So, I would like to get a gold necklace, a chain that I am having a pendent custom made for. I have not bought one in a long time. What I am finding is there are two prices for what looks like the same necklace chain. The weights are also different,
So why and how is this? Someone mentioned something about hollow but I don't really see how this is possible. How could they make something so thin or in the case of rope or wheat styles, intricate, hollow? Is that what they do? The jeweler weighed two similar looking chains and one was about double the weight. However they had the same diameter.
How much of an impact on durability does this have, and are there any other consequences of going with the lighter option? Is it the kind of thing where no one will ever know, but I will know?
The price doesn't really reflect the value of the gold used either. One chain was 3.3 and the other was 7.3. So four grams of gold difference, but just under double the price difference.
Which do I get? Normally, the answer is whichever you like better, but in this case they look the same, lol.
So why and how is this? Someone mentioned something about hollow but I don't really see how this is possible. How could they make something so thin or in the case of rope or wheat styles, intricate, hollow? Is that what they do? The jeweler weighed two similar looking chains and one was about double the weight. However they had the same diameter.
How much of an impact on durability does this have, and are there any other consequences of going with the lighter option? Is it the kind of thing where no one will ever know, but I will know?
The price doesn't really reflect the value of the gold used either. One chain was 3.3 and the other was 7.3. So four grams of gold difference, but just under double the price difference.
Which do I get? Normally, the answer is whichever you like better, but in this case they look the same, lol.