The occasionsEngagements
The first gold ofa married life.
The engagement ring at this counter is deep-yellow gold, 21 or 22 carat, chosen from the cabinet or made to a photograph. It is the first piece of a set that will keep growing, and it is bought as a secret.
Here, the ringitself is the gift.
Ask for an engagement ring in most of Adelaide and you will be shown an 18 carat solitaire, priced almost entirely on the stone it holds. That is one honest trade. This counter belongs to a different one, where the ring itself is the present: deep gold, 21 or 22 carat, with weight you can feel.
The two behave differently over the years. A solitaire’s value lives in its diamond and the paperwork that describes it. A high-carat ring is gold first: priced by weight and worn daily for decades. Neither answer is wrong, and plenty of couples end up giving both.
Choosing one starts with the hand it is for. A plain or patterned band from the ring case, a stone-set ring, or a piece made at the bench to a photograph of one she has admired: shown on a phone, quoted by weight before any work begins.
Nothing here wears a ticket, because the price moves with the gold. The ring goes on the scale in front of you, and once it is chosen, a deposit holds it until the day you plan to ask.
The ring is a surprise. What follows it doesn’t have to be.
The fit, after the yes
A secret rules out a measured finger, so buy close and let the bench close the gap. Rings are sized up or down here and fitted on her hand before they finally leave the shop. If you can borrow a ring she already wears for an afternoon, bring it in; the first guess gets very good. How resizing works →
The set, after the ring
In the families this shop serves, an engagement ring is the first entry in a longer ledger. The wedding brings the necklace, earrings and bangles, matched to one another and to the ring already on her hand. Choose its pattern with that in mind and the whole set answers it later. How a set is assembled →
Where the ring leads
Three pages that carry on from this one, in the order the months take them.
Ask us beforeyou ask.
Come in with a budget and whatever you know about her hand. We will bring out the rings, weigh the shortlist at the day’s rate, and keep the visit to ourselves.
364-378 Prospect Road, Kilburn SA 5084
Tuesday to Sunday, 10:30am – 6pm