Gold Brick Link Bracelets: Packed Rows and a High Starting Weight
Solid 14ct gold brick link bracelets, 6.05g to 45.47g. Why the offset rows stay flat, why none are light, and how the pattern behaves in daily wear.
Quick answer
There are 71 of them, from 6.05g to 45.47g (median 12.04g) and from Β£1,430 to Β£10,560 (median Β£2,800). All are solid 14ct gold, never plated or filled, 7.5 inches as standard and sized to your wrist before dispatch.
Short rectangles, packed tight
A brick link is built from short rectangular blocks set in rows, each row offset against the one before it in the same way courses of brickwork are offset. The blocks touch along their long edges, so there is almost no gap in the surface β from a metre away a brick link reads as a solid band with a texture, not as a chain.
Mechanically it behaves like a very short-pitch flat chain. The offsetting means each block is supported by two blocks in the row below, so load spreads sideways as well as along, and there is no single element carrying more than its share. It is a genuinely strong arrangement and it is why the pattern tolerates weight so well β our heaviest is 45.47g and it is still comfortable, where a 45g bracelet in a rounder pattern would be a rope.
The same packing is why it cannot be made light. Each block needs enough thickness to bear on its neighbours; thin them and the rows rack sideways and the surface ripples. Our lightest brick link is 6.05g, the highest starting weight of any pattern in our range.
Who it suits and how it wears
Brick link is the pattern for someone who wants a flat bracelet with a visible texture β the offset rows catch light in short broken lines rather than one sheet, which is the difference between it and a herringbone.
Because the surface is nearly continuous, it protects itself. Knocks land on the block edges and the pattern absorbs fine scratching into its texture, so a brick link looks less worn after five years than a plain flat chain of the same weight. It is a sound choice for someone who does not intend to take a bracelet off.
It does not layer well, for the same reason curb does not: two flat faces mark each other. Worn alone at around the median of 12.04g β this 12.04g example β it reads as a substantial band without being heavy on the arm.
A range with a floor under it
There are 71 brick link bracelets. Weights run 6.05g to 45.47g, median 12.04g. Two figures stand out: the 6.05g floor is the highest minimum of any pattern we make, and the 45.47g ceiling is second only to honeycomb and curb.
Prices run Β£1,430 to Β£10,560, median Β£2,800. The Β£1,430 entry is the highest of our patterns, which follows from the weight floor described above.
66 are yellow gold and 5 are rose gold. All are solid 14ct gold, never plated, and any design can be made in 9ct or 18ct. Standard length 7.5 inches, adjusted to your measurement.
Cleaning and adjustment
The offset rows trap less than an open chain but more than a herringbone, because there are short channels between courses. A soft brush worked along the length β never across the rows, which levers blocks against each other β plus warm soapy water and a proper dry is the whole routine.
Shortening is done a full row at a time. A row is short, so the adjustment steps are smaller than on almost any other pattern we make: on most designs one row is 4β6mm, which means a brick link can be sized closer to an exact measurement than a bar link or a fancy link ever can. That is a practical advantage worth knowing if the wrist measurement is awkward.
Resizing is free and so is return postage if the length is not right. Made to order or in stock, most orders arrive within 14 days, and we ship worldwide. Gold items are UK hallmarked at the London Assay Office on qualifying pieces. Every brick link here comes from our own workshops, so a repair returns to the bench that shaped it.
Flat patterns either side of brick link
Brick link sits between a classic and a modern pattern. Curb β both are flat, interlocking rows that sit against the skin rather than rolling. Bar Link β both repeat a rectangle, one spaced and one packed.
To see the pieces themselves rather than read about them, browse all 71 brick link bracelets β and the main guide lays out the fourteen collections in one table in the gold bracelet guide.
Frequently asked questions
Why is there nothing under 6g in this collection?
Because the blocks bear on each other. Below about 6g they are too thin to carry the neighbouring row and the surface ripples instead of lying flat. The pattern sets the floor, not the price list.
Can a brick link be sized exactly?
Closer than most. Rows are short, so removal steps are 4β6mm rather than the 15β25mm you get on bar or fancy links.
Does it scratch?
Yes, like all gold. It shows it less, because the offset rows break reflections into short lines and fine scratches disappear into that break rather than dulling a whole face.
Is a 45g brick link actually wearable?
It is, because the flat packed surface distributes the weight along the wrist instead of concentrating it. The same mass in a rounded pattern would not be.