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 About Wedding Rings

A wedding ring or wedding band is a precious metal ring worn to symbolise the marriage state. In certain countries (UK, USA, Brazil) it is worn on the base of the left hand ring finger.

However, in most other parts of the world, it is worn on the right ring finger (e.g. Norway, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Germany, Poland or Russia). A spouse wears a wedding ring to indicate a marital commitment to fidelity. The European custom of wearing such a wedding ring has spread widely beyond Europe.

Our wedding rings can be made individually and especially for you, which becomes the very design of the ring. We are the designer and the manufacturer of your ring, and can produce it in any width, court or flat and in any metal you require. Platinum, palladium or 18ct Gold to name a few, and of course in any finger size. A truely unique wedding ring is a wonderful idea as a betrovel ring for him or for her.

In many parts of the western world the wedding ring is part of a series of ring gifts which also may include the engagement ring, traditionally given as a betrothal present, and before the eternity ring which symbolizes the renewal or ongoing nature of a lasting marriage, sometimes given after the birth of a first child.

Many couples chose to engrave the wedding ring with the name of one's intended spouse and the date of one's intended marriage on the inside surface, adding to the symbolism and sentimentality of the rings as they become family heirlooms.

In some European countries, the wedding ring is the same as the engagement ring and changes its situs through engraving and the change of the hand on which to wear it. If a woman wears both an engagement ring and a wedding ring there are different interpretations as to how they should be worn. One states that the woman wears the wedding ring below the engagement ring, thus making it closer to the heart. Another practice holds that the woman should wear the wedding ring above the engagement ring, thus sealing the engagement into the marriage. Others prefer that the wedding ring should be worn alone.

In the United Kingdom and the United sites in past generations, women wore wedding bands much more commonly than men did. Today, both partners often wear wedding rings, but where occupations or professions forbid or discourage the wearing of jewellery (as in the cases of actors, police, military pilots and electrical workers), either marriage partner may not wear a ring.

 

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