Anna Redman details Chris Bukowski’s vintage-inspired 3.33-carat engagement ring

Anna Redman’s engagement ring from Chris Bukowski was built to look personal, not prescribed. The center stone is a 3.33-carat old mine cut diamond, and Redman said the ring’s 12-prong platinum setting on a gold band gives it the feel of a crown. She described the piece as vintage-inspired, with an antique feel, and noted that the stone looks round at first glance even though it is technically a cushion cut.

The details arrived three weeks after Redman and Bukowski announced their engagement on January 4, 2026. Bukowski proposed on New Year’s Eve 2025 during a sunset in Costa Rica, capping a relationship that had been public since March 2022 and had lasted nearly four years by the time they got engaged. Bachelor Nation connections helped bring the pair together, with Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt among the mutual friends said to have set them up. Redman and Bukowski live together in Chicago, which makes the ring feel less like a celebrity accessory and more like a deeply specific personal object.

What separates this ring from the usual engagement-ring formula is the way Redman says she never shaped the final design. She did not send Bukowski ring references or go shopping with him, and that absence of direction seems to have worked in the ring’s favor. In her own breakdown, she highlighted the AB Original setting and its engraving, details that give the diamond texture and identity before carat weight even enters the conversation. The low-slung profile matters too: instead of sitting high and flashy, the stone settles into a design that feels deliberate and old-world.

The cut explains the appeal. GIA dates old mine cuts back to the 1700s, when diamonds were hand-shaped to sparkle in candlelight, and The Knot describes the style as cushion-like with chunky facets. That history is part of why the look reads so differently from a modern round brilliant: softer edges, more visible character, and a sense that the setting was designed around the stone instead of the other way around. Redman called the crown-like result “literally so me,” and that is exactly why the ring stands out. It borrows from the vintage-jewelry revival without losing its own voice.