Panah

Shelter: bezel set bridal, with no claws anywhere.

Panah (پناه) means shelter: the word for the place you go to be kept safe. It is also the whole argument of this family. In every piece the stone sits down into the gold rather than up on top of it. A continuous collar folds over the girdle and holds it flush, and there is not a single claw anywhere in the collection.

That is a wearing decision before it is a looking one. A claw is the part of a ring that catches a jumper, lifts against a coat pocket, and thins over the years until a setter has to build it up again. A collar has none of those edges. The shoulders are drawn low, below the top of the stone, so nothing on the ring stands taller than the diamond itself. Every small accent is star set: the stone bedded below the surface with eight fine rays cut around it, an old bench technique that gives light without giving dirt anywhere to sit.

Nine pieces, made to order in 18ct yellow gold. Five solitaires (round, oval, emerald, cushion and marquise), a three stone ring, and three bands cut to the same slender width as the rings they sit beside: a five stone band, a half eternity, and a wider band for him. Every band keeps its back half plain, which is what allows it to be sized later. The centre stone is always the wearer’s choice, natural or lab grown, and any piece here can be taken further as a bespoke or custom commission.