Jewelry/Watch Glossary

A solitaire setting is the most classic and widely recognized ring style in fine jewelry: a single center stone mounted on a plain band, designed so the stone commands every...

Sterling silver is a metal alloy composed of 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% other metals, typically copper. Pure silver is too soft for most jewelry applications, so the copper addition...

Sizing beads (sometimes called sizing balls) are small metal beads added to the inside of a ring band to help the ring fit more snugly without permanently resizing the entire...

Soldering is a metalworking technique that joins two pieces of metal using heat and a metal alloy called solder. The solder melts at a lower temperature than the base metal,...