Stone-Set Gold Bracelets: Cubic Zirconia in Solid 14ct Gold
504 stone-set solid 14ct gold bracelets with cubic zirconia, 3.23g to 89.15g. How settings work across eleven patterns and the yearly check they need.
Quick answer
There are 504 of them, from 3.23g to 89.15g (median 10.8g) and from £780 to £21,320 (median £2,590). All are solid 14ct gold, never plated or filled, 7.5 inches as standard and sized to your wrist before dispatch.
Setting is a second craft on top of the first
Every bracelet in this collection is a gold bracelet first and a set bracelet second. The chain or band is made, and then a setter cuts seats into it and secures stones — cubic zirconia throughout this collection — into that metal. Two different skills, done in sequence, and a failure in either one is visible in the finished piece.
What that means practically is that a stone-set bracelet has a wear point a plain one does not: the point where metal grips stone. Claws, grains, channel walls — whichever method a design uses, it is a small piece of gold under constant contact with the world, and it is the part that will need attention first. Nothing else about a set bracelet wears faster than a plain one.
The compensation is optical. A set surface breaks light into many small returns rather than one broad reflection, and fine surface scratching disappears into that break. A set bracelet of five years' daily wear generally looks newer than a plain one of the same age, even though the same amount of metal has been scuffed.
All eleven of our patterns appear in this finish, which is not true of plain or medallion. Whatever link geometry you prefer, there is a set version of it.
Which pattern, and at what weight
The distribution tells you where setting suits the metal. 133 are curb and 122 are fancy link — those two are half the collection, because both patterns present broad flat faces that a setter can work into. At the other end, 12 are brick link and 16 honeycomb, patterns whose surfaces are already busy and leave less room.
Between them: 40 herringbone, 39 ID, 39 bar link, 35 tennis, 28 braided, 23 bead and 17 mariner. The 35 tennis pieces are a special case — they are the only bracelets we make where the stones are the structure rather than an addition, and they have their own guide.
Weight matters as much as pattern. 3.23g in tennis is the lightest set bracelet we make and reads as a fine dress line. This 10.80g herringbone sits at the collection median. 89.15g in honeycomb is the heaviest and most expensive bracelet in our entire range.
What setting costs, measured against plain
There are 504 stone-set bracelets; only the plain collection holds more.
Weights run 3.23g to 89.15g, median 10.8g. Prices run £780 to £21,320, median £2,590. Both figures sit above the plain collection, which holds a greater share of the very lightest pieces.
Colours are 484 yellow, 16 rose, 3 two-tone and 1 white — the only white gold bracelet in our range is a set piece. All are solid 14ct gold, never plated or filled, and 482 of the 504 can also be made in 9ct or 18ct. Standard length 7.5 inches, sized to you before dispatch.
The yearly check, and cleaning properly
Set bracelets need one habit that plain ones do not. Once a year, press each stone gently with a fingertip and run the bracelet past your ear while you flex it. A stone that moves or a bracelet that rattles has a worn claw, and a worn claw caught early is a few minutes of bench work. The same claw left for another year is a lost stone and a re-set.
Cleaning is a matter of reaching behind. Soap film settles under the stones where nothing wipes it away, and it is what makes a set bracelet look tired long before the gold does. Soak in warm soapy water, work a soft brush along the underside of the settings, rinse thoroughly under running water and dry with warm air rather than a cloth — cloth fibres catch on claws and pull them.
Keep it out of household bleach and away from chlorinated pools. Store it separately: a set bracelet will scratch every plain piece it shares a box with, and the claws are what does it.
Resizing is free, return postage is free, most orders arrive within 14 days, and we ship worldwide. Gold items are UK hallmarked at the London Assay Office on qualifying pieces, and every piece here is set in our own workshops — which is also where it comes back to if a claw ever needs re-tipping.
Before you commit to stones
Setting adds one maintenance point, so it is worth seeing the alternative. Plain — the same eleven patterns without stones — the direct alternative. Tennis — the one pattern that exists only in this finish.
To see the pieces themselves rather than read about them, browse all 504 stone-set bracelets — and the main guide compares this collection with the other thirteen in the gold bracelet guide.
Frequently asked questions
What stones are used?
Cubic zirconia, across all 504 pieces in this collection. It is stated on every product page and in the product title.
Does setting weaken the bracelet?
Not the chain itself. Seats are cut into metal that is thickened for the purpose at the design stage, so the load path through the bracelet is unchanged. What setting adds is a maintenance point, not a weak link.
Can stones be added to a plain bracelet later?
Only if the design was drawn with enough metal to take a seat, which most plain designs are not. It is better to choose a set design than to convert a plain one.
A stone has gone. What now?
Send it back. The seat is examined, the claws re-tipped if they are worn, and a matched stone set. On a bracelet still under normal wear this is routine work.