Pick the piece, keep it small, then match the gold color and a chain its bail clears
Pick the piece first, then buy smaller than the page looks. Faith pieces led what buyers took home in the year, crosses above all, and the middle piece sold weighed only 2.5 grams. 10K is real gold, harder than 14K and a paler yellow, which suits a charm that never comes off. Most pendants here arrive alone, so make sure the bail clears your chain before you pay.
The piece: 10K gold cross, Jesus piece, lion, hamsa and initial pendants
Start with faith, which leads by a mile. Crosses, Jesus pieces, hamsas, saints and angels are under a third of the listings, yet they made close to three in four pieces sold in the year. A plain gold Jesus cross sold most, and the 10K crosses have their own page.
The TraxNYC lions come next, small heads set with colored stones or diamonds. Eagles, Egyptian pieces and initials follow. A third of the titles say custom, from names to cartoon characters, and few of those sold.
Size and grams: how big and how heavy a 10K gold pendant runs
Go small for daily wear. The middle piece sold measured an inch and a quarter on its long side and weighed 2.5 grams. Nearly four in five went out under an inch wide, and about as many weighed under 5 grams. The middle listing is far bigger, 2 inches and 17 grams, and the heavy third, 30 grams and up, moved slowly.
Light charms ride a slim chain under the shirt. Heavy pieces hang over it on a stronger link. Some listings give millimeters, about 25 to the inch.
10K or 14K: is 10K gold real gold, and which color to pick
10K is real gold, ten of every twenty-four parts. That is 41.7 percent, and a stamp, where a pendant has one, reads 10K or 417. The rest is harder metal, so 10K shrugs off daily knocks better than 14K and shows a lighter yellow. For more gold in a pendant, compare the 14K gold pendants.
More than four in five listings offer yellow, white and rose. Even a title naming one color usually lets you choose the others.
The chain: 10K pendant and chain sets, chain length and the bail
Most pieces arrive without a chain. About one listing in ten is a set on its own chain, and sets made a fifth of the pieces sold. Most sets let you choose 18 to 24 inches.
For a piece bought alone, the bail decides. That small loop on top has to clear your chain and its clasp. Almost no listing prints its opening, so send the live chat the item number and your chain's width in millimeters, or choose from the 10K gold chains.
Stones and custom: diamond 10K pendants, custom work and returns
More than half the listings carry diamonds, natural on most. Thirty-four carry lab-grown stones; on three, only the diamond details name the origin, so check that line. Plain gold still made about half the pieces sold.
For your own design, start at custom pendants with a sketch or photo. Custom, engraved and photo pieces are final. Any other pendant may go back within fourteen days of the carrier's delivery, still unworn and unaltered. Clear it with customer service first, at service@traxnyc.com or 212-391-3832. It rides back on the store's return label, and the refund policy deducts that label's cost plus five percent for restocking. Ask the live chat what the photos leave out, or call or text 212-872-9692 from 10 AM ET.