Combined engagement rings and jewelers' tricks in their manufacture

Over the past few years, a special popularity for future newlyweds enjoy combined wedding rings. A characteristic feature of these rings is the combination of several precious metals or several shades of the same metal. For example, in the ring can be combined platinum and yellow gold or gold of different colors - yellow, red, white, pink, etc.

The process of manufacturing combined rings is quite labor-intensive, several separate blanks need to be perfectly combined and fastened together. This requires the jeweler's skill and experience, but the final result is undoubtedly worth the trouble. Rings that combine metals of different colors look luxurious and stylish.

The combination of gold of different colors in any combination gives the rings a special style, brightness and expression. The contrast of a cold shade of white gold and warm yellow or red captures the looks, and the refined design is able to further emphasize their contradictory but beautiful combination. Gold as a very pliable material allows you to give the product any shape, volume and curves, which can advantageously present a contrast of different shades of gold.

Two-alloy rings attract many more with their symbolism. A cold steel shade of white gold and a warm shade of yellow gold symbolize the union of the male and female beginnings, a strong interlacing of the two fates.

Most models of combined wedding rings do not need to be inlaid with precious stones, because they already look bright and expressive. Especially attractive are the rings that combine three shades of gold. Very popular are rings made of white, yellow, rose gold.

In addition to the intriguing design, combined wedding rings are more functional than single-alloy models, as they fit more wardrobe items and are combined with a wider range of other jewelry. This is one of the main reasons why practical brides and grooms stop their choice on such rings.

The cost of combined handmade wedding rings in St. Petersburg starts from 30 thousand rubles. For a couple. In order to make this type of wedding rings available for a wider range of future honeymooners, some jewelers resort to tricks and give out single-alloy models partially coated with rhodium for the combined rings.

Rhodium, deposited under special conditions for gold, changes the original color of the metal. For example, yellow or red gold can acquire a white color. Thus, a partially annealed ring of yellow gold turns visually into a two-alloy ring of yellow and white gold. Such rings are cheaper, because the process of their manufacture is much easier for a jeweler. And every jeweler can make rhodium-plated rings, while only an experienced, skilled and, accordingly, highly paid master will take up the manufacture of combined rings.

Rhodium-plated rings have two undeniable shortcomings. First, any connoisseur of jewelry art can easily determine that before him, in fact, not the combined rings, but the products covered with rhodium. And, secondly, the rhodium covering is not durable and, having started to wear off with time, will require renovation, and this is additional costs and hassles. If you are not ready to put up with these shortcomings, it is better to find out immediately if rhodium was used in making rings that attracted you.

Combined rings are an excellent variant of wedding rings for bright, stylish couples who want to emphasize the exclusivity of their relationship and their personal personality. The main thing is to choose them correctly!