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How is your engagement ring made?

All our engagement rings are handmade in our own workshop, headed by Richard our chief goldsmith who is also a specialist in platinum work.

Using traditional techniques learned over the years the process often will involve hand-forging, soldering, filing, stone setting, engraving and polishing - all of these stages requiring years of experience and skill to achieve the best resuts.




Commissioned platinum and diamond engagement ring
Platinum engagement ring with a blue round & pear shaped sapphires
Platinum joined engagement and wedding ring
Bespoke platinum engagement ring with 0.72ct oval green sapphire and brilliant cut diamonds
9ct white gold engagement ring with a rare laser cut aquamarine


Richard Tunstall

...In the UK it is a legal requirement that all precious metal jewellery is hallmarked with the maker's mark, date, metal type and place of Assay.

Next the stone is set into the engagement ring. Small amounts of metal are pushed up over the stone using specialist tools.

Hand engraving is the next stage with special swan-neck engravers for those tricky letters inside of the shank. Finally the finish is applied and the completed engagement ring emerges.

All of these stages take around 6 weeks in total to complete.

By the way, our workshop is open to the public and you can see our goldsmiths at work.



What are the stages of handmaking?

The metal is sourced from refineries or bullion dealers and first to be formed is the collet - the part of the engagement ring that holds the stones. Tools such as collet punches, saws and hammers are used in this highly skilled and difficult process.

The shank is now formed by hammering it around a ring mandrel and joined onto the collet - not as easy as it sounds! It is particularly tricky to fit them together straight and square whilst keeping the shank exactly circular and to a specific ring size.

Next is the rather time consuming process of filing, then fine filing, then sanding with emery paper and finally polishing paper...
Bespoke platinum engagement ring incorporating customers own 0.97cut diamond
Commissioned platinum and diamond engagement ring
A 9ct white gold commissioned engagement ring
Simple twist style commissioned engagement ring
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If you would like an initial chat about
your idea, please email or call Kate or Jo
on +44 (0)1462 790565 - they are very happy
to chat about feasibility and possible costs
or could book you in for a face to face or
phone appointment with one of our designers.
North Barn, Fairclough Hall Farm, Halls Green, Weston, Hertfordshire, SG4 7DP, England. (co. reg. add.)
phone: +44 (0)1462 790565 fax: +44 (0)1462 790140
6/7 Green Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 3JU, England.
phone: +44 (0)1223 461333 fax: +44 (0)1223 365269
company number: 4523060
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