Craftsmanship

Materials

Silver — 92.5 sterling

All Silvee silver pieces are 92.5% pure sterling silver — the international jewellery-grade standard. The remaining 7.5% is copper, which gives the silver enough hardness to hold a stone setting and take a high polish. Pure silver alone is too soft.

Backed by our in-house purity guarantee on every invoice. If an independent assay ever shows below 92.5%, we refund the piece in full plus the assay fee.

Gold plating — 14k / 18k, 2.5 µ minimum

Our gold-plated pieces are 92.5 sterling underneath, electroplated with 14k or 18k gold at a minimum thickness of 2.5 microns. That's about 5× the thickness of "fashion" plating (which is usually 0.5 µ flash plate) and lasts 3–5 years with normal wear.

Diamonds — SGL certified

Every diamond is independently SGL certified before it reaches the bench. Typical retail range: colour I–J (near-colourless, eye-clean), clarity VS–SI (inclusions invisible to the naked eye). The certificate ships with the piece.

Design

Every piece begins as a pencil sketch — proportions, stone placement, the curve of the band. We refine until the design earns its place. Designs that feel derivative or trend-bound never make it past this step.

For custom bridal sets and one-off commissions, we sketch directly with the client over WhatsApp or in-store consultation. Custom typically takes 4–6 weeks from sign-off to delivery.

Casting & forming

For most designs we use the lost-wax casting method — a wax model is shaped, encased in plaster, then melted out as molten 92.5 silver is poured in. The result is a near-final form that's hand-finished from there.

Simpler pieces (chains, bangles) are hand-formed from drawn wire, soldered, and shaped on a mandrel.

Stone setting

Every diamond is hand-set under 10× magnification by a master setter. The piece is held in a steel cup while prongs are tightened by hand — never machine — to ensure the stone is held tightly without crushing the girdle.

We use four common setting styles:

• Prong (claw): 4 or 6 metal claws hold the stone — maximum light return.
• Bezel: a metal collar wraps the stone — protected, modern look.
• Pavé: tiny stones set close together — sparkles across the piece.
• Channel: stones set in a continuous metal channel — sleek, durable.

Polishing & finishing

Each piece goes through 3–4 polishing stages on a buffing wheel — from coarse to mirror — taking 30 minutes to a few hours depending on size. Plating goes on as the final step: piece is electrocleaned, rinsed, then submerged in a gold solution under controlled current for 4–6 minutes.

Quality check

Before any piece leaves the atelier, two team members inspect it independently for:

• Setting tension (every prong/claw passes a finger-pull test)
• Surface finish (no visible burrs, scratches, or polish marks)
• Weight (matches the listed gross + silver weight on the SKU spec card)
• Certificate match (for diamonds — the SGL number on the cert matches the laser-inscribed stone)

Only after both checks pass does a piece earn its packing.

Why handmade matters

Factory production is cheaper and faster, but it can't iterate on small flaws in real time. A hand-setter sees the stone misaligning by a tenth of a millimetre and adjusts on the spot. A polishing tech sees the silver streaking in one direction and changes wheel speed. Mass production can't.

The trade-off: our pieces ship in 1–14 days rather than minutes. We think it's worth it. Our customers seem to as well.