Choose the link and its width first, then read the grams, your wrist length and the karat
Start with the link, because two bracelets of one width can carry very different amounts of gold. For every day, take a thin curb, rope or Cuban under 4 mm, the width of most pieces bought here in the year. Then take 14K, buy 8 inches unless your wrist is slim or large, and compare the grams printed on each listing.
Solid: solid gold bracelet, and what diamond cut means
Solid means each link is gold all the way through. Each title on this page says solid, and none says plated or filled. A hard knock can still dent a solid link, but all its gold stays there and a jeweler can work it back. Diamond cut in a title means the gold's surface is cut into bright facets, with no stone.
Link: Miami Cuban, curb, Franco or anchor solid gold bracelet
The link sets the gold on your wrist. At 4 mm and 8 inches, the curb here weighs 3.3 grams and the Miami Cuban 11. At 4 mm and 8.5 inches, the anchor reads 14 grams and the two Francos 15 and 19. A curb is a flat, open link, light for its width. A Franco packs its links tight on four sides and runs heavy. The Cuban, the link most listed here, is a curb built thick and locked close. A rope is a twisted strand.
Weight: how many grams a solid gold bracelet weighs
Grams are the gold, so read them first. Most pieces bought here in the year weighed under 10 grams, and the thinnest curb weighs under 2. A 14K Miami Cuban at 8 inches reads about 11 grams at 4 mm and 17 at 5 mm. At 7 mm and 8.5 inches it is about 33 grams, and at 10 mm 70. The four Cubans 14 mm and wider run from 120 grams past 500, and none sold in the year.
10K or 14K: solid 10K, 14K or 18K gold bracelet, yellow, white or rose
Take 14K for a bracelet you wear daily. Its alloy is more than half gold, so it shows a richer yellow, and eight in ten bracelets here are 14K. 10K wears harder and a shade paler. At 7 mm and 8.5 inches, the 10K Cuban reads 29.5 grams, the two 14K ones 32 and 33.5. The two 18K bracelets are anchor links. Most bracelets here are yellow gold. White comes on three and rose on three more, two 10K curbs are two-tone, and the 30 mm Cuban is offered in all three colors.
Length: 7, 8 or 8.5 inch solid gold bracelet size
Take 8 inches unless your wrist says otherwise. It is the length listed most here, and seven in ten pieces sold were that length. Take a snug tape reading of the wrist, then add about half an inch. A wide Cuban fills the loop, so between two sizes, go longer. Only a 7 mm Cuban offers a choice, at 7, 8 or 8.5 inches. A smaller wrist has a 2 mm curb at 7.5 inches and a 3.6 mm curb at 7. The desk shortens or lengthens a bracelet for a charge, and an altered piece is final sale. The live chat answers first, or call or text 212-872-9692 from 10 AM ET.