The Ring and Jewellery Care Guide
How to look after fine jewellery so it lasts a lifetime
Made to Be Worn
Fine jewellery is made to be worn, not kept in a box. Everything in this guide is written on that assumption: not how to avoid using your ring, but how to wear it every day and still have it looking right in thirty years.
Most of what shortens a piece's life is ordinary and avoidable. Knocks against door frames, hand cream working under a setting, a claw that has been catching on clothing for a month, a stone that was loose long before it fell out. None of it needs expertise to catch, only the habit of looking.
Nine chapters, in the order that matters. Read it through, or take the one chapter you need.
Nine Chapters
Read in order, or jump to whichever question you have.
Everyday Wear & Habits
How a ring is meant to be worn, the habits that protect it, and what normal wear actually looks like. Read this chapter.
When to Take It Off
The short list of moments a ring should come off, and the truth about water, swimming and holidays. Read this chapter.
Cleaning at Home
Four steps, warm water and a soft brush. What to use, what to never use, and how often. Read this chapter.
Caring for Different Metals
Platinum, white gold and rhodium, yellow and rose gold, palladium and silver, and how each ages. Read this chapter.
Caring for Gemstones
What each stone can take, which ones need protecting, and why treatments change the rules. Read this chapter.
Settings, Claws & Warning Signs
The fabric test, the pull test, and the small signs that mean bring it in now rather than later. Read this chapter.
Fit, Resizing & Changing Fingers
Fingers change and that is normal. What can be resized, what cannot, and what to do instead. Read this chapter.
Storage, Travel & Insurance
Keeping it safe at home and abroad, naming it on a policy, and what to do if it is lost. Read this chapter.
Servicing & the Annual Check-Up
Your free annual inspection, what is covered, what is chargeable, and what to do when something is wrong. Read this chapter.
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