Waterproof Gold Jewellery

Solid gold has always been waterproof - it just costs solid gold money. The trouble sits in the middle of the market, where gold-plated pieces, very often brass underneath, are sold with a waterproof promise the plating cannot keep. A few months of showers and the colour starts lifting at the edges.

I built mine differently. Every gold piece here starts as 316L stainless steel and is finished in 18K gold by PVD, which bonds the colour into the metal rather than layering it on top. It is why I can offer a two-year colour guarantee and mean it. Shower in it, swim in it, wear it through August.

If you are comparing gold finishes - plated, vermeil, solid, PVD - my waterproof jewellery guide explains the differences without the jargon, and the care guide covers the little that PVD actually asks of you.