Choosing a width

Every width, at actual size

The width people pick is the thing they most often wish they had seen first. Here is the whole range side by side, drawn to physical size rather than described in millimeters. Hold your wrist to the screen.

  • US quarter
  • 6
  • 8
  • 10
  • 12
  • 15
  • 18
  • 20
  • 24
  • 32
  • 40

Widths are in millimeters. The quarter is there as a fixed reference — if it looks the right size on your screen, so do the bands.

Shown to scale against a US quarter. Calibrate below for true actual size.

The width comparison is calibrated to your screen, so it cannot be printed accurately — a printer resizes the page and the bands would no longer be true to size. Compare widths on screen, or ask us in the showroom and we will show you the real thing.

Show these at true size on your screen

Screens differ, so we cannot know how big a millimeter is on yours. Hold any bank or ID card against the outline and drag its edge until they match — from then on, every width you see will be true to size. We will remember it for next time.

Hold your card here and drag the edge to match

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Sizing

How to measure for a Hawaiian heirloom piece

Heirloom pieces are cut to your measurement, so this is worth two minutes with a strip of paper.

Resizing is free within 30 days of purchase, up to one size, and that includes our Hawaiian heirloom pieces. If it needs more than that, such as added metal, stones reset, or a bigger change in size, we talk it through with you and agree the work and the cost first. You can bring it in, or ship it to us and we'll ship it back insured. After 30 days, resizing is quoted work.

Bangles and bracelets — measure the hand, not the wrist

Measuring for a bangle A hand seen from the side with the fingers folded and the thumb cupped across them. A dashed loop runs around the widest part of the hand, over all five knuckles. measure here
Thumb cupped in, tape around all five knuckles. Drawn to show the pose, not to scale.
  1. Cup your thumb in towards your little finger, as if you were slipping your hand through a bangle.
  2. Wrap a strip of paper or a tape around the widest part — over all five knuckles, with the thumb tucked in.
  3. Mark where it meets, lay it flat and read the length in inches. That measurement is your bangle size.
  1. A tape wrapped around the hand at its widest point, seen in cross-section, with a loose end.

    Wrap over all five knuckles.

  2. The same wrapped tape with a mark drawn where the two ends overlap.

    Mark where it meets.

  3. The tape laid out straight with a mark on it, and an arrow pointing down to the ruler.

    Lay it flat and read the inches.

Drawn to show the method, not to scale — the ruler below is the one to measure against.

Read your strip here

Lay the marked strip along this ruler and read where the mark falls. We make to the quarter inch, so the nearest quarter is your size.

A ruler marked in inches from 0 to 11, drawn to scale 01234567891011 7.5″

Shown to scale. Calibrate with a bank card on the width page for true actual size.

The ruler on screen is calibrated to your screen, so it cannot be printed accurately — a printer resizes the page and the millimeters would no longer be true. On paper, measure your strip against a real ruler or tape and find that number in the table below.

Standard is 7½ inches. We make to the quarter inch.

  • 6"
  • 6.25"
  • 6.5"
  • 6.75"
  • 7"
  • 7.25"
  • 7.5"
  • 7.75"
  • 8"
  • 8.25"
  • 8.5"
  • 8.75"
  • 9"
  • 9.25"
  • 9.5"
  • 9.75"
  • 10"
  • 10.25"
  • 10.5"
  • 10.75"
  • 11"

A solid bangle is standard, and it has to pass over your hand — which is why you measure the hand. If you choose an open clasp instead, the bangle opens, so we size it to your wrist and it sits closer.

Rings — measure the knuckle

Measuring for a ring A finger seen from the side, widest at the knuckle. A dashed loop runs around the knuckle. measure here
Measure around the knuckle, not the base of the finger.
  1. Wrap a strip of paper around the knuckle of the finger the ring will go on — the widest point the ring has to pass over.
  2. Mark where it overlaps, lay it flat and read the length in millimeters.
  3. Find that measurement in the table. Measure at the end of the day, when fingers are at their largest.
  1. A strip of paper wrapped around a finger at the knuckle.

    Wrap it round the knuckle.

  2. The same wrapped strip, with a mark drawn where the two ends overlap.

    Mark where it meets.

  3. The strip laid out straight with the mark on it, and an arrow pointing down to the ruler.

    Lay it flat and read the millimeters.

Drawn to show the method, not to scale — the ruler below is the one to measure against.

Read your strip here

Lay the marked strip along this ruler and read where the mark falls. Two and a half millimeters is one ring size, so it is worth measuring twice.

A millimeter ruler, 0 to 70, drawn to scale 010203040506070 59.5 mm · US size 9

Shown to scale. Calibrate with a bank card on the width page for true actual size.

The ruler on screen is calibrated to your screen, so it cannot be printed accurately — a printer resizes the page and the millimeters would no longer be true. On paper, measure your strip against a real ruler or tape and find that number in the table below.

On paper? Any ruler works — this one is here so you do not need to find one.

Knuckle circumference to US ring size
Around the knuckle US size
46.8 mm 4
49.3 mm 5
51.9 mm 6
54.4 mm 7
57.0 mm 8
59.5 mm 9
62.1 mm 10
64.6 mm 11
67.2 mm 12
69.7 mm 13

Between two sizes? Take the larger one — a ring that will not pass the knuckle cannot be worn, and a slightly loose band can be sized down more easily than a tight one can be stretched.

Pendants — sized by the name, not by a tape

There is nothing to measure here. A name pendant is sized by the name itself: more letters need more length, or smaller letters, and which of those to give up is yours to decide. Tell us the name and we will tell you what it takes.

We cut the letters large or small to suit the piece and the person wearing it, so the same name can be made to sit differently on a child and on an adult. The sizes below are what we recommend for a name to sit well — a baseline, not a limit on what we can cut.

A vertical name pendant
Letters in the name Length we recommend
Up to 6 1.5"
Up to 8 1.75"
Up to 10 2"
A horizontal name pendant
Letters in the name Length we recommend
Up to 7 1.75"
Up to 10 2"

More than 10 letters is a conversation — tell us the name and we will work out how it sits.

Our standard pendant is 1½ inches vertical, or 1¾ inches horizontal with the slider included. Chain is chosen separately.

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And the size people actually get wrong: width

Asked what customers most often wish they had done differently, our jewelers do not say the length — they say the width. Millimeters are hard to picture, so see them at actual size before you choose.

Compare widths at actual size

Not confident in your measurement? Come in and we will size you in a minute, or send us what you measured and we will sanity-check it before anything is cut. We would rather ask than resize.