Custom design

Something that did not exist last month

Engagement rings, wedding bands and one-off pieces, designed and made to order.

What this covers

Made to order, in the shop

Paris Jewellers publicly lists custom work, engagement rings, wedding bands and gemstone setting. That covers a piece designed from nothing, and it covers an existing piece reworked into something wearable again — a grandmother's stones reset, two old rings made into one.

A custom commission is not a purchase off a tray. It is a conversation about a stone, a budget and a hand, then a drawing, then a wait. The pages of a national chain cannot have that conversation. A local jeweller can, and this page exists to say so before someone drives to a mall instead.

The part a chain cannot copy is that you can walk in and talk to the person who will actually make it.
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The commission questions

These are the things a customer asks first, and every one of them is a blank because I do not know the answers:

  • Starting price for a custom ring — ?
  • How long from first conversation to finished piece — ?
  • Do you source stones, or work with what a customer brings — ?
  • Is there a deposit, and is it refundable — ?
  • Do you do CAD drawings or hand sketches — ?

How it might go

A commission, step by step

The shape below is how custom work generally runs at a jeweller's bench. It is not confirmed as your process — it is a placeholder structure, and the wording should be replaced with how you actually do it.

  1. 1

    Come in and talk

    Bring the stone, the old piece, a photo, or nothing at all. Is an appointment needed?

  2. 2

    A drawing and a price

    A design and a quote before any work starts. How is the quote given — in person, by email?

  3. 3

    Making

    Typical turnaround goes here. Made on site, or sent out?

  4. 4

    Fitting and collection

    Final sizing and hand-over. Is a resize afterwards included?

Also on this bench

Related work

Start with a conversation

Bring the idea in, or ring and describe it. There is no charge for talking it through.

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Anything marked like this is a deliberate blank: no hours, prices, credentials or customer reviews have been invented.