Plain gold or a line of diamonds, which karat, and how to order any piece in white
Choose the look first, then the gold. A tennis chain is a single row of stones, a Miami Cuban is a run of flat, interlocking gold links, and a fine curb, rope or box chain carries a pendant. Most pieces here also come in yellow and rose and open on yellow, so pick White Gold on the listing before you pay. Take 14K for every day, and read the grams before the width.
Plain or iced: a plain white gold chain or a diamond chain for men
Decide whether you want gold alone or a line of stones, because this case holds both. Nearly three in four pieces carry diamonds or colored stones, and those drew most of the sales in the year. White gold keeps a clear diamond looking clear, with no yellow rim. The plain side is the solid Miami Cuban, the curb and the anchor, plus fine Franco, rope, box and cable chains. Most fine ones are under 3 mm, made only in white and ready for a pendant.
Tennis: a men's white gold tennis chain, lab-grown or natural
Pick a stone size, and the width follows from it. A pointer is a hundredth of a carat, and a title's number sizes every stone, so a 25 pointer line carries a quarter carat a stone. Here the stones run from 3 pointers to a full carat each. Most of these lines sit between 3 and 5 mm wide, and about a third of those bought in the year were narrower. Lab-grown lines carry Lab in their titles, and they drew most of the tennis sales in the year.
Cuban: a white gold Miami Cuban link, solid or iced
Compare Cubans by grams before width, as the gold is in the grams. The plain Cubans are solid in all but one title, from 3.2 mm up to a 32 mm piece of two kilos. A solid 5 mm weighs 40 grams at 20 inches, and the 8 mm weighs 121 at 22. The 5 mm was the plain Cuban bought most in the year, counting every gold. Iced Cubans set diamonds along each link, and most of the 43 are 10 mm or wider.
White gold: is white gold real gold, in 10K, 14K or 18K
Yes, it is real gold mixed with white metals, and most white gold gets a thin, bright coat of rhodium on top. The coat wears first at the clasp, and after a year or two a faint warm tone can show until a jeweler renews it. Take 14K, the karat of most pieces here, stamped 585 for 58.3 percent gold. 10K turns up in most Polar Ice chains, about one in five iced Cubans and a few thin chains. 18K, at 75 percent gold, is in most fine cable chains and a few more, and under the coat it sits a shade warmer.
Color and length: ordering a chain in white gold, 18 to 24 inches
Set the color to White Gold before the chain goes in the cart, even when the listing opens on yellow. Forty-six pieces are made only in white, nearly all plain chains. Take 22 inches if you are not sure. More of these chains come in it than any other length, and it sold most in the year among chains made in one length. Eighteen rests on the collarbone, and 24 drops toward mid chest. The desk will cut or extend any chain to your length, and the chain is then final sale.