Metals
Our base metal is 925 sterling silver — 92.5% pure silver, alloyed with copper for strength. Pure silver is too soft to hold a setting; the copper is what makes a ring a ring.
Some styles are finished in 18K gold vermeil. Vermeil is not plating over brass: the law in most markets requires a sterling silver core and a gold layer of at least 2.5 microns. Ours is 2.5 microns, which is roughly five times the thickness of ordinary gold plating and the reason it survives daily wear for years rather than weeks.
Stones
We use cubic zirconia and moissanite, both lab-created. They are chosen for cut and colour, not for a certificate, and they are set by hand in prong or bezel settings depending on the design. Moissanite has noticeably more fire than CZ and is used in the pieces where that matters.
Manufacturing
Casting is done in a small workshop that has supplied the Hong Kong trade for decades. Pieces come back as raw castings, are filed, soldered and set by hand, then tumbled and polished in three passes — coarse, medium, fine — before a final hand polish on a calico wheel.
Inspection
Every piece is checked twice: once after setting, once after polishing. We look for prongs that sit proud, links that bind, clasps that do not click shut cleanly. Anything that fails goes back.
Finishing
Silver is finished bright or given a soft brushed texture depending on the design. Vermeil is sealed with an anti-tarnish layer, which slows oxidation but does not make the piece waterproof.
The honest limit
Vermeil wears. Rings and bracelets take the most friction and will show the silver beneath after one to three years of daily wear. That is the nature of the finish, not a defect. If longevity above all else matters to you, buy the silver version.