Because the number is the first thing anyone actually wants to know, and hiding it just moves the question to a phone call nobody enjoys making. Our guide prices are real ranges from real commissions — the exact figure is confirmed at your design consultation, in writing, before anything is made.

Chemically, physically and to any grading laboratory, yes — a lab-grown stone is carbon in the same crystal structure, graded on the same 4Cs scale, and about 30–40% less expensive for an equivalent grade. Roughly half of our engagement ring commissions now choose one. We will never tell you which to pick.

Most can, within reason — a size and a half either way is routine, more than that depends on the setting. Resizing is £45 and usually a same-day service if you booked ahead. Eternity bands set all the way round are the exception; we will tell you honestly at the consultation if your design will be hard to resize later.

Most home insurers want a written valuation, updated roughly every five years as gold and stone prices move. Every commission over £500 leaves with one; for an older piece we can value it in the boutique for £45, no obligation to buy anything.

The gold is recycled 18ct and 9ct by default — melted from old jewellery and refined rather than newly mined. Every diamond, lab-grown or natural, is traded under the Kimberley Process, and we are audited against the Responsible Jewellery Council’s own standard, not just a member of it.