Buying guides: pick the right link, width and length

Types of chains: every link, width and length side by side

Twelve types of chains from 1.5 to 12 mm side by side: the widths, lengths and clasp of each link, where every length falls and which link carries a pendant. 42 percent of the chains we sell are a ...

Men's Cross Necklace: Which Cross, Which Chain and Which Length

A 3 cm cross on a 50 cm (20in) chain falls like a bare 56 cm (22in) chain. Here is how to choose the cross, the chain and the length.

Christmas Gifts for Men: Which Jewelry, Which Size and When to Order

Christmas Eve falls on Thursday 24 December. When to order for the UK, Ireland or the US, which jewelry to give for around £25, £50 or £100, what was ordered most last Christmas and how to find out...

Chain Length Guide: Where 45 to 75 cm (18 to 30in) Actually Falls

55 cm (22in) is a third of our chain sales. Where each length falls on your body, why 8 cm of extra chain hangs only 4 cm lower, why a pendant has twice the effect, and which link comes in which le...

A first piece of jewelry for him: which chain link do you give?

A 55 cm (22in) chain fits almost every man, a bracelet in the wrong size fits nobody. Six chain links side by side, plus what to do when you do not know his size.

Cubic zirconia, moissanite or diamond: what you really see in a chain

We do not sell a diamond necklace, and this is why. Hardness 9.25 against 8 to 8.5 against 10, refractive index 2.65 against 2.15 against 2.42: what you really see from cubic zirconia, moissanite a...

White gold or rose gold pave: what the setting does to the stone

Both 14K pave earrings carry 0.084 ct of lab-grown diamond, color G and clarity SI2, at about 4.7 mm. With pave it is not the carat but the color of the metal around it that decides how white the s...

Cuban chain: the complete width matrix from 2 to 12 mm

Nine widths and four builds, from 2 mm solid silver to 12 mm moissanite, side by side on one scale for the first time. Plus the 50, 55 and 60 cm (20, 22 and 24 in) lengths, and why 45 cm (18 in) do...

Building a Cuban link set: chain, bracelet and ring in one style

A set looks like a set because of the finish, not because of equal widths. Chain 5 mm with bracelet 7 mm, iced out 8 mm with 10 mm, plus the lengths 50, 55 and 60 cm (20, 22 and 24in) and the sizes...

Which bracelet for which wrist: sizes and widths side by side

Measure your wrist and add about 1.5 cm: under a 17 cm (6.7in) wrist you take 18 cm (7.1in), above 20 cm (7.9in) you take 22 cm (8.7in). And which width belongs on which wrist, from 3 mm to 12 mm.

Five chain link types compared: width, length and how they hang

Cuban in 3, 5 and 7 mm, king link up to 75 cm (30in), rope from 1.5 mm, figaro in 3 and 6 mm and box up to 55 cm (22in). What each link does with light, and which width suits your neck.

Men's studs: 5 mm round, 7.5 mm square or halo

From two meters away nobody reads the metal, only the shape. A round 5 mm stone shows 19.6 mm², a 7.5 mm square nearly three times as much. And what is actually in them: solid 925 sterling silver w...

Cuban bracelet: 3, 5 or 7 mm on 18, 20 or 22 cm (7.1, 7.9 or 8.7in)

A bracelet is not a short chain. Which cuban bracelet width matches the chain around your neck, which size you need, and why a plain link may sit tight while a version with stones may not.

Iced out Cuban: zirconia on copper alloy or moissanite on 925 silver

Two iced out Cubans, two different pieces of jewelry. VVS zirconia on copper alloy with five layers of PVD in 6, 8 and 10 mm, against VVS D moissanite on solid 925 sterling silver in 12 mm. What th...

Box chain as a base for a pendant: 2 mm or 3 mm

The box is the tightest strand we carry and therefore the best carrier for a pendant. Stainless steel, bare in the silver color and with five layers of PVD in the gold color, in 2 mm and 3 mm and i...

Eight kinds of bracelet, and what they are really made of

Cuban, tennis, king's link, byzantine, rope, figaro, jubilee and the iced out one-offs: per family the widths, the sizes and the build, from stainless steel with PVD to solid 925 sterling silver.