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Author :: Ken Hood  |
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| Article Title :: Watches and Water Resistance |
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| There is much confusion and not a few myths surrounding the topic of water resistance in watches. The purpose of this article is to bring clarity to this subject for the sake of consumer education.Several features contribute to the water resistance of a watch. First is the gaskets, or 0 rings. These are made of rubber, nylon or teflon. They form the watertight seals at the joints where the crystal, case back and crown meet the case. Chronographs also have gaskets at the pushers.Further, water resistant watch cases are sealed with a quick hardening liquid.The material of the case and its thickness are also large factors which help to determine how well a watch can safe (read full article) |
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| Category :: Jewelry Articles |
Author :: Uma G. Bennett |
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| Article Title :: Gold Jewelry Wholesale Insider Secrets - Avoiding Pitfalls |
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| Buying gold jewelry for your store can be a complicated business. It is important for you to do your research so that you can avoid the traps that await you as a wholesale gold jewelry buyer. It is to your advantage to take the time effort to know what your customers want and compare the different price points being offered.
Start by making a customer profile: what type of designs, styles and price points they prefer. It is wise to keep the current popular trends in mind when you are buying your inventory, this can help you to attract new customers as well as give your current customers new gold jewelry designs to consider. If you are new to the gold jewelry business, and do no (read full article) |
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| Category :: Jewelry Articles |
Author :: Dana Halpert |
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| Article Title :: Learn More about Diamonds |
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| A Diamond is a mineral made of carbon that is crystallized. In fact a diamond is more than 99.95% pure carbon. The remaining 0.05 percent of the elements often influences the crystal's color and shape. The diamond is also by far the hardest natural substance known to man. Diamonds form between 75 and 120 miles below the earth's surface. Only at these great depths do the necessary temperature and pressure exist to form this unique gem. Diamonds were delivered to the surface by volcanic eruptions. These eruptions occurred over 50 million years ago. Geologists believe that the first delivery occurred more than 2.5 billion years ago. After reaching the surface, some diamonds settled back into (read full article) |
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| Category :: Jewelry Articles |
Author :: Gail Leino |
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| Article Title :: Wedding Rings - Will You Marry Me? |
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| Couples will spend a lot of time looking at wedding rings before they decide to make the purchase, which is good because these rings are meant to be worn for the rest of your lives and you'd better make sure you like them. The traditional ring is a simple gold band. The men's wedding ring can often be a little wider than the woman's. In recent years people are beginning to experiment with a range or ring styles.Rings can be made of many kinds of metal, gold, silver, copper, stainless steel, platinum and titanium. You may have even heard of the very new and risqué fad of wearing a ring made of bone cells which were taken from your spouse to be and cultured into the shape of a r (read full article) |
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| Category :: Jewelry Articles |
Author :: Gail Leino |
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| Article Title :: Jewelry for Men |
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| It is commonplace place these days for men to wear some jewelry as an accent to their clothing. Rings are the most popular type of men's jewelry, followed by earrings or jewelry for body piercing and necklaces.Men's rings come in wide range of shapes and sizes. Most men's rings are wider and bolder than women's rings. The modern man may choose a ring made of titanium or stainless steel to really make a statement. Gold and Platinum are popular types of metal for more expensive men's rings. Men's rings are usually inscribed or molded with unusual decorations as well. There are some clubs which men belong to such as the Masons or the Elks that use rings with symbols on them to de (read full article) |
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| Category :: Jewelry Articles |
Author :: Gail Leino |
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| Article Title :: Jewelry Buying Guide |
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| The next time you go out shopping for a nice piece of jewelry you may wish to consult a jewelry guide. This article will list some quick and simple things to keep in mind when purchasing jewelry but its best to thoroughly do your research on a specific kind of jewelry you intend to purchase.Precious metals are commonly sold in jewelry. You've got gold, silver, platinum, copper and even titanium. When purchasing gold or silver be sure to ask what carat it is. Gold is a soft metal and mixed with other types of metals like copper and silver to make it harder. The usual carat amounts for gold are, 10, 14, 16, 18 and 20kt. Ten carat gold is cheaper than twenty carat, but the higher (read full article) |
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| Category :: Jewelry Articles |
Author :: Gail Leino |
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| Article Title :: Jewelry Online Purchasing - Should I or Shouldn't I? |
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| It is often much cheaper to buy your jewelry online because online retailers have lower overhead and aren't paying for a storefront, but you should be careful and make sure you aren't getting snookered by a fishy deal.There are some simple things you can do to make sure this doesn't happen. First off, make sure you've done your homework on jewelry. All that glitters is not gold and the jewelry business can be quite complicated. Make sure you know how diamonds are graded and what stones are precious and semi-precious. As well as understanding the carat system for gold and diamonds.Ask your online retailer about some sort of guarantee for the product. If the website doesn' (read full article) |
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| Category :: Jewelry Articles |
Author :: Gail Leino |
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| Article Title :: Diamond Color - What's Its Grade? |
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| Diamond color is one of the four grades used in determining the value of a diamond. The stones will occur naturally in a range of colors, but the most common one are the pure colorless diamonds.Colored diamonds have color because of structural defects that cause the stone to absorb all but one color of the rainbow or in the case of black diamonds all the colors are absorbed. Because colored diamonds are rare and pretty they actually cost more than the clear diamonds, sometimes in excess of thousands of dollars for the same carat size.Diamond colors are, colorless, white, yellow, steel, blue, orange, green, pink, brown, and black. Any diamond with a color is referred to as (read full article) |
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| Category :: Jewelry Articles |
Author :: Gail Leino |
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| Article Title :: Diamond Cut - How Does Yours Shape Up? |
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| When one hears of diamond cut they usually think of the different kinds of diamond shapes they've seen in jewelry, the princess, the round and so on. In the world of diamond grading diamond cut refers to something else. It refers to how well a jeweler has cut the diamond to achieve maximum carat size and brilliance, or the millions of glittering sparkles you can see when you turn your diamond in the light. Poorly cut diamonds will often sell at a cheaper rate than the better cut. Interestingly ninety five percent of diamonds aren't cut for optimum brilliance. There are four factors involved in the diamond cut, proportion, finish, symmetry and polish.The proportions of the cut ha (read full article) |
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| Category :: Jewelry Articles |
Author :: Scott Murf |
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| Article Title :: Titanium Jewelry Myths |
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| To many people, titanium is a mysterious term. General understanding of the public for this metal is that it is a very hard substance, and some may know that is very light as well, especially for folks who own any titanium jewelry or watches. We would like to clarify some common myths about this metal and give brief explanation for each one.Titanium is a newly found metal
Titanium is new to many industries and recently applied to many new applications, but the metal was first discovered in 1791, in England. It was discovered by an amateur chemist in an impure form called rutile. It was not used widely until the last century because the technique for extracting titanium (read full article) |
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