I buy one of these ring for my husband as a engagement ring . -lrb- I ask he , I figure it be only fair . -rrb- after four year together he still be very happy with the ring but we now have to replace it . while the strength of the tension have hold the stone perfectly the garnet have chip in 3 place . my husband do not do a lot of manual labor kind of stuff . he job be a software programmer and he never work on car or other type activity that be rough on jewelery . we will most likely not replace he current ring with the same kind .