How Do You Measure the Size of a Ring?

Remington Jewelers — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 18:23:19 +0000

We find that 50% of the people who work at jewelry stores don’t even know what they are doing when measuring the size of a ring or measuring a person’s finger! Depending on the measuring stick or mandrel, the ring can line up on the left, the middle, or the right of the mark. And if it is one of the CHEAP plastic sticks, who knows where it lines up!

We use the Bergeon 5235-Digital measuring module that measures at the accuracy of 100th of a millimeter. Most jewelry stores don’t want to fork out the kind of money to have one of these units let alone how many we have. It is impossible to get an inaccurate reading with the Bergeon 5235-Digital measuring module.

So if you go to a jewelry store and they tell you your ring is a half size larger than we said it is, they do not know what they are doing. The fact is that you got measured 1/2 size to big and if it was the same person who measured your finger, that should tell you something!

How to tell if it’s a high-quality tungsten ring?

Remington Jewelers — Thu, 23 May 2019 06:31:37 +0000

This should help you out a little when trying to make a purchase decision

CONSIDER THE COST

Cost should not be the be-all and end-all of your decision to buy a ring, but it can generally be a good indicator of quality. Tungsten carbide rings made with tungsten and carbon will not be available for anything less than around $190. If you find cheaper rings, the likelihood is that they are made with cobalt or another material, giving you a poorer product.

WHAT IS IT MADE WITH?

Tungsten rings will rarely be 100% tungsten, as on its own the metal can be difficult to forge into a ring. Therefore, most tungsten rings will be tungsten carbide rings. Most sellers of tungsten carbide rings will have them labeled simply as ‘tungsten rings,’ but it is always worth checking just to make sure.

Tungsten carbide is an alloy, and it is best to check what metal has been mixed with the tungsten to create it. The best, most desirable tungsten carbide is created by mixing tungsten with carbon, so you should always target these types of rings.

Cheaper tungsten carbide rings might be made from cobalt, although these will discolor your finger in the way cheap jewelry is known to, so are best avoided.