Inside a bespoke commission, week by week

People think bespoke means expensive plus slow. Often it means the opposite. You pay for the piece you want instead of the one a shop already made.

Week one, the conversation

We sit down with tea. You bring photos, an old ring, a feeling. We ask about the hands that will wear it plus the life it has to survive. Then we talk money openly. Custom work starts from AED 1,000.

Week two, the drawing

You get hand sketches plus a digital model. You change things. You change them again. Nothing melts until you smile at a drawing.

Weeks three and four, the stone hunt

We source options against your brief plus send you reports to read. Diamonds come certified. Coloured stones come with treatment disclosure in writing.

"A colored stone is any gem material other than diamond, plus its appeal lives in its colour."

— GIA, Colored Stone Essentials

Weeks five and six, the bench

Metal is cast, filed plus shaped. Stones are set one by one. This is the quiet part, plus the part that decides how the piece will feel in twenty years.

• Casting plus cleaning up the raw form.
• Stone setting, done under a microscope.
• Finishing, polishing plus hallmarking.
• Final fitting, plus resizing if you need it.

Made in the UAE

Everything is made here. You can come see your piece on the bench, half finished, plus most clients do. It is the best part of the whole job.

One client brought in her grandmother's worn wedding band. We melted it into the shank of her own ring. She cried at the fitting. So did we, a little.

Start yours

Bring an idea, a budget plus an afternoon. Book an appointment at the Dubai atelier plus we will take it from there.