Bozoma St. John's Engagement Ring Has a Surprising Priyanka Chopra Connection

When Keely Watson dropped to one knee at BOA Steakhouse in West Hollywood on August 29, the 4.2-carat oval-cut diamond he placed on Bozoma St. John's finger had already logged thousands of miles. Watson had flown to Mumbai alone, on his first trip to India, to commission the ring from 3 Soul Diamond Jewelers, the same Mumbai house whose craftsmen had made jewelry for Priyanka Chopra's 2018 wedding to Nick Jonas. That provenance is not incidental: it is the entire architecture of the ring's meaning.

St. John revealed during the RHOBH After Show that one of the two India rings she wears daily was commissioned directly at Chopra's wedding: "The person who made [Priyanka's] wedding band made me this," she said, describing how she had asked Chopra's jeweler to make her a replica as a personal self-love gift. "I went to the wedding by myself... I was getting all the emotions where I was like, 'I don't want to have to wait the rest of my life for somebody to come and give me an eternity band, so I'm going to get one for myself.'"

Watson partnered with 3 Soul Diamond Jewelers in Mumbai to custom-design the piece. The result: a 4.2-carat, colorless, oval-cut center diamond set on an 18-karat gold band adorned with an additional 4.23 carats of diamonds, totaling 8.43 carats. That choice of an oval center stone is deliberate gemologically: ovals read larger face-up than round brilliants of equivalent weight and carry a more elongated, fashion-forward silhouette. The warm 18-karat gold band, rather than the cooler platinum favored by most American bridal designers, anchors the ring aesthetically in Indian jewelry tradition while keeping the overall form recognizably contemporary. The pavé surround mirrors the stacked, layered look St. John had cultivated with her own India pieces.

St. John told the After Show that the first of her India rings was purchased in Jaipur. "It was the first ring I bought for myself after I took off my wedding rings," she shared, referencing the death of her first husband, Peter Saint John, in December 2013. The second ring, the Chopra replica, came five years later. Together, those two pieces constituted a private record of her life after loss and before love. "A few years ago, I bought these two pieces of jewelry from India, which I wear constantly," she explained to Jimmy Fallon. "And so, when Keely was getting ready to propose, he went to India to get this ring. Without my knowledge."

Watson traveled all the way to India by himself and for the first time for her ring. He documented the Mumbai trip in a video on Instagram, writing: "The ring represents more than just a piece of jewelry."

Most celebrity engagement rings are sourced through American or European luxury houses, trading on brand recognition over personal geography. Watson's decision to source from 3 Soul Diamond Jewelers in Mumbai does the opposite: it trades the prestige of a green Tiffany box for a ring whose provenance is inseparable from St. John's own biography. "He knows the importance of India to me and jewelry," St. John said simply. In a category where the stone's size typically headlines the story, here the address matters just as much as the carats.