Channel set eternity bands make a great “stand-in” wedding band. I wear a stand-in eternity band instead of the one that matches my engagement for the simple reason that sometimes when I’m going out and I don’t want to wear the “big rock” I slip on my one and a half carat white gold eternity band on my left hand ring finger where my engagement ring would normally go.
During the winter I can sometimes get it on my right hand ring finger and I’ll do that and wear my tanzanite or sapphire ring on my left hand ring finger.
What else is great about a channel eternity band ?
- For one it’s smooth and if I’m putting on a sweater or gloves I don’t have to worry about it catching on anything.
- It has a little more metal in it, (18kt white gold) because channels generally will have more metal than prongs so it feels substantial on.
- Yes, it still turns like any other eternity band but I feel a little safer accidentally hitting my band clad finger against a wall or something because I don’t feel like I might have bent a prong.
- Although I don’t wear my channel band with my engagement ring, the channel band is a good choice for an after thought band when you can’t get something exactly matching your engagement ring because at least it looks clean and won’t sustain any damage rubbing against your engagement ring.
- being one of the most popular styles of diamond band it’s available in a vast range of heights, widths and carat weights so you can get a pretty close match up against your engagement ring .
A good place to get an eternity channel band is your local jeweler. Some of the benefits of going to your local jeweler are:
- You’ll be able to see a selection of channel bands and try them on to see how well they match up against your engagement ring.
- If they’re good people you’ll get some good after sales service if you need it.
Some of the drawbacks with going to your local jeweler are
- For a product like a diamond eternity band you can expect to pay a healthy markup.
- Expect to wait anywhere from 4 to 12 weeks for them to get your ring custom made
- Don’t expect to have any return options. You’ll have to sign their receipt acknowledging that it’s a final sale which means you’re stuck with it if you don’t like it.
- Don’t expect to have a resize option if your ring doesn’t fit when you finally get it. They’ll tell you that eternity bands cannot be sized which for the most part is true, however you are ultimately responsible for telling them what size feels best and they will write something like “customer requests size 6 1/4″ on the custom order and have you sign it and so absolve themselves of any responsibility for correctly measuring your finger size.
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