Delivery across Durban and KwaZulu-Natal

We courier to every Durban address, insured for the full value and tracked from our workshop to your door. It needs a signature, so it will not be left at a gate or with a neighbour.

That covers the Berea, Morningside, Musgrave, Glenwood and the city centre, out through Westville, Pinetown, Kloof and Hillcrest, and up the coast to Umhlanga, La Lucia, Umdloti and Ballito. Further afield we deliver to Pietermaritzburg, Richards Bay, Amanzimtoti and Margate on the same terms.

Timing

Ten to fourteen working days to make the bangle, then one to three days on the courier depending on where in KZN you are. Umhlanga and central Durban are usually next day from dispatch. If you are buying for a specific date, tell us before you pay and we will confirm in writing whether we can make it.

If you would rather talk first

Most of our Durban customers do the whole thing over WhatsApp. You tell us the width, we confirm the price and the timing, and you pay online when you are ready. No appointment, no drive to a shopping centre, no sales floor.

Gold care on the KZN coast

This is worth saying on a Durban page specifically, because the climate here is harder on jewellery than it is inland.

Gold itself does not tarnish or corrode. Solid 9ct will not go green on you and it will not react to salt air. What does happen on the coast is that humidity and salt combine with sunscreen, sweat and hand cream to leave a film on the surface that dulls the shine. It builds up slowly enough that most people do not notice until they compare it against a new piece.

What to do about it

Rinse in warm water and wipe with a soft cloth after a beach day or a swim. That is genuinely most of it. Once every few months, a few minutes in warm water with a drop of dish soap and a soft brush will clear anything the cloth misses.

White gold in Durban

If you are choosing white gold, know that it is rhodium plated over a white alloy, and coastal humidity wears that plating faster than a dry inland climate does. Expect to have it re-plated every two to three years in Durban rather than every four or five. Yellow and rose gold need nothing beyond the occasional clean.

Why 9ct rather than 18ct

9ct gold is 37.5 percent pure gold, alloyed with harder metals. 18ct is 75 percent. The higher number sounds better, and for a ring worn on a hand it often is, because the colour is richer.

For a bangle, 9ct is usually the better choice, and not only on price. A bangle takes more knocks than almost any other piece of jewellery. It catches on desks, car doors, kitchen counters, handbag straps. The alloy in 9ct makes it harder and more resistant to that daily wear than 18ct, which is softer and marks more easily.

We do make 18ct bangles. If you want one, tell us the width and we will quote it. Expect roughly double, because there is roughly double the gold in it.

Yellow, white or rose

All three at the same price, in every width. Yellow is the traditional choice and the one most South African buyers pick. White gold is rhodium plated over a white alloy and will need re-plating every few years to stay bright. Rose gold has copper in the mix, which gives it the warm tone and also makes it slightly harder than yellow.

Getting the diameter right

A bangle is not a ring. It does not resize, and it has to pass over the widest part of the hand before it can sit on the wrist. This is the one thing worth getting right before you order, because it is the one thing we cannot fix afterwards.

Wearing and caring for a gold bangle

A 2mm or 3mm bangle is made for stacking. Two or three together, matched or mixed in width, reads as deliberate rather than accidental. From 4mm upward it works better on its own, with the wrist otherwise bare.

Bangles sit well alongside gold bracelets if you want movement against the solidity of the bangle, and against fine gold chains and stud earrings for a complete set.

Day to day

Gold is a soft metal and it will pick up fine surface scratches with wear. That is normal, and on a solid bangle it develops into a patina rather than damage. Keep it away from perfume, hand cream and household cleaners, all of which dull the surface over time. Wipe it with a soft cloth after wearing.

Longer term

Store it in a pouch rather than loose in a jewellery box where it can knock against other pieces. Every few years a professional polish will bring it back to the finish it had when it arrived. We can do that for you.

How ordering works

Every bangle is handmade after you order it. Nothing is sitting on a shelf waiting.

Timing

Ten to fourteen working days to manufacture, then courier delivery on top. If you are buying for a birthday or an anniversary, tell us the date before you pay and we will confirm whether we can make it.

Custom sizes

Any width outside 2mm to 8mm, or any diameter other than 60mm, is made to measure. Send us what you need and we quote it before anything starts. There is no charge for the quote.

Paying

Yoco, PayFast, PayJustNow over three interest-free instalments, HappyPay, Float, Payflex, Mobicred, or direct EFT. A gold bangle is a considered purchase and most people split it.