The outline and its ratio, a setting that guards the points, then her size and the band beside it
Choose the outline first: a marquise about twice as long as it is wide, with a faint bow tie and a prong over each point. Then pick the carat, from 1 to 3 on one design. Lab-grown or natural, choose whichever she would want. Size it from a ring she already wears, and plan the band that will sit beside it.
Find your ring size in a minute
Size 7: 17.3 mm across, 54.4 mm around. 24 of the 26 rings here list size 7.
Between two sizes? Take the one that passes the knuckle and sits snug below it. A wide band, 8 mm and up, fits tighter, so go up a half size. Measure at the end of the day, at room temperature.
Text this size to the desk
The engagement ring size chart, 4 to 16
| US size | Inside diameter | Around the finger | Rings here listing it |
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| 4 | 14.9 mm | 46.8 mm | 11 |
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| 4.5 | 15.3 mm | 48.0 mm | 11 |
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| 5 | 15.7 mm | 49.3 mm | 23 |
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| 5.5 | 16.1 mm | 50.6 mm | 23 |
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| 6 | 16.5 mm | 51.9 mm | 23 |
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| 6.5 | 16.9 mm | 53.1 mm | 23 |
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| 7 | 17.3 mm | 54.4 mm | 24 |
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| 7.5 | 17.7 mm | 55.7 mm | 24 |
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| 8 | 18.1 mm | 57.0 mm | 23 |
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| 8.5 | 18.5 mm | 58.2 mm | 19 |
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| 9 | 18.9 mm | 59.5 mm | 18 |
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| 9.5 | 19.4 mm | 60.8 mm | 3 |
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| 10 | 19.8 mm | 62.1 mm | 2 |
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| 10.5 | 20.2 mm | 63.3 mm | 1 |
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| 11 | 20.6 mm | 64.6 mm | 1 |
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| 11.5 | 21.0 mm | 65.9 mm | 1 |
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| 12 | 21.4 mm | 67.2 mm | 1 |
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| 12.5 | 21.8 mm | 68.5 mm | 0 |
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| 13 | 22.2 mm | 69.7 mm | 0 |
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| 13.5 | 22.6 mm | 71.0 mm | 0 |
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| 14 | 23.0 mm | 72.3 mm | 0 |
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| 14.5 | 23.4 mm | 73.6 mm | 0 |
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| 15 | 23.8 mm | 74.8 mm | 0 |
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| 15.5 | 24.2 mm | 76.1 mm | 0 |
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| 16 | 24.6 mm | 77.4 mm | 0 |
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A screen measurement checked with a quarter is a guide, good to about a half size; the desk sizes you right the first time. "Rings here listing it" counts the live listings.
The shape: what a marquise is, the ratio that looks right and the bow tie
A marquise is a brilliant cut drawn into a long oval with a point at each end. At one carat it is about 10 mm long and 5 mm wide, while a round of that weight is about 6.5 mm across, so the marquise reads bigger and lengthens her finger. A marquise between 1.75 and 2.25 times as long as it is wide is the usual choice, and close to 2 is the classic outline; longer looks slimmer, shorter looks fuller. Every marquise shows a bow tie, a shadow across its middle shaped like one. Faint and moving as the ring turns is normal; pass on a solid dark bar. The two points should line up, with both halves the same. Lab reports usually give this shape no cut grade, so judge it by eye and ask the live chat for your stone's millimeters.
The points: settings that guard a marquise
The tips are the thinnest part of the stone and take the knocks, so each wants a prong over it, often a V-shaped one that wraps the point. A halo guards the whole edge. The hidden halo here tucks its small stones under a 1.30 carat center. The east-west rings turn the stone sideways and sit lower.
The center: carat, grades, lab-grown or natural
A single design comes with a center of 1, 1.50, 2, 2.50 or 3 carats, on a band of small diamonds. The title's carat is the center. Every center stated here is E to G and VS2 or cleaner, and nine listings name an IGI report.
Lab-grown or natural, the choice is hers. Lab-grown and natural diamonds of the same grade look the same; a natural diamond costs more. We don't sell diamonds as an investment, and resale value isn't guaranteed for either. In a natural marquise, H or I color at SI2 clarity makes room for a longer stone, while VS clarity with E color and up are the grades the market prizes most; ask about cut, symmetry and fluorescence too. The natural marquise here is the platinum halo, a 1.16 carat F VS2.
Her size in secret: getting it right without asking
Borrow a ring she wears often, and note which finger it came from. Then read it that evening on the ring sizer on this page, with a quarter on the screen to set the scale. Or ask a friend who will keep the secret, and ask which stone she likes. A resized ring is final sale, so measure to the half.
The band beside it: wedding bands that pair with a marquise
A straight band leaves a small gap beside the points; a curved or notched band follows the outline and closes it. The marquise and round eternity band sets lab-grown marquise and round stones in a row 2.5 mm wide. Beside the low east-west rings, a straight band usually lies flat. Take the band in her ring's gold color, and find his on his and hers wedding bands.