How to Buy Jewelry? - A Definitive Guide

In a piece of jewelry, there can be so many aspects both seen and unseen from the eyes. From the rarity of precious stones, the heritage of the brand, the know-how of artisanal techniques and many more.

With fine jewelry, only real precious metals and gems are used in combination with superb craftsmanship in a timeless design. For high jewelry, they are made to be one-of-a-kind. A crown jewel made of the finest craftsmanship and rarest precious stones. A wearable art piece that transcends time.

If you are pondering what kind of jewelry to choose, we have summed it up below so you can look for these qualities all sophisticated fine and high jewelry have in common.

• Heritage & Tradition: Fine jewelry and high jewelry are usually crafted from reputable brands with long-standing tradition and heritage. All Italian jewelers have their unique root that reflects in their work of art, usually inherited from one generation to the next. Their knowledge and lifelong practice have been entrusted to the young, who both kept and developed further. Fine and high jewelry owners are the proud keeper of one of the most precious traditions. One that has been appreciated since 3,000 BC.

• Craftsmanship & Know-How: It would not be called a ‘fine’ or a ‘high’ jewelry without exceptional craftsmanship. Most of the time, the craftsmanship displays are not just exceptional, but strikingly unique to the brand. Think of it as the brand’s signature style. For example, a fine jewelry brand like Fope crafted a flexible bracelet that could be extended for a comfortable fit – all crafted entirely from 18k gold. This is the result of research and craftsmanship which is unique to Fope alone. Other Italian brands have this ‘signature style’ as well. Choosing the right jewelry means finding which unique style feels right for you.

• Rarity: Especially for high jewelry, one that goes above and beyond fine jewelry, rarity plays the key part. A collection can be replicated, but the gemstone used for each piece can never be the same. Most high jewelry and some fine jewelry brands select rare, natural gemstones of the highest quality. Coupled with meticulous craftsmanship, a one-of-a-kind masterpiece is born.

• Technological Advancement: Italian jewelers not only inherit the crafts passed on to them from previous masters of the art, they also seek to combine state-of-the-art technology of modern times to create something that surpasses the old. Take the fine jewelry brand Mattia Cielo for example. They combined 18k gold, diamonds, coloured gemstones with some spaceship material such as titanium for extreme lightness and shape retaining quality after rigorous use. With technological advancement of today, Mattia Cielo opened up a different path in the world of fine jewelry.

• World-Class Quality: We cannot stress this enough. For Italian jewelry, the standard of gold is 18-karat which is the purest form possible for jewelry. Most fine jewelry brands have their gold made in-house by master goldsmiths to ensure the highest quality before crafting them into shape. The shine and particular gleam of Italian gold jewelry are renowned as the best in the world. Each piece made in Italy is a solid guarantee of its world-class quality.

• One-of-a-Kind: For fine jewelry, even more so in high jewelry, the one-of-a-kind aspect is achieved through detailed craftsmanship which cannot be replicated even in the same collection. It is these masterful hand-engraving, gold twists, unique colours and more that make each jewelry unique.

These are some of the qualities that sets fine and high jewelry apart from the rest. Let’s explore a bit more on fine and high jewelry.