Sonia's ring is one piece, built to look like three.

A channel of twelve princess-cut diamonds runs down the centre, with thirty-two round diamonds pavé set along both sides. Forty-four natural stones in all.

How it was made

The two outer rails were cast separately, in an alloy I mixed myself from fine gold and palladium. Palladium is what gives white gold its flexibility, and there is a right proportion for it. That is the professional way to do this and it is not the cheap way.

Then I drilled parallel holes through both rails and threaded gold tubes between them. The tubes hold the rails at a fixed distance from each other, set to the exact width of a princess diamond.

That is the whole engineering problem of this ring. A channel of square stones only works if the gap is identical along its entire length. A fraction too wide and a stone rocks in its seat. A fraction too narrow and it will not go in. The tubes make that distance mechanical rather than a matter of eye and hand.

Everything after that is setting: the princess stones into the channel, and the pavé along both rails.

Handmade in my Jerusalem studio in 18K white gold.

Details

18K white gold, alloyed in the studio with palladium
12 princess-cut natural diamonds in a channel
32 round brilliant natural diamonds, pavé set
Tube-spaced channel construction
Comes with a valuation certificate

This ring is made to order. The stone sizes and total weight are set when we agree on the piece, so tell me what you want to spend and I will tell you what is possible at that number.

Yellow or rose gold, or a different stone in the channel, can be made to order. Tell me what you have in mind.

Sonia – 18K White Gold Ring with a Channel of Princess Diamonds