clarity VS1, IGI report LG743534996, encircled by a halo and carried on a pavé band — 0.33 ct of lab grown round brilliants in the D–F, VS range. 18K white gold. One ring, made in our Antwerp workshop.
The largest oval we hold
At 3.08 ct this is the top of our oval range, which runs from 1.00 ct upward. The step from two carats to three is bigger than the numbers suggest: an oval spreads its weight along its length, so three carats reaches roughly 12 mm and covers most of the width of an average finger. It is a stone you notice from across a table rather than one you notice when someone offers a hand.
A halo on a three carat stone
Haloes are usually sold as a way to make a modest centre stone look larger. That is not what this one is doing — at 3.08 ct the diamond needs no help. Here the halo is structural. A ring of small brilliants around an oval closes the visual gap between the stone and the band, so the design reads as one continuous piece of jewellery instead of a large diamond perched on a thin ring. It also protects the girdle, which on an oval is the most exposed part of the stone. If you would rather see the oval outline unframed, our 3.01 ct in yellow gold is the same weight class on a plain pavé band.
D VS1, and why it matters more at three carats
Colour D is the highest grade there is, and size makes it count. Light travels further through a large crystal, so any tint has more chance to accumulate and show; a warmth you would never see at half a carat is visible at three. VS1 means inclusions require magnification to find and are eye-clean. On a stone this size, where the table is broad and open, that combination is what keeps the diamond looking like water rather than glass.
White gold, and the bow-tie question
White metal keeps the field around a D stone neutral, so nothing reflects back into the diamond. Worth knowing about ovals generally: most show a faint darker band across the centre, the so-called bow-tie, caused by the way the elongated shape shadows light returning through the middle. How visible it is depends entirely on how the individual stone was cut, not on its grades — two ovals with identical certificates can look quite different. Ours is rhodium-plated 18K white gold, handmade; rhodium is refreshed as part of normal servicing.
One piece
A single ring, held in Antwerp, with its IGI report. Ring size and any adjustment to the setting are agreed before the piece leaves the workshop.
Related — the lab grown oval range, 1.00 to 3.08 ct
Every oval we hold, by weight, so you can compare without hunting:
- 1.00 ct, pavé band in white gold, D VVS1
- 1.04 ct, plain white gold band, D VVS1
- 1.58 ct, plain white gold band, D VVS2
- 1.58 ct, plain yellow gold band, D VVS2
- 1.58 ct, hidden halo in yellow gold, D VS1
- 2.03 ct, plain white gold band, D VS1
- 3.01 ct, pavé band in yellow gold, D VS1
all lab grown diamond engagement rings
Related — the three carat lab grown rings
Four rings at the same weight, all D VS1, between €2,595 and €2,650:
