Choose the chain's width and length first, then the karat and a pendant to hang on it
Pick the chain first, then any pendant to hang on it. Most pieces bought here were plain white gold chains, and 2 mm was the width bought most, slim for every day and strong enough for a small pendant. Take 14K unless you want a light 10K chain. Buy 18 inches for her pendant, longer for him, and choose White Gold on any pendant listing.
14K or 10K: which karat for a white gold necklace
Take 14K for a chain or pendant worn every day. It carries more gold than 10K and is the karat of most pieces. 10K holds the least gold and is the hardest, and the 10K chains made up a quarter of the pieces bought. 18K, the most gold of the three, is in six cable and rolo chains, a cross and a small hamsa.
Chain width: how thin a white gold chain for a pendant
Go 2 mm wide for a chain worn every day, with or without a pendant. It was the width bought most in the year, and nearly every chain bought was 2.5 mm or thinner. Under a small pendant on a woman, 1 mm or less keeps the look fine. The 0.6 mm box chain was the second piece bought most. A 3 mm curb or moon cut is the bolder look, worn alone. A chain titled diamond cut has faceted links, not stones.
Length: 18 or 20 inch white gold chain for her or for him
For a woman's pendant, buy 18 inches, so it rests just below the collarbone. Sixteen sits close at the base of the neck. A man usually wears 20 to 22 inches. A tall or broad man often takes 24, because a short chain sits snug on a big neck. The plain chains run from 16 to 30 inches, and half come in one length only, so check it on the listing. A chain shortened or lengthened for you is final sale. See each length on a neck in the necklace length chart.
Diamonds: white gold diamond cross, heart and tennis necklace
Every pendant here also comes in yellow and rose, so pick White Gold on the listing. White gold suits a white diamond, since no yellow from the metal reflects into the stone. Each diamond piece names its diamonds as natural, and no title says lab-grown. The 1.9-gram prong diamond cross was the pendant bought most in the year, then a sword of black diamonds and a ruby. Most pendants name no chain, so hang one on a fine white chain from the same page. The two diamond tennis chains weigh over 55 grams each and sit heavy on the neck.