Take 18K for the deeper yellow, and choose the piece before the chain. 18K is three parts gold in four and softer than 14K, which matters less on a pendant than on a ring, because a pendant hangs and rarely knocks into anything. Most buyers here chose a small faith piece, a cross or a Star of David, and over half weighed under 5 grams.
Karat: 18K gold pendant or 14K, and how much gold is in 18K
Choose 18K for the color. It is 75 percent gold, richer in yellow than 14K and softer, and the softness shows first at the bail, the loop riding the chain. Have that loop checked once a year.
Every listing reads 18K on its metal line. On the three coin pieces that means the frame, so ask about the coin. Nearly every piece offers yellow, white or rose. For a harder, paler gold, see the 14K gold pendants.
Faith pieces: 18K gold cross, crucifix, Star of David and chai pendants
Start with faith. It is what people buy here. Crosses and crucifixes took about two in five pieces sold in the past year, and the Star of David and chai pendants nearly as many. The piece bought most was the small round cut cross, under a gram and set with small diamonds. Stars and chais climb from mini to large, plain or with diamonds. A mini weighs a gram or two, and the large star runs an inch and a half long.
Size and weight: how big an 18K gold pendant is, in inches and grams
Go small for a pendant that never comes off. Over half the pieces sold here weighed under 5 grams, and about a third were under an inch long. The middle listing is an inch and a half long, so the page shows bigger than it sells. Past 50 grams, most pieces are custom work worn over a shirt. Read grams beside inches, since 18K weighs a little more than 14K at one size. Some listings use millimeters, about 25 to the inch.
The chain: does an 18K pendant come with a chain, and will the bail fit
Most do not. Nearly nine in ten listings here are the pendant alone. Twelve come as a necklace or set with the chain on, most often 16 inches; on a set, ask whether its grams count the chain. The listings leave the bail's opening out, so before you pay, send us your chain's width in millimeters and we will say whether it slides through. To match the color, take 18K gold chains. The men's gold pendants guide reads the whole men's family by motif and size.
Buying: diamonds, custom 18K pendants and returns
Seven in ten listings carry diamonds, nearly all natural by the stone line, and the two lab-grown pieces say so in the title. Side stones mostly grade VS, E to G in color. A third of the page is custom work, and a piece to your own design starts at the custom pendants page.
A return gets fourteen days from delivery if the piece is unworn and unaltered. Check with customer service at service@traxnyc.com or 212-391-3832 before anything ships, since we send the return label, and the refund policy keeps back its cost plus five percent restocking. Custom work is final, and coin pieces sit outside the usual return. Put any other question to the live chat, and after it, call or text 212-872-9692 from 10 AM ET.