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Real gold necklace - where to buy

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  • 15-11-2020 8:26am
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    heldel00
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    I had my last baby on Wednesday and would love to buy one of those necklaces with the children's initials on a disc (or something along those lines)
    There are a lot of online options but a lot seem to be expensive costume jewellery. This will be something i would have and wear forever.
    Can anyone advise on where to have a look?


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    LilacNails
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    heldel00 wrote: »
    I had my last baby on Wednesday and would love to buy one of those necklaces with the children's initials on a disc (or something along those lines)
    There are a lot of online options but a lot seem to be expensive costume jewellery. This will be something i would have and wear forever.
    Can anyone advise on where to have a look?

    There's a nice jewellers in Kerry, they make their own stuff and been around for years.. I don't think they are too pricey.

    Seodiri na riochta. / kingdom jewellers. They have an Instagram page also.


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    JustAThought
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    Congratulations on your new little baby OP!!!

    This is a big enough chain so their prices are a bit more accessible - I often pick up lovely gifts for special occasions (Holy Communions, 21st etc) where you want real silver or gold and have a good enough choice.

    They have a baby ‘section’ (in the shop) - a lot of newbridge style products like Noah Ark moneyboxes and silver gilt photoframes etc but also do lots of pendants and have a wide range of lovely bits & pieces - pendant little birdschirping on a branch, dolphins, love hearts solid and interlocked, pendants with an engraving of a heart with a little diamond on it etc that you could have a name or date engraved on the back etc. Good quality and fair prices and the range of gilt/silver/and different carats of gold available - plus different length and weight chains to choose from.

    https://www.hsamuel.co.uk/webstore/jewellery.do

    If you search under pendants it will show you hundreds including an name initial with a seperate gold heart you can engrave with your babys initials, a cool disc with the zodiac sign in constallation pierced out of it ( really cool - love the constallation idea & v unique), tree of life pendants some freestanding some more engravable, and birthstone/gemstone options!

    I’d almost browse and then wait to go in & try them on before buying - its surprising how different jewellery can look when on & what you
    think might work might not look as good on as you’d expect.

    I’d also strongly consider an engraved ring - in a few months your little baby will swinging out of your neck with its arms around you hugging you - a pendant might quickly break & be lost!!!


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    XxMCRxBabyxX
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    Chupi sell those necklaces and they only deal in real gold now. A link for one is here but they have a few options including the ability to add birthstones as well.


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    luppy
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    I second chupi! Lovely bits!


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    SixtaWalthers
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    Accept congratulations for baby. As gold rates are down nowadays that's why you should get the gold necklace as soon as possible and I would recommend you to buy it from any seller or family friend because in that case, you can get it at a low rate. If you want online options only then please proceed with 24k gold options. I like the designs of MoMuse but I didn't purchase gold online from there. Better to look at your local goldsmith.


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    JustAThought
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    the higher the carat the softer the gold (I think its that way round) - some carats are more suitable for rings rather than chains/pendants. Also some
    of these fashion jewelers only use rolled gold ( or silver) but come close to prices for real gold. Only you’re getting a far inferior ‘gold’ or faux gold product. Fine if costume jewellery from a ‘celebrity’ is what you want but otherwise stick to
    the jewellery shops where you are dealing with specialists and have a Hallmark stamp from a registered gold assaying office and not just a salespitch from a fashion outlet.


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