Ten Carat Reign — 10ct Natural Ruby (Yaqoot) Ring in Sterling Silver

Description

A ten-carat ruby does not ask permission. It arrives, and the room adjusts.

The stone

Ten carats of natural ruby, oval cut, deep crimson turning violet where the light leaves it. Look closely and you will find the internal landscape that natural corundum carries — silk, faint clouding, the quiet evidence of chromium and pressure and geological time.

These are not flaws. They are the reason a natural stone at this size exists at all, and the reason yours will never be identical to the photograph or to anyone else’s.

The setting

Four sculpted crescent prongs cradle the ruby rather than gripping it, leaving the girdle open so light enters from beneath and returns through the stone rather than bouncing off it. Clusters of moissanite climb both shoulders in a deliberately unruly arrangement — a court around a throne, gathered rather than marshalled.

The metal

925 sterling silver, rhodium-plated to a bright white that carries the ruby’s colour without arguing with it. Replated free, for the life of the ring.

Handcrafted in Saddar

Cast, set, filed, and finished by hand at the bench our family has worked since 1947. Three generations, one address.

Ruby is the birthstone of July, and known across the subcontinent as yaqoot — the stone of the sun, of vitality, of people who take up room.

Before you buy

• Natural means inclusions. A flawless ten-carat ruby would cost more than a house, and anyone offering one cheaply is selling you something else.
• Ruby is 9 on the Mohs scale — hard, durable, built for daily wear.
• Made to order, handcrafted in our own workshop.
• Cash on delivery across Pakistan via PostEx.
• Lifetime free rhodium replating.
• Buy-back: 50% of invoice as exchange credit, or 30% in cash.

Care

Put it on last, after perfume and lotion. Take it off before hand sanitiser, cleaning, and swimming. Store dry. Bring it to us whenever the white dulls — we will replate it, free, for as long as you own it.