Popularity of the Waterfall Diamond Mike Watson 13 years ago The “waterfall” ring was the most popular ladies ring from 1960 to 1980. It usually had 19 diamonds and cascaded up and then down like flowing water. Photo shown in 14 karat white gold although yellow gold was more popular during this period. Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print More Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn