Signet · cut to order in Arezzo
Nodo
€1,180 including Italian VAT
4 left in 18k · ready to post Tuesday
A 12 mm signet face with a single rolled edge, raised from one piece and finished flat enough to take eighteen characters inside the band. 8.4 g in 18k. It sits high but not proud; on a little finger it reads as a full stop.
Metal — the price moves with the weight of gold
Ring size — inner circumference, with the diameter beneath it
Unsure? Pick nothing and ask for the free paper sizer in the order notes — we hold the piece for ten days while it reaches you.
Ask us a question about it first
Insured delivery €9 in Italy, €14 across the EU, free over €450 · leaves the bench Tuesday and Friday · 30 days to send it back, return postage on us · engraving makes it final
What it is, measured
Metal 18k yellow gold, 750 ‰, from refined scrap bought in Arezzo. Also cut in 9k rose (375 ‰) and silver 925.
Weight 8.4 g in 18k at size 54, 6.1 g in 9k, 5.2 g in silver. Each half size adds about 0.15 g.
Face 12 mm across the long axis, 10.2 mm across the short, 1.9 mm deep at the centre.
Band 2.6 mm at the shoulder, tapering to 2.1 mm under the finger, comfort-filed inside as standard.
Sizes 48 to 66. Half sizes are cut on request at no extra cost — write the figure in the order notes.
Hallmark Fineness and our assay mark 184 AR, struck inside the band where the taper begins.
Resizing Two sizes either way €45, ten working days, for as long as you own it. Beyond two sizes, €80.
In the box
- The ring, cleaned and unworn, in a cotton pouch cut in Arezzo
- A stamped guarantee card with its weight, fineness and assay number
- A polishing cloth that will last about two years of weekly use
- A pre-paid return label, already addressed to the bench
- One spare size card, in case you want to measure someone else
No ribbon, no tissue theatre. Ask in the order notes and we wrap it properly for a gift, with the price card taken out.
The same ring, four hands
Shot on the people who ordered it, at the sizes they wear. No retouching beyond dust.
Bisi · size 54 · 18k, worn on the right little finger
Sofia · size 50 · 9k rose, beside the Pietra
Guido · size 64 · 18k, eleven years old and filed twice
On the peg · the face flattened before the letters go in
Fit
A signet needs half a size more than a band
The face adds weight above the knuckle, so a signet that measures correctly can still spin. If you wear a 54 in a plain band, order the Nodo at 54 and tell us it is for the little finger — we file the inside slightly heavier on that side and it stops turning.
If you are between two sizes, take the larger and let us tighten it. Taking metal out is a clean job; putting it back in leaves a seam you can feel for the first month.
Resize two sizes either way — €45, ten working days
Beyond two sizes, cut and re-solder — €80, hallmark re-struck
First resize within ninety days of delivery — free
Read the whole sizing guide
About this ring in particular
What can be engraved on the face, and what inside?
Inside the band: up to eighteen characters, hand-cut, free, in a roman capital or an italic script. On the face: initials or a single device, cut by hand at €120 for up to three letters, with a drawing sent to you for approval before any tool touches the gold. Either one adds three working days and makes the ring non-returnable, which is why we say it on the page, in the confirmation email and on the card in the box.
How long until it ships if my size is not in the drawer?
Sizes 52, 54, 56 and 58 are in 18k on the shelf today and post on the next Tuesday or Friday. Everything else is cut to order: ten working days at the bench, then two to four in the post. We email you the day it goes on the peg and the day it comes off, with a photograph, so you are never wondering.
Will 18k gold mark or scratch?
Yes, within a week, and that is the point of it. 18k is soft enough to take a mark from a car key and hold it. A signet face goes from mirror to a soft satin in about three months and then stays there. Bring it back once a year and we repolish it on the wheel in twenty minutes, free, while you wait.
Is the 9k version noticeably different to wear?
It is lighter in the hand — 6.1 g against 8.4 g — harder, and pinker. It holds a polish longer and takes an engraving more crisply. The colour difference is obvious beside 18k and invisible on its own. If you are buying a ring to wear on a trade, 9k is the sensible choice and nobody here will talk you out of it.
Can I return it if the size is wrong?
Send it back within thirty days, unworn, with the pre-paid label in the box, and the refund lands within five working days. Or keep it and let us size it: the first resize inside ninety days costs nothing, including the postage both ways. Most people choose the second, which is why we offer it before the first.
Try it on before you decide
There are three Nodos on the bench in 52, 54 and 58, and a drawer of steel sizers beside them. Twenty minutes in Arezzo settles a question that an email cannot.
