What is an oval diamond?
The oval shape refers to the diamond’s cut. The oval diamond forms part of the round diamond shapes and optically looks bigger than the round brilliant. It’s a rare and original shape when buying diamond jewellery. BAUNAT offers this shape as standard.
Read more about the oval diamond or instantly choose the right diamond shape from BAUNAT.
Jewellery in the spotlight
FAQ
10 Most asked questions
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- What ring size should I choose?
- What are the 4 C's, and what makes them important when buying diamonds?
- How can I maintain and protect my gold jewellery set with diamonds?
- What are the advantages of buying diamond jewellery online?
- What aspects do I need to consider when choosing between an 18kt gold ring and a platinum one?
General information
Jewellery
Quality
- What is the standard quality of BAUNAT jewellery?
- Why can BAUNAT offer the best price/quality for high quality jewels?
- Do you guarantee the quality of your jewels?
- What are the 4 C's, and what makes them important when buying diamonds?
- What is meant by the colour, purity and cut quality of a diamond?
Alloy
Our collections
- What collections are available?
- Who designs the BAUNAT jewellery collections?
- What are the different ring designs that BAUNAT offers?
- What different kinds of diamond settings does BAUNAT offer?
- What to consider when choosing the perfect engagement ring?
- Does BAUNAT offer wedding rings that perfectly match the engagement rings available in their collection?
Ring size
Purchasing online
Personalization
Maintain & protect
Other
- Can I propose with the standard BAUNAT packaging?
- How are products packaged?
- Can I purchase a jewel in the showroom and take it immediately with me?
- On which hand should I wear my diamond engagement ring according to my religion?
- What if a piece of jewellery is temporarily unavailable online?
- Where does the name ‘tennis bracelet’ come from?
- What are diamond necklaces?
- What are diamond pendants?
- What are diamond earrings?
Diamonds
Diamond quality
- Do BAUNAT jewels come with certificates?
- What are Hearts and Arrows?
- What are the 4 C's, and what makes them important when buying diamonds?
- What diamonds does BAUNAT use?
- How to examine if a diamond is fake or real?
- What is the meaning of terms like Wesselton and Jager when you buy diamonds?
- What is meant by the colour, purity and cut quality of a diamond?
Diamond shapes and colours
Diamond value
Investing in diamonds
Origin of diamonds
- What is the origin of the word 'diamond?'
- Where does the origin of diamonds lie?
- What are conflict diamonds?
- What is the origin of the diamonds in Antwerp?
- What is the royal history of diamonds?
- What is the romantic history of diamonds?
- What is the journey from the diamond mine to the store?
- How to turn a rough diamond into a wonderful jewel?
Diamond and Antwerp
Other
Prices
Prices
Price/quality
Payments
Shipments
Shipment price
Delivery time
Security
Return policy
Other
Other
Showroom FAQ
- Is the advice issued in the Amsterdam showroom free of charge?
- Is the advice issued in the Antwerp showroom free of charge?
- Can I buy tax-free diamonds from BAUNAT in Antwerp?
- Can I buy tax-free diamonds from BAUNAT in Amsterdam?
- Is the BAUNAT showroom located in Amsterdam North, East, West or South?
- Is there a difference between the showroom in Paris and the one in Nice?
Glossary
Glossary
- What are the best investment diamonds?
- How can I measure the right ring size?
- How have diamond prices evolved?
- Where do diamonds come from?
- What does Very Light Yellow mean as a diamond term?
- What does Light Yellow mean as a diamond term?
- What does Low Cape mean as a diamond term?
- What does Cape mean as a diamond term?
- What does Top Cape mean as a diamond term?
- What does Crystal mean as a diamond term?
- What does Top Crystal mean as a diamond term?
- What does River mean as a diamond term?
- What does Jager mean as a diamond term?
- What does Wesselton mean as a diamond term?
- What does Top Wesselton mean as a diamond term?
- How are colours graded with colourless diamonds?
- Based on which factors does one choose the correct hand for the engagement ring worldwide?
- What are the advantages of buying diamonds online?
- How can I care for and protect my jewellery?
- What does clarity mean when talking about diamonds?
- What does a diamond’s cut quality mean?
- What is meant by ‘colour’ when we talk about a colourless diamond?
- What is ‘loupe clean’?
- How has the price for diamonds evolved?
- What is the correct hand for my engagement ring?
- Where do diamonds come from?
- What is a moissanite?
- What is the girdle of a diamond?
- What is a culet?
- What is carat?
- Which precious metal do men choose most often?
- Which diamond rings do men wear?
- What is a cathedral setting?
- What is a tension setting?
- What is a bezel setting?
- What is a channel setting?
- What is a pavé setting?
- What is a prong setting?
- What are the different possible ring settings?
- What is a hallmark?
- What’s the difference between platinum and white gold?
- What is white gold?
- What is platinum?
- What is a solitaire ring?
- What is a choker?
- How is a diamond cut?
- What is the Kimberley Process?
- What is the cabochon cut?
- What is the baguette cut?
- What is the radiant cut?
- What is the emerald cut?
- What is the cushion cut?
- What is a brilliant?
- What is the Asscher cut?
- What is the marquise cut?
- What is an oval diamond?
- What is a pear diamond?
- What is a princess diamond?
- What is a fog test for diamonds?
- What is a blood diamond?
- What is a coloured diamond?
- What is a synthetic diamond?
- What is a diamond?
- Adamas
- What is the American Gem Society (AGS)?
- Why is alluvial soil important to the diamond industry?
- Asscher
- Bagagem
- Beers
- Bezel
- Blemish
- Blocks
- Blue Ground
- Boart
- Brilliance
- Brilliant cut
- Brute
- Calliper
- Canavieyras
- Cape
- Carat
- Carbon spots
- Cleavage
- Closed
- Clouds
- Colour Grading
- Crown
- Crown angle
- Culet
- Cut
- Depth
- Depth Percentage
- Diamond
- Diamond Cutting
- Diamond Gauge
- What is a diamond bourse?
- Dispersion
- Emerald Cut
- Eye-Clean
- Facet
- Fancy Shape
- Feathers
- Finish
- Fluorescence
- What is the Gemological Institute of America (GIA)?
- Girdle
- Heart-shape Cut
- Inclusion
- Laser-Drill Holes
- Length-to-width ratio
- Marquise Cut
- Naturals
- Oval Cut
- Pavé
- Pavilion
- Pear Cut
- Platinum
- Point
- Polish
- Princess Cut
- Radiant Cut
- Ratio
- Ring sizer
- Round Cut
- Semi-mount
- Single-cut
- Solitaire Setting
- Step Cut
- Symmetry
- Table
- Table percentage
- Trilliant Cut
- Vena Amoris
