Platinum chain
Modern jewelry stores offer buyers a huge selection of products made of precious metals. Rings, bracelets, earrings and much more can be seen in shop windows or on stands. Particularly noteworthy are the chains, which can be either an independent decoration or go in addition to a beautiful pendant or pendant.
Today chains are made of various metals. You can choose gold, silver, platinum chains, as well as palladium jewelry. Each precious metal has its own types of samples, and the higher it is, the more expensive the decoration itself will be. But, as you know, you need to pay the appropriate price for high quality. It is better not to save and buy a truly high-quality and beautiful jewelry that will serve you and your family for many years.
Many people prefer to buy women's chains of gold or silver, these metals are in special demand and are very common among the beautiful half of humanity. Platinum jewelry, despite their rarity, is in no way inferior to other precious metals, and is much more expensive, although it looks like white gold or silver.
Platinum chains are the epitome of durability, strength and high quality, they can be a wonderful and stylish addition to your image and make it richer. Although outwardly, this metal does not look so catchy, it is incredibly plastic and elegant. Platinum has always been valued highly enough, even in the pre-Christian era during the reign of the pharaohs of ancient Egypt, this metal was a symbol of wealth and high status. Today, the platinum chain also symbolizes success in society.
Features and benefits
One of the advantages of platinum chains is their rarity, so when you buy any product made of platinum, you get a very valuable thing, which is much higher in value than gold. A special advantage of products made from this metal is its complete hypoallergenicity. In the manufacture of certain jewelry made of gold or silver, non-precious alloys of nickel or other metals are sometimes mixed with them. According to statistics, nickel is the most allergenic metal that can cause skin irritation after prolonged contact with it. Platinum alloy is absolutely pure and has no adverse effects on the skin.
As already mentioned above, chains of platinum are not very common and are most often made to order, therefore, purchasing such jewelry, you can be sure of its exclusivity. The ductility and strength of the material guarantee high quality jewelry. Moreover, even with small deformations, the chain of platinum will retain its original appearance, without giving any damage. Due to the same strength and high density of the metal itself, the platinum chain is almost impossible to break or damage in any way.
Female platinum chains do not grow dull and retain their brilliance and gloss for a long time. Such products can serve you for decades and become a true family heirloom, passing from generation to generation. Not only high density, but also greater weight, as compared with gold, testifies to the value of the metal.
Platinum jewelry is also an excellent investment. The price of the metal is constantly growing, and products are becoming less common, since working with platinum is much longer and more complicated, and by purchasing a chain of platinum, you buy a thing that will never go out of fashion, and even after five years you can sell it at least at the same price as purchased.
Types of weaving
Weave platinum chains, as a rule, are made by hand and look very easy and beautiful. Openwork women's chains of platinum are a favorite decoration of ladies from high society.
Some exclusive jewelers complement platinum chains with diamond inserts. The size, purity and carat of stones affects the final cost of the product, which is often very high, as the combination of expensive metal with complicated weaving, and diamonds is expensive.
There are many types of weaving of precious chains, the most common of which are only six types. When armor-weaving the links are soldered in the same plane, and special treatment gives the product a more elegant look. The basis of weaving Bismarck is the joining of the edges soldering and large links. By the way, this version of weaving has as many as nine subspecies, each of which is beautiful in its own way and is perfect for a female platinum chain.
The most common method of weaving is anchor, in it there is a perpendicular fastening of links between each other. In Figaro weaving, large oval-shaped and small round links alternate in a special way. Nonna weaving is very similar to armor-clad, but unlike it, it has double links, which guarantees the extra durability of jewelry. Another type of weaving, the name of which speaks for itself, is called rhombo. In this case, the diamond-shaped links are soldered to each other, also in the same plane.
How to choose
When buying a chain of platinum should pay attention to certain details. Of course, first of all, you should focus on your own taste preferences. Choose a piece of jewelry that you like more and looks better on your neck. Be sure to look at the type of weaving and choose more feminine, openwork options that will be the perfect complement to your image and decorate it, making it much richer.
Pay attention to the metal sample. Platinum has three samples: 950, 900 and 850. It is a metal sample that indicates its purity and the presence of impurities from other alloys.
When buying a platinum chain, you need to take into account the length of the jewelry you need. It depends on the length, how complete your image will be and what will be more emphasized, advantages or disadvantages. For example, a long chain will focus on a beautiful chest, the middle one will pay attention to the decollete area, and a short chain will be able to rivet your eyes to your beautiful neck.
Jewelry stores offer women's platinum chains ranging in length from forty to eighty centimeters. It is possible to make an order for an exclusive chain longer or shorter than those offered, but for this you have to wait until the master makes everything according to your own sketch.
Particular attention should be paid to the sight of the lock, its reliability and ease of attachment to the neck. There are four types of castle:
- reliable round lock, classic for most jewelry, is a ring with an opening latch.
- The lock-carbine is a kind of latch in the form of a loop, where the ring is inserted to secure. This option also has a high level of reliability.
- The lock box does not belong to reliable options, representing a box with a bar folded inside.
- Well, the smallest in reliability, but easy in fixing - this is a magnetic lock. It is made absolutely the same as the chain itself, but on the tips it has magnets that are attracted to each other.
Be sure to look at the strength of attachment of the lock to the main part of the chain, as well as its quality and performance. It is better to check every detail directly in the store to be sure about the high quality of the platinum jewel to be bought.