A collar looks simple from the outside. Most of the work is in the two things you cannot see from a photograph: how evenly the stones sit, and how the band behaves after a month of wear.
The four steps
- Select. Stones are sorted by tone and size before anything is assembled, because a collar with one mismatched bead reads as a mistake from across a room.
- Set. Each stone is fixed individually, close to the band, so the silhouette stays low against the neck.
- Finish. The band is cut, sealed and checked for a flat lie. A collar that twists will not sit where you measured it.
- Check. Beads are pressed, the fastener is cycled, and the piece is measured against the size it is labelled as before it is packed.
What we do not do
We do not plate a base metal and call it solid, and we do not describe a stone by a trade name it has not earned. Where a specification is not yet measured on production pieces, it stays unpublished rather than approximated.
To confirm before launch
- Process photography (blocked on H1 — the real shoot)
- Band material, hardware and finish specification (H2)
- Quality-control steps in the workshop’s own words
- Who makes the collars, and where