Ring Guidance Diamond Guidance Jewellery Guide

Our Crafting Process

Our manufacturing process bridges the gap between traditional artistry and modern engineering. Every custom piece begins with high-precision 3D modelling, allowing for a 0.01mm tolerance that ensures a perfect fit for your selected gemstone. While a standard retail ring is often mass-casted, an RCMJ masterwork undergoes over 15 hours of individual hand-refining by seasoned bench jewellers.

Design And Digital Blueprint

Hand-drawn concepts are translated into highly detailed 3D digital models, ensuring precision from the very first design stage.
Advanced CAD technology allows us to perfect proportions, balance, and symmetry before production begins.
Each gemstone is digitally positioned to achieve optimal fit, security and maximum light performance.
Metal weight and structural integrity are carefully engineered to ensure durability without compromising elegance.

Metal selection And preparation

Each ring begins with the careful selection of high-quality precious metals, chosen for their purity, durability and long-term wear performance.
Only metals that meet 95-99.9% purity standards, depending on the alloy are approved for fine jewellery creation.
Alloys formulations are tested to increase scratch and deformation resistance by up to 40% compared to standard commercial blends.

Casting The Foundation

Once the metal is finalised, the design progresses into the casting stage, where the concept is transformed into solid form.
The perfected 3D model is converted into a precise wax prototype using advanced casting technology, achieving replication accuracy of up to 99% from the original digital design.
Molten precious metal is poured into the mould under controlled temperature and pressure conditions often exceeding 1,000 degree celsius, to ensure uniform flow and complete cavity filling.

Metal and Refinement

Once the casting process is complete, our seasoned bench jewellers carefully refine the raw metal form to ensure purity and strength.
Key structural elements, including the prongs, bands, and settings, are reinforced for maximum durability.
While maintaining high tensile strength, each piece is engineered with a refined, lightweight feel designed for everyday comfort.
The refinement process removes any casting imperfections, preparing the metal for a final high-lustre polish and rigorous quality inspection.

Stone Selection And Setting

We move beyond bulk sourcing. Every single diamond and gemstone is individually inspected by our seasoned specialists to ensure it possesses a unique “inner fire.”
Our gemologists bring decades of experience to the table, identifying subtle nuances in stones that automated grading reports might miss.
Beyond technical specs, we select for character, the rare combination of personality and presence that makes a stone truly one-of-a-kind.

Final Polish

After stone setting, each piece undergoes a meticulous, multi-stage polishing process designed to enhance the metal’s natural radiance and depth of shine.
Skilled artisans hand-polish every surface, refining edges and sharpening fine details to achieve a flawless, mirror-like finish.
Each ring passes through five to seven individual polishing stages, ensuring consistent brilliance across all angles and surfaces.

Quality Assurance

CAD modals are reviewed for proportion, balance, and structural integrity before the production begins.
All settings are examined under magnification to confirm precise alignment, secure claws, and correct tension.
Each ring undergoes detailed inspection for polish consistency, symmetry, and flawless surface finishing.
Experienced jewellers perform a final in-house review before approval, ensuring the ring meets our craftsmanship standards.

Transform Your Existing Jewellery Into Something New

Do you have old jewellery sitting unworn in a drawer? At Robert Cliff Master Jewellers, we specialise in jewellery remodelling and custom jewellery redesign using your existing diamonds, gemstones and gold.

Whether you have an inherited ring, a broken piece of jewellery, an outdated design or sentimental diamonds you would love to wear again, our master jewellers can transform them into a beautiful new custom-made piece designed specifically for you.

Visit our showroom for a complimentary design consultation and discover how your existing jewellery can be reimagined into a stunning engagement ring, wedding ring, pendant, earrings or bespoke heirloom piece.

USE YOUR EXISTING DIAMONDS & GOLD

Bring in your old jewellery, inherited pieces, loose diamonds or unwanted gold and let our expert designers show you what's possible. We can remodel, redesign and handcraft a completely new piece while preserving the sentimental value of your original jewellery.