Pick the stone size first, then the length, then read the origin line on the listing
Choose the stone size first, because the stone sets the width and the weight. The size is the pointer, and a bigger pointer makes a wider chain with more diamond in it. Then pick the length; most chains here come in 22 inches. Take 14K, as nearly every chain here is. Read the Diamond Origin line on each listing, and ask the desk when it is missing.
The pointer: what pointer size means on a diamond tennis chain
Start with the pointer, the size of every stone in the row. A point is a hundredth of a carat, so each stone in a 10 pointer weighs a tenth of a carat. The stone decides the width, and the table below gives it at each size. The carat total is all the stones weighed together. The pointer tells you the look, and the total tells you how much diamond you get. Where a title names no pointer, ask the desk the stone size. Buying for her? Most of these rows are also on our diamond tennis necklaces for women, sized by the same pointer.
Stones: lab-grown or natural diamond, and sapphire, opal or ruby tennis chains
Seven in ten of these chains are diamond. Of the chains set with diamonds, sapphire mixes included, a little more than half say lab-grown and the rest natural on the origin line. A grown diamond is the same crystal as a mined one, just as hard. Read the Diamond Origin line lower on the listing. If it is missing, ask the desk, and never take it as natural. Sapphire leads the colored chains and wears every day like ruby. Opal is soft and hates heat, so wear it gently.
Width: how thick a tennis chain should be, 2 to 7 mm
Pick the stone you want to see, and the width comes with it. In sales, the 4 to 4.9 mm chains lead this page, then those under 3 mm. At 2 to 2.5 mm the chain is a fine line of light, alone or layered. At 3 to 3.5 mm it reads as a row of stones. From 4 mm people see it across the room. The newest mounts weigh about half the older ones at some small stone sizes, so compare the grams on each listing.
Length: what length tennis chain to get, 18, 20 or 22 inches
Take 22 inches, the length most chains here come in. It lies on the chest, where the stones show. Next comes 18, at the collarbone, with 20 between them. Measure a chain you already wear, clasp closed, or try the men's gold chains guide's length finder. Shortening takes out whole settings, and an altered chain cannot come back, so settle the inches with the desk first: the live chat, or a text to 212-872-9692 that a person answers from 10 AM ET.
Buying: the clasp, stock, care and returns on a tennis chain
Ask about the clasp before you pay, because it is the weak point on a stone-set chain, and most listings do not name theirs. The secure kind is a box clasp, a tongue that snaps into a box, with a figure-eight latch behind it. Ask too if yours is in stock or built for you. An in-stock piece usually ships within 2 to 5 business days, with tracking, under the shipping policy. A stone that clicks or turns goes to the bench. Under the refund policy, a new, unworn, unaltered chain can return within fourteen calendar days of confirmed delivery unless it is marked Final Sale. Customer service clears it first at service@traxnyc.com or 212-391-3832 and issues a TraxNYC label, and the 5 percent restocking fee and the return shipping come out of the refund. For anything a listing leaves out, use the live chat, or call 212-872-9692 and reach a person from 10 AM ET.