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From above, on the hand, the two rings look identical. The difference shows up six years later, when your finger size has changed and only one of them can be resized.

Napoleon gave Joséphine the first one in 1796. Two centuries later, demand for two-stone bypass rings has tripled. Here's what to know before commissioning one.

The single most-confused terminology in engagement-ring design — and the 90 seconds of clarity that will save you from getting shown the wrong ring.

Six-prong solitaires dominated engagement rings for 140 years. The cultural shift to bezel settings has three specific causes — and three specific exceptions.

If your hands actually do things, the standard six-prong solitaire is probably the wrong answer. Here's what to choose by lifestyle — surgeons, trades, athletes, gardeners — and what to avoid.

Sapphire engagement rings are having a moment, and it's not just because of the Kate Middleton ring (though that certainly helped). Sapphire is the most practical non-diamond option for an engagement ring. At 9 on the Mohs hardness scale, it's second only to diamond in scratch resistance. It has no cleavage planes, which means it won't split if bumped the wrong way. And it comes in almost every colour imaginable, not just blue. At Vanhess, we've been setting more sapphires in engagement rings over the past two years than in the previous ten combined. Here's what you should know if...