Gold Name Bracelets

Ours are $48 to about $120. Elsewhere it runs from $20 to $600 in solid gold. What decides whether you still have it in three years is how thick the gold is — the raised plate edges are where any coating thins first, and a bracelet takes more abrasion than a necklace ever does.

Measure the wrist and add about half an inch — most take 6.5 to 7.5 inches. Sizing matters more on a name bracelet than a plain one: too loose and the plate rotates underneath your wrist where you can't read it, which defeats the point.

Real gold bonded to solid sterling silver. Vermeil legally requires 2.5 microns; ours is 3.0. Standard plating is 0.2 and most "gold plated" jewelry is 0.5. Bracelets test that harder than necklaces because wrists hit desks, keyboards and sleeves all day.

The chain, yes — links out or an extender in, quickly and cheaply. The nameplate can't change. Buy slightly longer if you're between sizes; shortening is far easier than lengthening.

Yours, a child's, or several children's — those are the ones people keep for years. A partner's name is more visible day to day on a wrist than at the collarbone, which makes it a bigger commitment than it looks.

Not for a change of mind — personalized pieces never are. Check the spelling before confirming, exactly as it should be cut. Faulty work or a mis-cut against what you submitted is ours to fix.