Good question! Picking your ring metal is important, influencing looks, price, maintenance and care. Couples may choose to buy matching or contrasting rings.
Platinum: The rarest of all available precious metals but also the strongest, whitest, and most durable.
White Gold: An alloy of yellow gold, mixed with white metal to deliver a shine comparable to platinum.
Yellow Gold: The most traditional of all wedding band metals. A timeless metal owing to its precious nature and rarity.
Palladium: Extremely popular amongst budding grooms, a member of the platinum family but 1/3 of the price.
Rose Gold: One of the trendiest metals of modern days, formulated using gold mixed with copper alloys and silver to deliver that lovely pink-red hue.
Silver: The most common of all precious metals, easier to source and a lot cheaper to buy.
What is a Two Tone Wedding Ring?
Two tone rings simply use two contrasting metals to create interesting designs. Contrasting metal colours can enhance the ring design by highlighting various key design features such as the curves or other shapes. A key benefit of two tone rings is how well they match a variety of other jewellery items. And two tone jewellery never goes out of style or fashion. Although trends in white gold tend to go up and down, trends in two tone jewellery have tended to stay very consistent.
But it is worth keeping in mind that some two tone jewellery uses plated metals to create the contrasting tones. If you take a look at the wonderful examples available from Orla James you will see that they don't use plated metals. Our two tone rings use two precious metals to create a range of stunning, eye-catching designs which are great for both men and women.
What Makes a Ring a Mans Ring?
For a ring to be a mans ring it simply needs to be worn by a man. There are actually no specific ring design features which distinguish mens rings from womens wedding rings. Mens ring designs tend to use wider bands and strong, bold, striking styles. But these designs also appeal to many women. Similar designs are available in rings with narrower bands which tend to work well on smaller hands.