The centre stone is chosen. The carat weight is settled, the certificate is in hand, and the buyer at the consultation table has been quietly thrilled for 20 minutes. Then the next question lands and the room goes quiet. Which setting. Claw, pavé, bezel or halo. Most buyers arrive at Smith and Green’s 9 Hatton […]
A client returned to the 9 Hatton Garden showroom on a Tuesday afternoon last spring with a story that arrives more often than it should. Her engagement ring had slipped down a hotel basin drain in Lisbon, the hotel plumber had not been able to retrieve it, and her insurer was now asking for documents […]
There is a small ritual that takes place every working day at the consultation desks of 9 Hatton Garden. A buyer is handed a folded piece of paper, slightly larger than a passport, with a hologram in one corner and a string of numbers running down its left edge. They glance at it, smile politely, […]
A couple sits at the consultation table on a quiet Thursday at 9 Hatton Garden, the engagement ring already a year old on the left hand, the wedding eight months away. They have come in to choose the wedding bands. Within ten minutes, it becomes clear that the engagement ring was bought in a hurry, […]
Pick up a diamond grading certificate in a Hatton Garden consultation room, and you are holding something considerably more specific than a piece of reassurance. You are holding a scientific assessment: a record of how one diamond compares to every other diamond ever graded, produced by one of the two laboratories most buyers will encounter. […]
Stop searching for a definitive answer on jewellery forums and get one here. Platinum vs white gold is the most debated metal question in engagement ring buying, and the reason there is no consensus online is that most people writing about it are being diplomatically vague to avoid offending either camp. This article is not […]
Most people who are about to commission a bespoke engagement ring have the same quiet question somewhere in the background. Not whether it will be beautiful. That part, they are fairly confident about. The question is: what does this actually involve? How long will it take? What will I need to know, decide, bring, and […]
The question of matching a wedding band to an engagement ring is asked by more people than you might expect, and later than they should be asking it. Engagement ring purchased, proposal accepted, wedding date set, and then someone realises the wedding band has not been thought about at all. The good news is that […]
Here is the thing about engagement ring aftercare that most people do not hear at the point of purchase: the ring you took home is not maintenance-free. It is not fragile, and it does not require complicated attention. But a fine ring worn every day accumulates soap, hand cream, and tiny particles of debris in […]
For 2026, classic solitaire engagement rings are no longer the only serious option. Couples are gravitating towards designs that feel personal, romantic and a touch unconventional, with Toi et Moi engagement rings and vintage cut diamonds leading the way. The result is a new engagement language where your setting does more than sparkle; it tells […]
