Choose the pendant first and the chain second. Crosses and Jesus pieces are nearly half of what men buy here, and the animals come next. For every day, keep it 30 to 40 mm across. Take 14K. Read the grams before the photo, because two pieces that look alike can be far apart in weight. If no chain at home clears the bail, buy the set and the fit is done.
Styles: pendants for men, from Jesus pieces and crosses to animals, initials and custom
Start with what the piece means to you. A Jesus piece is the head of Christ, most often in the crown of thorns. A crucifix is a cross carrying the figure, and a plain cross has none. Counting the crucifixes named for Jesus, Jesus pieces go out most by the piece, and crosses come second.
Animals come third, lions and eagle claws among them. A name pendant or a photo pendant is made for you.
Size and weight: how big a men's pendant is and what it weighs
The everyday men's pendant is 30 to 40 mm wide, about an inch and a quarter. Under 20 mm reads small. From 50 mm up, it sits over the shirt. Hold a ruler to your chest against the listed width.
Grams tell you more than the photo. Under 10 grams is light. Past 30 is heavy. In 14K a cross runs about 9 grams. A Jesus piece is closer to 33. An animal runs about 43.
The chain: men's pendant necklace, does it come with a chain, the best chain for a pendant
A pendant comes on a chain only when its listing says so. A pendant set comes on its chain, and most sets let you pick the length, from 18 to 24 inches on nearly all of them. Fewer than one in ten of the 1,955 listings here is a set, yet about two in five pendants men bought here came that way. Nearly every other listing is the pendant alone.
Hang a pendant on a link that lies flat, such as a Franco, a rope, a box, a wheat or a Cuban. Save a Figaro or a thin cable for a light piece. Past 30 grams, go solid.
The bail is the loop the chain runs through. It has to clear the link, and the clasp too unless it hinges open. Our bails adjust to take even a heavy Cuban. To have one widened or swapped, ask the desk first.
The length finder on the gold chains page shows where each length hangs.
Metal: gold pendant for men in 14K, or .925 silver
Take 14K for a piece you wear daily. Nearly nine in ten pendants here are gold, most of it 14K. 10K reads paler. 18K runs deeper. Every gold listing names its karat, and the four titles that say plated or dipped are silver underneath.
Silver outsells gold here by the piece, Jesus pieces first, then animals such as the eagle claws.
About half the pendants carry diamonds, natural or lab-grown. Lab-grown is made in a lab, natural comes out of the ground and is the scarcer one, and the listing tells you which.
Custom: made-to-order men's pendants
Bring a sketch, a photo or a name, and we make it at our own bench on 47th Street. Nearly half the pendants here are made to order or can be changed. Ask the desk about lead time and engraving on the back before you order.
A custom or made-to-order pendant cannot be returned. A piece bought as listed returns inside fourteen days of delivery, new and never worn or altered. Ask customer service first, at service@traxnyc.com or 212-391-3832. Our return label brings it in, less that label and a restocking fee of five percent. Use the live chat first, phone or text 212-872-9692 from 10 AM ET, and ask for a manager if anything is wrong.