Choose the link first, then the width and the length that suit the way you wear it
Pick the link before anything else. Take a Franco if a pendant will hang on it, and a Miami Cuban if the chain is the whole look. Silver lets you wear a wide link without gold's weight, so buy the width you love. Start at 24 inches, the length most chains here come in.
Most chains here are sterling (.925), and a few are titled palladium silver; the desk will tell you the grams at your length.
Silver: what .925 sterling silver is and how it wears
Most chains here are .925 sterling, the standard for a silver chain. Sterling darkens as air and sweat film the surface, and a polishing cloth brings it back in a minute. The chains titled Palladium Silver mix silver with palladium, so ask the desk for their fineness before you buy one.
Silver is a lot of bench work for its weight. Buy it because you love the piece. If you want grams, take heavy gold and ask the live chat which one, or phone a person on 212-872-9692 from 10 AM ET.
Links: which silver chain link to buy, Franco, Miami Cuban or rope
Take a Franco for a pendant and a Miami Cuban to wear on its own. The Franco is a square four-sided link that keeps a pendant straight. The Miami Cuban lies flat on the chest and brought in the most sales here. A rope is twisted strands that hide scratches. The moon cut is a bead chain cut with flats that catch the light. Mariner and anchor are one link under two names, and here the mariner chains run wider than the anchors.
Width and weight: how thick a men's silver chain should be and what it weighs
The middle chain here is 4 mm. Go wider when the chain is the piece. A pendant under about 10 grams rides a thin chain. One of 30 grams or more wants a chain with solid links and weight of its own, and the men's pendants guide covers the bail. The widest Miami Cuban, at 9.5 mm, lists 140 grams at 26 inches. Many listings print one weight for a menu of lengths, so ask which length it covers.
Length: what length silver chain men wear, 20, 22 or 24 inches
Start at 24 inches, the length most chains here come in. The next is 22. The men's gold chains page shows where each inch lands and has the length finder. For a length the menu skips, ask the live chat first, or call the desk at 212-872-9692, where someone is on the phone from 10 AM ET. A jeweler quotes any change of length, and a chain cut to your inches is final sale, so settle the length first.