Gold Rings

Gold rings are the most returned category in the jewelry industry and we take that personally even though our return rate is a fraction of the average. Returns happen because of fit and fit on a gold ring is brutally specific in a way that necklaces and earrings simply are not. A necklace that is slightly long still looks fine. Earrings are earrings. But a solid gold ring that is a quarter size off will bother the wearer every single day, either sliding around like it is trying to escape or creating a red pressure line that takes an hour to fade after removal. Giorgos, who shapes every 14k gold ring at our Athens bench, has opinions about this that he expresses loudly and without invitation. He believes the industry standard sizing system is adequate for mass production and terrible for rings meant to be worn permanently. His solution was buying four complete mandrel sets with his own money, separating them by width category, and checking every finished gold ring for women against go/no go gauges that are more precise than anything we originally supplied. He was offended by our original gauges. He called them toys. They cost 200 euros. His replacements cost 600. They are better. Whether it is a white gold ring, a yellow gold ring, or a rose gold ring, every piece passes through Giorgos and his four mandrel sets and his expensive gauges and his loud opinions about what constitutes an acceptable tolerance, which is plus or minus 0.05mm and not a micron more. See our full rings collection, our diamond rings for stone set options, or our engagement rings for proposal pieces. For the same bench and the same tolerances in a cooler metal, see our sterling silver rings.