Many people wear wedding ring necklaces as an alternative to wearing a wedding band on the finger. Various reasons exist depending on personal circumstances, but here are a few reasons to wear a wedding ring around the neck.
Heirloom or Inherited Wedding Ring
An inherited wedding ring does not always fit the new owner. Furthermore, not all rings suit resize work. For this reason, rather than leave the ring in a jewellery box, wear the wedding ring around your neck on a secure chain. Most importantly, the ring stays close at heart in memory of a dear friend or family member no longer with us.
A wedding ring too painful to wear
For those people afflicted with severe Arthritis, many can no longer wear their wedding ring on the finger. Swollen knuckles make it impossible to remove a wedding ring. Some clients require a ring to be cut from the hand and repaired. Moving the wedding ring to a chain allows for daily wear of the ring without causing more pain from wearing it on the finger.
A purpose-made wedding ring necklace design
Some jewellery designs provide a plain or diamond set of rings styled into a pendant. In fact, rather than starting out as rings for the finger, they were always styled for use as a pendant. For example, we feature in our showroom a miniature set of rings worn on a chain in three colours of gold—always very popular and a part of our ready-made jewellery collection.
View the glitter ring trio in our ready-made necklace designs.
Ideas for a men’s wedding ring on a necklace
A men’s band on a necklace can be further enhanced in different ways. For example, an engraving can be added by way of a memorial and sentimental engraving. Or, a plate or disc can be added to fill the space within the band. This can be set with gemstones, engraved or both. In addition, a further ring can be added to enable the necklace to sit correctly when worn on the chain. In fact, for a memorial necklace, the original owner’s fingerprint can be engraved as a design for the new recipient.
Re-modelling a ring into a necklace
Occasionally, we re-model rings for use as a necklace. In our example below, we crafted a Talisman-style necklace with the top section of a diamond and gemstone ring design. The final pendant provided a unique and worthy re-designed pendant faithful to the original ring design.
Wearing Russian Wedding Rings as Pendants
Russian wedding rings become instantly versatile when suspended from a simple chain. Today’s example gives a delightful alternative to the conventional use—worn on the hand. Our photographs show a recent tri-colour set of pavé set Russian wedding rings crafted in White, Yellow and Rose Gold (18ct).
Shown in three luxurious colours, the three bands of the wedding ring necklace achieve a total diamond weight of 2 carats. Each band moves freely, bound to the adjacent ring, working in unity as a three-ring design.
Gifted or inherited rings, unsuitably sized for the recipient, can be worn as a pendant instead. Finally, some just love the look of this design suspended from a chain. Using such rings as pendants prolong the life, reducing wear—especially where delicate settings exist.
Conventionally worn on the hand, Russian wedding rings shown in three colours
The Saskia Russian Wedding Ring Necklace can be commissioned from our website and includes a chain, in a range of precious metal choices.
About Mark Johnson
My name is Mark and I'm founder at Serendipity Diamonds. By day you'll find me working in our showroom—in a variety of roles. My work (which I love) ranges from photographing jewellery, to writing blog posts and helping clients with my colleagues Drina, Emily and Debbie.
