Inside a bespoke commission, week by week

People think bespoke means expensive and 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 and the life it has to survive. Then we talk money openly. Every commission is quoted individually, according to its complexity, gemstones, and materials.

Week two, the drawing

You get hand sketches and 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 and send laboratory reports for you to review. Diamonds are accompanied by independent laboratory reports where applicable. For colored stones, known treatments are disclosed in writing, and origin information is provided when supported by a laboratory report.

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

— GIA, Colored Stone Essentials

Weeks five and six, the bench

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

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

Made in the UAE

Everything is made here. You can come see your piece on the bench, half finished, and 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 and an afternoon. Book an appointment at the Dubai atelier and we will take it from there.